Aloof

Prince Valiant's future friend and ally Bukota is introduced as an aloof and scornful warrior, and a potential trouble-maker. Yet as we'll soon discover, he has his reasons for being these things.


Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3667, May 20, 2007).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

The Strangest Swordfight of His Life

Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4307, August 25, 2019).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.

Patrick

Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 855, June 28, 1953).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 9): 1953-1954 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2014).

Rumours

NEXT: A Distant Memory

Art: John Cullen Murphy (circa 1983).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia); from the collection of Michael J. Bayly (circa 1985).

A Weird Trio

Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3543, January 2, 2005).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

A Complicated Relationship

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Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4269, December 2, 2018).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.

It Has Been Claimed . . .

Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 923, October 17, 1954).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 9): 1953-1954 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2014).

Gawain Goes to School Again

See also the previous posts:
• Karran
• Karran's Story
• The Round Table

Art: Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (circa 1980). At this point in Prince Valiant's run, Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Foster since 1970, was well into his first decade of drawing the strip over Foster's writing and roughs.
Source: The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia); from the collection of Michael J. Bayly (circa 1981).

A Most Wondrous Thing

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Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3552, March 6, 2005).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

Keys to Freedom

See also the previous post:
• Prisoner

Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4144, July 10, 2016).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.