By Firelight

Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4503, May 28, 2023).
Source: Comics Kingdom.

Bella Grossi

Art and text: Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (from page 1981, January 26, 1975).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 20): 1975-1976 – Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (Fantagraphics Books, 2019).

Princess Mayana

See also the previous post:
• Parting Words

Art: John Cullen Murphy (from installment #2377, August 9, 1982).
Source: Prince Valiant, Book Two (Kings Features Syndicate, 1986).

Kalla Khan

Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 160, March 3, 1940).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 2): 1939-1940 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2010).

Ilene of Branwyn

Art: Hal Foster (from page 83, September 11, 1938).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 1): 1937-1938 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2014).

See also the previous posts:
• First Love
• Prince Valiant Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Makeda

Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4272, December 23, 2018).
Source: Comics Kingdom.

See also the previous posts:
• Makeda
• A Pointed Question
• A Nightmare Realm
• Releasing the Djinn
• A Complicated Relationship

Patrick

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

Prince of Thule

Art: Hal Foster (August 19, 1945).
Source: The Prince Valiant Scrapbook (King Features Syndicate, published by Bill Crouch, Jr., 1981).

Aleta

Art and text: Hal Foster (1949).
Source: One of the Prince Valiant comic books my father collected in 1954-55 and which were published and distributed by Associated Newspaper Ltd. of 60-70 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

Numair the Bedouin Raider

Art: Thomas Yeates (from page 4103, September 27, 2015).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.

Horrit of the Fens

See also the previous post:
• Horrit's Prophecy

Art: Hal Foster (from page 9, April 10, 1937).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 1): 1937-1939 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2009).

Angor Wrack, the Sea-King

Art: Hal Foster (from page 205, January 12, 1941).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 3): 1941-1942 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2011).

Oom Fooyat

Art: Hal Foster (from page 634, April 3, 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.

Zamestra Dagon

NEXT: "Like Men Caught in a Dream"

Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3608, April 2, 2006).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

The Vampire

"The girl backs away slowly, the sweet innocence fades from her face and the somber eyes glow with a mad hate. 'A vampire!' whispers Gawain."


Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 282, July 5, 1942).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 3): 1941-1942 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2011).

Arthur and Launcelot

Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 504, October 6, 1946).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 5): 1945-1946 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2012).

The Rascal Boldoro

Art: Hal Foster (from page 199, December 1, 1940).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 2): 1939-1940 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2010).

Sadonia, Empress of Saramand

Art: Hal Foster (from page 462, December 16, 1945).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 5): 1945-1946 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2012).

Wojan

. . . the man behind "the voice."

Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 1328, July 22, 1962).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 30): Arn, Son of Valiant, comprising pages 1327 (July 15, 1962) through 1372 (May 26, 1963). (Fantagraphics Books, 1987).