Before His Very Eyes . . .

Returning to the Misty Isles to find the beautiful but mysterious Queen Aleta, Prince Valiant witnesses the horrible killing of his entire crew. Unaware that this same crew had recently raided a village on the Misty Isles and slaughtered many of its inhabitants, Prince Valiant concludes that Aleta is ruler of an evil and cruel place.

NEXT: Heedless of Discovery

See also the previous posts:
• The Face He is Never More to Forget
• The Note
• So Val Goes Questing Across Wide Seas . . .


Art and text: Hal Foster (from installment #249, November 23, 1941).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 3): 1941-1942 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2011).

Marcus

The brash and cocksure Marcus, grandson of Manlius,
last governor of Roman Britain.

See also the previous posts:
• "A Broken Heart 'Twixt Twin Maidens, Rampant"
• The Melee

Art: John Cullen Murphy (from installment #2467, May 20, 1984).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: Prince Valiant, Book One (Kings Features Syndicate, 1986).

Beyond Description

In casting a spell for the return of his runaway wife,
the wizard Belsatan conjures up entities beyond description!

Art and text: Hal Foster (from installment #243, October 3, 1941).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 3): 1941-1942 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2011).

Prelude to Tragedy

NEXT: Tragedy

See also the previous posts:
• Sweethearts United
• Halcyon Days
• Lydia
• The Makings of a Queen?

Art: Hal Foster and John Cullen Murphy (from installment #2178, November 5, 1978). At this point in Prince Valiant's run, John Cullen Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Hal Foster since 1970, was well into his first decade of drawing the strip over Foster's writing and roughs.
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 49): Road to Sorrow's End, comprising pages, or installments, 2168 (August 27, 1978) through 2211 (June 24, 1979). Fantagraphics Books, 2003.

Andelkrag

Art: Hal Foster (from installment #120, May 28, 1939).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 2): 1939-1940 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2012).

Queen Guinevere

Art: Hal Foster (from installment #484, May 19, 1946).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 5): 1945-1946 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2012).

Captured

Prince Valiant's youngest son Nathan is captured

by Bel, a Pictish girl, and taken to her tribal leaders.

Art: Gary Gianni (from installment #3564, May 29, 2005).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

Into the Fray

Ignoring Prince Valiant's command to "Stay your men," the steward of Lockbramble, Sir Roger Runetyne, orders his men to attack Val, Sir Gawain, and Rhoda Red Hood. The peasants of the unhappy land of Lockbramble, however, rush to the trio's aid.


Art: Thomas Yeates (from installment #3965, February 3, 2013).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: TimesUnion.com.

Arthur Pendragon, High King of Britain

Art: John Cullen Murphy (from installment #2448, January 8, 1984).
Source: Prince Valiant, Book One (Kings Features Syndicate, 1986).

No Wars of Aggression for Prince Valiant

News of Prince Valiant's successful campaign against the Huns has spread quickly, and from far and wide come envoys of kings offering their armies for the young prince to lead in a war of extermination. Yet Prince Valiant rejects all such offers. Speaking with the confidence and courtesy that befits a prince, and with his friends Tristram and Gawain at his side, he addresses the gathered envoys.

"Now, gentlemen, I know your mission. I also know that wars of aggression are but breeders of future wars. Here under my hand is the history of the world. Nowhere can I find a lasting conquest by force, Alexander and Caesar in turn conquered the world but where are their conquests now? The fruits of conquest are but sullen enmities, No, noble sirs, I have pledged my sword in the cause of justice and freedom only!"


Art and text: Hal Foster (from installment #165, April 7, 1940).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 2): 1939-1940 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2010).