Bücher von Johnston McCulley

Kalifornien wird beherrscht von tyrannischen Gesetzeshütern, korrupten Beamten und selbstherrlichen Großgrundbesitzern, unter denen vor allem die schutzlosen Bauern zu leiden haben. Nur ein Mann wagt es, Widerstand zu leisten - El Zorro, der maskierte Reiter, vor dessen blitzendem Degen seine Feinde erzittern. Doch niemand weiß, wer sich hinter der Maske verbirgt.

The Mark of Zorro (1924) is a novel by Johnston McCulley. Originally published as The Curse of Capistrano (1919), McCulley¿s novel was rereleased to capitalize on the success of the 1920 silent film of the same name starring Douglas Fairbanks. Beloved by generations of readers and moviegoers alike, Zorro is recognized as a symbol of justice and rebellion throughout the world. ¿Outside the wind shrieked and the rain dashed against the ground in a solid sheet. It was a typical February storm for southern California. At the missions the frailes had cared for the stock and had closed the buildings for the night. At every great hacienda big fires were burning in the houses. The timid natives kept to their little adobe huts, glad for shelter.¿ While the rich live in comfort, warm and safe from the wind and driving rain, the poor Californian people hide in their makeshift homes, fearful not just of the weather, but of the governor and his vicious soldiers. Oppressed for so long, they have nearly given up hope when a masked man arrives, a swordsman by the name of Zorro. As news of his actions spreads, revealing his knack for stealing from the rich in order to give the poor their due, the governor sends his most ruthless officer to put a stop to the vigilante, once and for all. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Johnston McCulley¿s The Mark of Zorro is a classic of American pulp fiction reimagined for modern readers.

The Mark of Zorro, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

The masked woman called herself Madame Madcap, and she gathered a gang of cutthroats determined to loot high society of all its riches... starting with the notorious womanizer Hamilton Brone. She worked her criminal magic... and grew rich as millionaires swooned at her feet. Members of her gang worshipped her. She could do no wrong. And yet a curious pattern began to emerge, and a strange vengeance took shape -- not just against the men of high society, but against the men of her own brave band of criminals!

"One of the most neglected of the straight adventure pulp magazines of the 1930s was Standard Magazines' Thrilling Adventures." -from the introduction by Will MurrayThis collection assembles-for the first time-the best adventure stories from the pages of this classic pulp fiction title. Over 600 pages in length and covering adventure, mystery, science fiction, and Foreign Legion stories. Plus: get every story of pulp adventure hero Larry Weston: a forgotten series from the pages of Thrilling Adventures. With an introduction by pulp historian Will Murray.The Best of Thrilling Adventures contains the following stories: "Riley of the Bengal Lancers" by Lieut. Scott Morgan "Valley of Giants" by Jackson Cole "Brother of the Tong" by Lieut. Scott Morgan "Guerrilla Brand" by Jackson Cole "The Devil Fish" by Capt. Kerry McRoberts "Red Silver" by Jackson Cole "The Avenger of Lo Chang" by Lieut. Scott Morgan "Danger Trails" by Capt. Kerry McRoberts "Pyramid of Gold" by George Allan Moffatt "The Pearl of Death" by Lieut. Scott Morgan "The Terror of Siberia" by Lieut. Scott Morgan "Dogs of Shallajai" by Lieut. Scott Morgan "The Sultan of Hell" by Capt. Kerry McRoberts "Orchid of Doom" by Lieut. Scott Morgan "Lost Treasures of Eden" by Capt. John Powers "The Lagoon of Monsters" by Johnston McCulley "World of Doom" by Ray Cummings "The Web of the Green Spider" by Capt. Kerry McRoberts "Sublevel Sixteen" by Paul Ernst "The Curse of the Shining God" by A. Leslie "Hell's Oasis" by Arthur J. Burks

FIRST EDITION! Marcos Zappa is set upon by four rogues and carried away to a shack in the hills. There he is left alone with an elegant caballero who introduces himself as Don Pedro Garcia. Quickly Don Pedro makes it clear that he knows the truth about Marcos Zappa. He knows that this man is really Don Felipe Hernandez, once a member of the Viceroy's staff; that he now wears a band around his forehead to conceal the brand of the renegade. El renegado Don Felipe Hernandez was proclaimed, because his love for a Mexican girl led him to help foment a native uprising. He was banished from his own caste, and eventually he joined a crew of pirates.

Famed as the creator and author of Zorro, McCulley wrote a novel in a similar vein which was published in 1916 and subsequently made into a silent film. Captain Fly-By-Night was stirring up trouble in California between the red men and the white. Rojelio Rocha, betrothed by his parents to Anita Fernandez, heads to San Diego for his marriage. All three end up in a rollicking historical drama of Southern California life in the early 1800's.

CUT IN BLOOD!a slashing sword leaves Zorro's markZTortured peasants! Beautiful senoritas in prison! Old California beneath the whiplash of oppression! But a champion of freedom rides the highways. His identity hidden behind a mask, the laughing

A thrill-a minute ride set in the days of Spanish colonialism in California, where thugs and greedy tyrants try to wrest every penny from peasants . . . and the one hero who defends the common man is the mysterious masked stranger who calls himself Zorro--The Fox! The first Zorro story appeared as a 5-part serial in All-Story Weekly, a famous American pulp fiction magazine, starting in the August 9, 1919 issue. In a case of fortunate timing, Douglas Fairbanks, the silent movie star, was in the process of trying to change his image at the time, and he chose Zorro as his next starring role. In 1920, when the romantic swashbuckler debuted, it set movie box office records. Riot police had to disperse the huge crowds that showed up at the New York opening. Zorro entered the public consciousness and is now a part of popular culture, the same as such heroes as Superman, Tarzan, and The Lone Ranger. The rest is history.

In "The Spider Strain," the supervillain's right-hand man, John Warwick, must steal a priceless necklace. This is his last assignment, for if he can finally satisfy the Spider, he will free himself from the criminal forever. With a rival gang after the necklace and the Spider's fate hanging in the balance, this may be Warwick's most dangerous assignment yet. A beautiful woman, a decades-old secret, and thieves running rampant at a high society party make for a brisk caper-story . . . and the culmination of the long-running Spider series! This volume also features a fine selection of other mystery tales from the pulps by Johnston McCulley, who remains most famous as the creator of Zorro.