Alien Books To Publish Zorro Comics Through IDW Publishing

Alien Books adds Zorro comics to their line, alongside Valiant Entertainment, and will publish through IDW Publishing

Published Thu Apr 10, 2025 by Rich Johnson

Alien Books has added the Zorro license, courtesy of Zorro Productions, Inc, to their lineup. Including both new comic book series and classic work by Alex Toth. Zorro will join Alien’s catalogue of licensed properties, including the Valiant Comics characters, overseas manga, and translated editions of Juan Gimenez’s classic graphic novels. Alien Books states that they will “give the iconic swordsman the spotlight he deserves across a variety of crowdfunding, retail projects, direct market releases, and book store titles” and Zorro titles will be published through IDW Publishing as part of their new co-publishing deal.

Originally created in 1919 by author Johnston McCulley, the masked avenger Zorro has appeared in many books, TV series, films and comic books released worldwide. Zorro’s rich comic book history includes stints with publishers Dell Comics, Gold Key, Marvel and Dynamite, among others, including a recent stint from Sean Gordon Murphy. Other creators of the comic books have included Alex Toth, Warren Tufts, Don MacGregor, Matt Wagner, Jesse Marsh, Mel Keefer, Ruben Procopio, Paul S. Newman, Frank Miller, Russ Manning, Thomas Yeates, Dan Spiegle, Alex Ross, Francesco Francavilla, Howard Chaykin, and even Quentin Tarantino for a Django Unchained crossover.

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