Zorro (novel) young man left California and was educated in Spain, before returning to don the Zorro mask. A speculative attempt to fuse together these disparate accounts is found in the on-line article "Legacy of the Fox". A young adult novel, "Young Zorro: The Iron Brand", was published at around the same time as Allende's novel. It was written by young adult author and illustrator Jan Adkins, a technical advisor for Allende's story. It is the story of how Spanish Alta California, Pueblo de Los Angeles, and the Californio vaquero heritage at the beginning of the 19th century shaped fifteen-year-old Diego de
Zorro Kato, The Shadow, and The Spider. It was written by Chris Roberson with art by Alex Ross and Dennis Calero. Dynamite Entertainment also published a seven-issue series titled "Django/Zorro" between November 2014 and May 2015, teaming Zorro with the character Django Freeman from Quentin Tarantino's movie "Django Unchained" (2012). The series was co-written by Tarantino and Matt Wagner, with art by Esteve Polls. In 2018, American Mythology took the license, launched the series "Zorro Legendary Adventures", written by Jean-Marie Nadaud and drawn by Robert Rigot and minisseries "Zorro: Swords of Hell", written by David Avallone and illustrated by Roy Allan