Johnston McCulley

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Johnston McCulley (1883–1958) was a pulp writer best known for creating the character Zorro. A former reporter, McCulley published stories of adventure and romance in magazines like Argosy. He introduced Zorro in the 1919 story “The Curse of Capistrano,” later republished as The Mark of Zorro, and continued to feature him in his writing into the 1950s.