Alex Toth's Zorro The Complete Dell Comics Adventures

Zorro: The Complete Classic Adventures #1-2

by Alex Toth, Daniel Herman (Editor)

Volume two of the classic adventures of Zorro by comic book legend Alex Toth.

Authorized edition adapted from the Walt Disney television series based on the famous character created by Johnston McCulley. Five complete full-length adventures plus the five page gem "Friend Indeed".

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Classics, Comic Book, Pulp, Westerns, Historical Fiction

242 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Alexander Toth was an American professional cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but he is also known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout the 1960s and 1970s. His work included Super Friends, Space Ghost, The Herculoids, and Birdman. Toth's work has been resurrected in the late-night, adult-themed spinoffs on Cartoon Network: Space Ghost: Coast to Coast, Sealab 2021, and Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law.

He was inducted into the comic-book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990


Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

Reviews

[Estelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just great, old fun! I enjoyed every story and laughed out loud many times.
And forget Zorro, Sergeant Garcia is the true star!

[Bepina Vragec · Rating 4 out of 5]

Da ne bude zabune, zvezdice nisu za narativni sadržaj, već za dragulj od izdanja i ukupan kvalitet. Pravi, pravcati, raskošno bezbrižan, ‘staroholivudski’ strip.

Vizuelno impresivan. Avanture - očekivano šablonske. Obrti naivni. Iznenađenja nula. Čitalačko raspoloženje iznad proseka.

Radnja i dijalozi su direktno kopirani iz istoimene, u “prepotopsko doba”, planetarno popularne, Diznijeve, igrane tv serije. Lik Zorroa rađen po uzoru na Errola Flynna.

Idealno za kolekcionare, strip nostalgičare, poštovaoce crtačkog umeća Alexa Totha, a moguće i da se neko dete zatekne očarano prvim susretom sa estetikom koja je, u trenutnoj ponudi, sve ređa.

[Guido · Rating 4 out of 5]

Viejas y nueva aventuras del Zorro.

[Index Purga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edición argentina.
Incluye 15 historias del Zorro de Toth más una inédita de Chaykin y Risso, más introducción y bocetos extra.
Aparantemente, utiliza el mismo ISBN que la edición española.

[Sebastien · Rating 3 out of 5]

The art by Alex Toth: brilliant. Beautiful compositions and drawing style. I'm amazed this was done in 1957-61 (I think), the style is very much ahead of its time.

That said, the stories? at best pedestrian, at worst, utterly boring and lazy. To be fair, the stories target a young demographic, but still, I've read plenty of things geared for younger audience that were written with great skill and interesting cleverness. And I do think the stories could have benefitted from more "bite" but being a Disney property at the time the depiction of violence and zippo romance make sense. A few of the stories (longer ones) were a bit more interesting but overall meh.

Recommend for Alex Toth fans and fans of great design/figure drawing. And story-wise I do think it can still possibly be entertaining for younger readers.

[Alberto Martín de Hijas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Los argumentos son regulares, pero las páginas de Toth son pura gloria. La historia de complemento con Chaykin y Risso mantiene bien el nivel.

[Mati G. W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

La traducción podría ser menos acartonada, pero la edición en formato gigante y tapa dura está preciosa, sobre todo gracias a la historia extra dibujada por Risso.

[Bob Fish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Avoid the Hermes Press color reproduction, they really botched it up big time!
Find the Eclipse B/W print instead with grey tones laid in by the master himself.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was better than I went in expecting. I assumed the Alex Toth artwork would be good, but I've never been a huge fan of Zorro, but this volume may have changed my mind. The stories are light-hearted and clever, with plenty of action and humor.

I also never realized how much Batman and Zorro have in common. Both are rich and pretend to be useless fops, both have butlers that help them out, and both even have caves for hide outs.

This is a collection of what I think were the very first Zorro comics from the 1950s, and really, they hold up pretty well. If you're a fan of Zorro or Alex Toth you'll probably like this one.

[Al Berry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Personally I think Alex Toth is a bit overrated, he can compose a scene well and does action in an interesting way but the actual detail and clarity of the art isn’t there.

This is an adaption of the Walt Disney TV series, usually prefer new material, but Zorro is a good character in like any form.

[Zintulo Deyuno]

El ZORRO de Alex Toth.

Tiene extras.

[La Pause Narrative · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un plaisir purement régressif qui n'égale pas la série mais rappelle de si bons souvenirs.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

Toth's artwork is amazing, of course. It's thrilling and deceptively simple. The Complete Classic Adventures of Zorro is worth having just to flip through and marvel over the drawings.

