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A review by seano
The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
3.0
This book was written in 1919, and it contains a LOT of tropes that end up in superhero lore.
1. Worthless playboy/badass (Bat-man but also Iron Man).
2. The trusted servant (Bernardo, Alfred, Kato, J.A.R.V.I.S.)
3. The two person love triangle (Clark Kent-Lois Lane-Superman.)
4. The wealthy person who uses his wealth to attain peak condition (Batman.)
Basically, Zorro is "What if Batman lived in Los Angeles in the 1820s."
I liked the story, and it moved pretty briskly, like a pulp magazine story should. Unlike a lot of these stories, there isn't a ton of stupid coincidences. Early 20th Century racism and sexism is there, but it isn't too offensive. The romance actually worked very nicely.
I listened to the Librivox audiobook of this book during a round trip to Michigan. The reading was good, but the reader used technology to differentiate between the different voices which was distracting. I would have preferred that he just read the story.
1. Worthless playboy/badass (Bat-man but also Iron Man).
2. The trusted servant (Bernardo, Alfred, Kato, J.A.R.V.I.S.)
3. The two person love triangle (Clark Kent-Lois Lane-Superman.)
4. The wealthy person who uses his wealth to attain peak condition (Batman.)
Basically, Zorro is "What if Batman lived in Los Angeles in the 1820s."
I liked the story, and it moved pretty briskly, like a pulp magazine story should. Unlike a lot of these stories, there isn't a ton of stupid coincidences. Early 20th Century racism and sexism is there, but it isn't too offensive. The romance actually worked very nicely.
I listened to the Librivox audiobook of this book during a round trip to Michigan. The reading was good, but the reader used technology to differentiate between the different voices which was distracting. I would have preferred that he just read the story.