More Than Words

Art: John Cullen Murphy (1986).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: The Sun Herald newspaper (Sydney, Australia), 1988; from the collection of Michael J. Bayly.

The Cowardice of Draco

NEXT: "He is Mine"

Art: Gary Gianni (August 7, 2011).
Text: Mark Shultz.
Source: TimesUnion.com.

"We Must Learn Their Game"

NEXT: A Siren's Tale

Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4025, March 30, 2014).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.

See also the previous posts:
• Bound for the Misty Isles
• Sea of Myths
• The Whirlpool
• A Miraculous Grounding
• The Siren's Call
• Calypso
• Polyphemus
• No Desire to Engage
• The Scylla
• Down They Tumble
• Polyphemus' Fall
• Bukota's Discovery

Battling the Picts

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Note: Today marks the 78th anniversary of the Prince Valiant adventure strip! For A Prince Named Valiant's special series of posts to mark the 75th anniversary, click here, here and here.

Also, A Prince Named Valiant was launched on the 74th anniversary of Prince Valiant. To read the post that began it all, click here.


Art and text: Hal Foster (from page #659, September 25, 1949).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 7): 1949-1950 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2013).

"I Dare You to Learn My Secret"

NEXT: Maeve, Woman of Mystery

Art: John Cullen Murphy (from page #2334, November 1, 1981).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: The Sun Herald newspaper (Sydney, Australia), 1984; from the collection of Michael J. Bayly.

See also the previous post:
• Mistress of the Hounds

The Watchman's Tale

See also the previous posts:
• "I Bid You Welcome"
• Zamestra Dagon
• "Like Men Caught in a Dream"

Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3610, April 16, 2006).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

Bukota's Discovery

NEXT: "We Must Learn Their Game"

Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4024, March 23, 2014).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.

See also the previous posts:
• Bound for the Misty Isles
• Sea of Myths
• The Whirlpool
• A Miraculous Grounding
• The Siren's Call
• Calypso
• Polyphemus
• No Desire to Engage
• The Scylla
• Down They Tumble
• Polyphemus' Fall

At the Ready

Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 630, March 6, 1949).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 7): 1949-1950 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2013).

Mistress of the Hounds

In the aftermath of the relief of Camelot, Prince Arn, eldest son of Prince Valiant and Queen Aleta, finds himself shipwrecked on an "isle beyond the north wind."

Here he encounters Maeve, Mistress of the Hounds. He is instantly smitten.

NEXT: "I Dare You to Learn My Secret"

Art: John Cullen Murphy (August 1981).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: The Sun Herald newspaper (Sydney, Australia), November 27, 1983; from the collection of Michael J. Bayly.

"Like Men Caught in a Dream"

NEXT: The Watchman's Tale

Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3609, April 9, 2006).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).