(W) Matt Wagner (A) Esteve Polls (CA) Matt Wagner. Alta-California is a land under the iron rule of a military dictatorship* yet freedom and justice have a champion with a flashing blade-the masked rogue known only as El Zorro! Yet even this fearless nocturnal avenger is only human...and tragedy can't always be averted. When the Alcalde's soldiers murder a young farm family* events are set in motion that will change Zorro's world forever. As Alcalde Quintero and his devious master-at-arms* Esteban Pasquale again attempt to lay their hands on the secret gold mines that lay beneath the lands of the Pulido estate* Don Diego de la Vega again finds himself reunited with his estranger sweetheart in an effort to save her father from persecution. All the while* Diego is unawares that his own father has stumbled upon a closely guarded secret-the fact that his seemingly indolent son is* in fact...ZORRO himself! Collecting issues #1-6 of the 12-issue series* including a complete cover gallery.