Zorro #82

Zorro number 82 was published by Dell Comics as part of their long-running Four Color anthology series, which served as a home for many licensed properties during the mid-twentieth century. Produced during the height of the character's television popularity in the late 1950s, the issue reflects the era's standard approach to Western adventure comics, focusing on swashbuckling heroics set against the backdrop of Spanish colonial California.

The illustrative work typical of these Dell issues emphasized clear, accessible storytelling designed to appeal to younger readers and fans of the concurrent television adaptation. While the artists often remained uncredited in line with the publisher's internal policies of the time, the series was well-regarded for its adherence to the core aesthetic of the masked hero, maintaining the familiar iconography that had defined the character since his debut in pulp literature.