El Coyote (fictional character)

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El Coyote is the name of a fictional character very similar to Zorro. El Coyote's real name is César de Echagüe and is a rich man living in Baja California. He first appeared in the novel El Coyote (1944) by José Mallorquí. Between 1944 and 1953 El Coyote appeared in 192 pulp-like novels. In 1998 the movie La Vuelta de El Coyote (The Return of El Coyote) was made with José Coronado playing El Coyote.

El Coyote had a comic book adaptation in Spain, by Jose Mallorquí and Francisco Batet, in the comic magazine Novelas del Oeste (Western Novels) during the 1940's and 50's.