The Curse of Capistrano (The Mark of Zorro) illustrated

The Curse of Capistrano is a 1919 serialized five-part prose story by Johnston McCulley and the first work to feature the fictional Californio character Diego Vega, the masked hero also called Zorro (zorro is the Spanish word for fox). The story was adapted into the silent film The Mark of Zorro in 1920, leading to new popularity. The full five-part story was then published as a book in 1924, also using the title The Mark of Zorro.