I think these figures were given to me by Dave McLean from the Berwick Wargames Association about two years ago. Sorry Dave I have only just had time to get around to them now. The figures are from the Blue Moon 28mm range available on the Old Glory website code BMM-215

My knowledge of the “Zorro” genre comes from the 1957 to 1959 Walt Disney TV series (yes I am that old) starring Guy Williams as Zorro and Gene Sheldon as Bernardo.

I still remember the Lyrics to the Walt Disney TV series (can remember FA about what happened yesterday but can remember this “ship”).

Out of the night,
When the full moon is bright,
Comes the horseman known as Zorro.
This bold renegade
Carves a “Z” with his blade,
A “Z” that stands for Zorro.

Zorro, Zorro, the fox so cunning and free,
Zorro, Zorro, who makes the sign of the Z.

This is worth a look for you young “whipper snappers” to see what exciting shows we watched after coming home from school, or on the Sunday night Walt Disney Show, in the early 60’s. Pat you would remember!?

A similar but more recent incarnation is the DC hero El Gaucho

Once an Argentinian secret agent working for Spyral, Don Santiago retired to his millionaire lifestyle but quickly became bored and depressed by a life without adventure. However upon hearing about Batman’s activities in Gotham, Santiago was inspired to become the hero of Argentina and took up the title of El Gaucho. He has since became a good friend and ally of Batman, though their shared history with one Kathy Kane (Bat Woman) has caused tension between the two heroes. Little is known of the Gaucho’s activities.

Anyway I digress, Zorro (Spanish for ‘Fox’) is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp writer Johnston McCulley, set in the Pueblo city of Los Angeles in Alta California. The Zorro character was inspired most obviously by a real-life 19th-century outlaw called Joaquin Murrieta, whose gang was responsible for endless cattle-rustling, robberies, kidnappings and murders during the California Gold Rush of the early 1850s.

He is typically portrayed as a dashing masked vigilante who defends the commoners and indigenous peoples of California against corrupt and tyrannical officials and other villains.

His signature all-black costume includes a cape, a hat known as a sombrero cordobés, and a mask covering the upper half of his face.

In the stories, Zorro has a high bounty on his head, but is too skilled and cunning for the bumbling authorities to catch, and he also delights in publicly humiliating them. Because of this, the townspeople started calling him “El Zorro” due to his foxlike cunning and charm.

Zorro is an acrobat and an expert in various weapons, but the one he employs most frequently is his rapier, which he uses often to carve the initial “Z” on his defeated foes, and other objects to “sign his work”. He is also an accomplished rider, his trusty steed being a black horse called Tornado.

Zorro is the secret identity of Don Diego de la Vega (originally Don Diego Vega), a young man who is the only son of Don Alejandro de la Vega, the richest landowner in California, while Diego’s mother is dead. In most versions, Diego learned his swordsmanship while at university in Spain, and created his masked alter ego after he was unexpectedly summoned home by his father because California had fallen into the hands of an oppressive dictator.

This figure came without a right hand and sword. I chose to add a pistol instead of a sword.

Pueblo Villages

Damsel in distress

Elena De la Vega (also known as Elena Montero) is the main love interest of Zorro

Zorro’s enemies

Zorro’s main rival is Captain Ramon.

Sgt. Pedro Gonzales often serves as the series’ comic relief, or the anti-villain. He is a 22 year old heavy set, corpulent man who loves to eat more than anything else in life. He is under Captain Ramon’s command, but has trouble understanding the captain’s orders.

Often he discusses his orders and the motives behind the military operations with Diego de la Vega. He carries out his orders to the letter, and rarely questions the assignments he receives, though at times, he doesn’t understand why he has to chase Zorro who helps the weak in their struggle against tyrants.