![]() The moments of action really stand out for the dynamism Toth applies, but they are only a small part of each story. Toth was not allowed to deviate from the scripts in any way to make them more visually exciting. The scripts were written by the TV show staff and followed the same very talky and static style demanded by TV budgets. However, it turned into an exercise in frustration for him. ![]() This book reprints those black and white stories in a single volume. Toth was a very big fan of the original 1940 Mark of Zorro film starring Tyrone Power, so this job was ideally suited to his interests. Many fans prefer the black and white versions to the colour as being purer to Toth’s vision. The art in these two volumes was reproduced from proofs of the original comics, in black and white instead of colour. The monochrome art was augmented with grey tones provided by Toth himself to add extra dimension to the pages, and they look excellent. Those stories were reprinted by Eclipse books in a two-volume edition, Zorro: The Complete Classic Adventures By Alex Toth in 1988. ![]() ![]() Between 19 Alex Toth drew eighteen stories for a licensed TV tie-in comic featuring stories from the Walt Disney studios television version of Zorro. ![]()
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