Zoro the Great

Japanese: 怪傑ゾロ - かいけつぞろ
Zoro the Great

...A masked hero created by American cartoonist Johnston McCulley in 1919. Known in Japan as "Kaiketsu Zorro." His real identity is Don Diego de Vega. Set in California during the Spanish colonial period, he fights against oppressors and always leaves a Z mark with his sword when he disappears. In the movies, Douglas Fairbanks (1920), Tyrone Power (1940), Guy Williams (1960), and Alain Delon (1975) each played this righteous swordsman, and it was also made into a TV series. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "The Great Zoro" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカの漫画家マッカリーJohnston McCulleyが1919年創作した覆面姿のヒーロー。日本では〈快傑ゾロ〉の名で知られる。ドン・ディエゴ・デ・ベーガDon Diego de Vegaがその正体。スペイン統治時代のカリフォルニアを舞台に,圧制者と戦い,姿をくらますときには必ず剣でZのマークを残す。映画ではダグラス・フェアバンクス(1920),タイロン・パワー(1940),ガイ・ウィリアムズ(1960),アラン・ドロン(1975)がそれぞれこの正義の剣士を演じ,テレビシリーズにもなった。…

※「怪傑ゾロ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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