The stories are good, too, but they're mostly adaptations of episodes from the Disney TV series in the '50s. That's not a problem for readers unfamiliar with the show, but fans of it may wish for something new. There are some short tales included that weren't adapted from TV and they ended up being my favorites.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il fumetto riprende le avventure della serie tv Disney su Zorro. Che dire... è un capolavoro intramontabile

[Michel Siskoid Albert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Featuring strips loosely adapted from key episodes of Disney's television show, Alex Toth's Zorro (The Complete Dell Comics Adventures) is something the artist himself didn't consider his best work. That, after being reprimanded for omitting redundant narrative captions, he declared he wouldn't give the project his best effort. Perhaps just goes to show that even "phoning it in", Toth can't help but bring magic to the page. After reading that, I feared the collection would be a wordy slog, but it's really not too bad, and Toth's focus on shadows and cinematic choices wins the day - efficient line work that can render both dashing and comic expressions and poses beautifully (and don't get me started on his wonderfully dynamic horses - Hi-Yo, Tornado!). The nicest surprise is that there's a measure of serialization borrowed from the television show, where we might expect a comic book status quo. Events in one story affect the stories to come, at least, early on. By the time we do settle into a status quo, we're riding high. Toth was well ahead of his time considering these were originally published in the late 50s - he may not have thought highly of the scripts, but his knack for storytelling and slick shadowy art could easily fit the 1980s and beyond.

[Ivan Jovanovic (Valahiru) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Zoro je još jedan od junaka koji običan narod brani od kandži korupcije, bandita, tiranske vlasti i drugih zlikovaca. Kreiran davne 1919. godine, Zoro je do današnjeg dana ekranizovan u više od 40 filmova i 10 tv serija. Njegov izgled momka u crnom kostimu sa ogrtačem, koji nosi masku i šešir je prepoznatljiv i danas.

Komiko izdanje je vrlo kvalitetno, pa je uživanje bilo čitati ga i uopšte ga držati u rukama. Strip je vizuelno odličan, sa sjajnim crno-belim crtežima. Ovo je kolekcija avantura Zoroa, na preko 200 stranica. Obrti su naivni i prosti, tako da je to bio minus tokom čitanja. Ipak, ovo je pravi dragulj za kolekcionare i ljubitelje ove vrste stripa. Budi nostalgiju.

Uprkos naivnosti kraja svakog dela, ne možete da ne zavolite sve u vezi sa ovim stripom. Nikada nisam bio preterani fan Zoroa, ali je ovaj strip to promenio. Uspeo je u tome, bolje nego ekranizacije koje sam do sada pogledao.

Zaista sam očaran sa lepotom ovog izdanja. Verujem da ću mu se uvek diviti na polici. Ocena za priču bila bi trojka, ali ukupan doživljaj koji mi je ovo izdanje pružilo morao sam oceniti većom ocenom.

[Rick Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Zorro comics by Alex Toth have some great compositions and designs. Toth excels at silhouettes, so the portrayal of the swashbuckling Zorro is handled very well. The many stories collected in here are pretty entertaining, but also not very sophisticated or creative. Perhaps it was Toth's intention to play to a younger audience, but that doesn't necessarily mean they should lack novelty. This can be enjoyable for those who just want to enjoy Toth's layouts and linework, but the stories themselves are pretty forgettable.

[Alessandro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alex Toth is a true master, whom many great artists of the comic book medium have a lot to thank as inspiration. This collection of his Zorro stories is a perfect example of his way of drawing, but also telling a story. Everything is marvelously explained in the introduction, which I suggest very much to read. Simple but great stories, as told and drawn by a master.

[Zaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cet album est composé de plusieurs histoires courtes dédiées aux aventures de Zorro. On y retrouve les personnages de la vieille série TV. J'ai trouvé l'ensemble agréable à lire, les histoires sont d'époque, ça dépayse un peu. Les dessins de Toth sont particulièrement soignés et travaillés, l'ensemble est donc qualitatif.

[Rocco Versaci · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun collection. The stories are pretty standard—adventure tales laced with humor and aimed at younger readers—but the art by the incomparable Alex Toth is majestic. His perspectives, compositions, shading…just brilliant.

[Dan Blackley · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are the adventures of Zorro in the comics.

[Poly Ranca]

Edición latinoamericana que aparentemente comparte ISBN y traducción (que no diálogos finales) con la española.

[Gordo Noseinto · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clásico que envejeció mejor de lo que me temía con una historia extra muy apreciada. La traducción bastante tibia.

[Ribrarian Not · Rating 4 out of 5]

Libro de historietas con ISBN propio. Seguramente repite entre las ediciones argentina y española.

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Done during the Disney TV show, these comic stories are very light weight, but very pretty to look at. Fun, pulp-swashbuckling reads, which work best when they stop talking and have Zorro running, jumping and fighting.

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best collection of comic book Zorro stories available. It is my only hope that Dynamite retains this realistic storytelling with their Zorro lineup this fall.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mostly dull to mundane advneture stories, but the art is fantastic and the storytelling skills of Toth shine through as always. Recommended for study for cartoonists, or for (very) light reading.

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Recopilación exhaustiva que hace justicia a un personaje y artista cuya influencia sigue sin dimensionarse. Un trabajo maravilloso que encantará al amante de las aventuras, sin importar la edad.

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a wonderful trip down memory lane. I was excited to find the issue -- the exact frame -- that started my 40-year-journey of loving, learning, teaching Spanish.

[Sara Kreps · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty good. A little spoiled by the author's introduction; I wouldn't read that until you finish the collection.