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09-06-2013
CHILLICOTHE, Ill.--The creator of Zorro was honored on Saturday June 8- 2013
JUNE
8 - 2013
CHILLICOTHE,
Ill.--The creator of Zorro was honored on Saturday by the Chillicothe
Historical Society.
Johnston
McCulley who graduated from Chillicothe high school in 1901, was the creator of
Zorro.
Saturday
was the grand opening of an exhibit dedicated to everything this hometown hero
accomplished.
Many
of the items and memorabilia are duplicates of Zorro specialist and artist,
Peter Poplaski's personal collection.
Poplaski
says McCulley created the 'originalÂ’ super hero. He said, "All the kids
that went to Zorro in the 20's... In the 30's they were creating their comic
book characters. So they invented Superman based on Zorro and Douglas
Fairbanks. Batman was an upgrade of Zorro from California in the old days to
modern day New York to now Gotham City and it continues to this day."
Poplaski
says he was happy to share his memorabilia with the historical society because
the Zorro exhibit is a great hook for Chillicothe.
