Lady Zorro #1
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment
Writer: Alex De Campi
Artist: Rey Villegas
Release Date: 7/16/2014
Normally creating a female version of a male character is just a money grab, and sorta bla. Usually I stay away from them. However, I am a huge Zorro fan, so I wanted to check out Lady Zorro.
Lady Zorro is actually a supporting character that was introduced in Dynamite’s recent Zorro series. No, I am not talking about Lady Rawhide (also recently published by Dynamite). Lady Rawhide and Lady Zorro are two different characters. Even if both Ladies share the background of being introduced as Zorro characters (Rawhide back in the TOPPS Comics days).
Lady Zorro originally debuted as a supporting character in the main Zorro series, as a wandering and lost Indian woman who lost her family to the violence of Captain Gonzales’s soldier. This character doesn’t don the Lady Zorro identity until this first issue though.
In Lady Zorro #1, Zorro makes an appearance, asking for her help while he (Don Diego) must leave the area. She agrees.
Immediately she is in way over her head, adopts a Zorro type guise and finds herself thrust into conflict against German mercenaries and way out of her league.
The Artwork is impeccable, any fan of bad girl/good girl art will find plenty to love here.
The writing is solid as well, but is held back a little by a story that is by the numbers, and falls a little flat at times.
The real issue I have is the character herself. Lady Zorro was more compelling to me as the supporting character in Zorro. As often is the case, the supporting characters are more compelling and deeper then the main characters.
Can Lady Zorro carry a solo title? Only time will tell.
Even if it is by the numbers, it still is a rather entertaining action/adventure yarn. If you need your fix of a hot chick kicking ass, this will fill that for you.
Rating: 6
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