His fighting prowess is extraordinary whether he finds himself in a gunfight or plain brawl.

Zagor's abilities include almost superhuman strength, agility and endurance. Zagor is not a typical western character, as his stories mix horror and science fiction by side with a bit of humour coming mostly from his sidekick Chico, a short, fat Mexican man who became his best friend. He takes Darkwood tribes under his wing earning himself a distinction of the Lord of Darkwood, beloved and respected by peaceful natives and trappers, and feared and hated by anyone who would endanger the peace between reds and whites. Moving his shack to an island surrounded by quick-sand in a marshy area of Darkwood Forest, Zagor begins his work as a peacemaker. He is a kind of avenger always ready to side with the weak and the oppressed, whether red, white or black, whoever they may be. To atone for his father's sins, as well as his own, Patrick is compelled to transform himself with his accomplices the Sullivans, a family of acrobats who are his image makers into Za-Gor-Te-Nay, shortened to Zagor. The boy's understanding of the relativity of the concepts of good, evil and justice comes in question as he is devastated with pain, grief, confusion and the genocide of his own that mirrors the one committed by Mike Wilding years ago. The attack on the Patrick's home on the shore of Clear Water river was, in fact, a rightful retribution for commander Wilding's wrongdoings. Lieutenant Mike Wilding was a ruthless leader of the force which massacred the Abenaki community on the banks of Silver Lake, an event which saw him dishonorably discharged from the army. As he is about to enact his revenge on defeated Kinsky, Patrick is presented with the evidence of his father's dark past. Taken in by the middle-aged trapper nicknamed 'Wandering Fitzy', the boy grows up with only one thought on his mind: revenge.įitzy teaches him how to make a deadly weapon out of a hatchet, and when he is old enough to fulfill his vengeance, Patrick goes on to track down and mercilessly slay his family's assailants.

Son of an army official retiring to live as a pioneer and trapper in the forests of the north-east, Patrick Wilding sees his parents die at the hands of a band of Abenaki Indians, led by Salomon Kinsky. Though the writers do not mention exact dates, Zagor is supposed to be active during the first half of the 19th century, or around - Zagor fights to maintain peace all over his territory, protecting the Indian tribes and hunting down criminals regardless of their skin color. He is a western - tarzanesque character living in a fictional forest named Darkwood, located in Pennsylvanianorth eastern United States. Zagor's real name is Patrick Wildingthe son of Mike and Betty.

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