"Climb!"

NEXT: Earthquake!

Art: Gary Gianni (from the November 29, 2009 installment).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: JimKeefe.com

Morgan Le Fey

. . . half sister of King Arthur, beautiful, evil, and mistress of strange magic.

Art and text: Hal Foster (from installment #57, March 12, 1938).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 1): 1937-1938 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2009).

Tintagel

NEXT: Bound for the Misty Isles

Art: Thomas Yeates (from installment #3988, July 14, 2013).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: TimesUnion.com.

Deep in the Forest

Art and text: Hal Foster (from installment #164, March 31, 1940).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 2): 1939-1940 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2010).

"A Timeless Gem"

Over at Collected Comics Library, Wallace Ryan has selected Prince Valiant (Volume 7): 1949-1950 (Fantagraphics Books) as his pick for "must have" comic book collected edition, reprint, and/or graphic novel released this week. Following is Ryan's review.

The new comics arrived today and buried deep in one of the last boxes was the latest volume in Fantagraphic’s collection of Hal Foster’s graphic masterpiece, Prince Valiant! I’d only ever seen pictures over the years of Foster’s magnum opus and had always wanted to get my hands on some kind of collection of these Sunday comics. Thankfully, Fantagraphics Books has obliged with this wonderful set of hardcovers with colour reproduced from original syndicate proof sheets restoring the vibrant and rich colours that previous reprints of the strip seem to have lacked.

Prince Valiant is a classic adventure comic that follows the exploits of the Nordic Prince, who becomes a Knight of Arthur’s court and roams the medieval world with the singing sword Flamberge by his side, fighting evil and injustice in all its forms. The artwork is beautifully detailed and it’s obvious that Foster dedicated a lot of time on research and in the comic’s final execution. The storytelling is paced with expertise and care, giving a feeling like you’re sitting at the knee of the great Prince as he regales you with wild tales of his travels and his many adventures.

I recommend that you give Prince Valiant a try and you will experience legends from the edge of time, still wrapped in the magic of Camelot and a world wide open for exploration, danger, romance and tragedy. In terms of the classic adventure comic strips of old, you’re not going to get anything much better than this timeless gem!

– Wallace Ryan
Collected Comics Library
August 16, 2013

See also the previous posts:
• Prince Valiant (Vol.5): 1945-1946
• Prince Valiant (Vol. 3): 1941-1942
• Prince Valiant Celebrates 75th Anniversary
• Mark Schultz on Prince Valiant as an American Invention
• A Valiant First Effort, Wouldn't You Say?

Oom Fooyat's Creation

See also:
• The Golem
• A Flash of a Cameo

Art: Gary Gianni (from installment #3906, December 18, 2011).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: TimesUnion.com.

Horsa, Chieftain of the Sea-Rovers

Art: Hal Foster (from installment #305, December 13, 1942).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 3): 1941-1942 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2011).

Ujjain

After a long and arduous journey eastwards from the Misty Isles, Galan arrives at the great city of Ujjain – 'Pearl of India,' home of Princess Mayana, and a renowned center of learning.

Galan, the second son of Prince Valiant and Queen Aleta, has traveled to Ujjain with the Chinese scholar Yuan Chen.

NEXT: Accusation

See also the previous posts:
• The Jains
• Yuan Chen




Art: John Cullen Murphy (from installment #2373, August 1, 1982).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: Prince Valiant, Book Two (Kings Features Syndicate, 1986).

The Return of Karen and Valeta

Many readers no doubt welcomed the recent return to Prince Valiant of Karen and Valeta, the twin daughters of Val and Aleta. Their reintroduction in the June 2, 2013 installment was the first time the twins have been portrayed by artist Thomas Yeates, who in April 2012 became the fourth artist to illustrate the revered adventure strip.


Yet as happy and playful as their return is portrayed, it's soon revealed that all is not well with the daughters of the Prince of Thule and the Queen of the Misty Isles.


Art: Thomas Yeates (from installments #3982, June 2, 2013, and #3983, June 9, 2013).
Source: TimesUnion.com.


See also the previous posts:
• "We Are the daughters of the Prince of Thule and the Queen of the Misty Isles"
• Karen the Amazon
• Karen Saves the Day
• Yuan Chen
• Reunion
• "A Broken Heart 'Twixt Twin Maidens, Rampant"

Gundar's Story

"Our cargo of ivory was valuable," continues Gundar.
"We were attacked and in the fight I lost my hand and the captain was killed."

Art and text: Hal Foster (from installment #361, January 9, 1944).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 4): 1943-1944 – Hal Foster (Fantagraphics Books, 2011).