Sunday, March 30, 2014

Maeve, Woman of Mystery


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.

But the mysterious Maeve has, she says, a terrible secret. Only if Arn can learn this secret and win his spurns as a knight of King Arthur's Round Table may he return to her island.




See also the previous posts:
Mistress of the Hounds
"I Dare You to Learn My Secret"

Art: John Cullen Murphy (from page #2479, August 12, 1984).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: Prince Valiant, Book Two (Kings Features Syndicate, 1986).

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

A Man Possessed


See also the previous post:
Nathan's Escape

Art: Gary Gianni (from page #3558, April 17, 2005).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Prince Valiant: Far from Camelot – Gary Gianni and Mark Schultz (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008).

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Arthur and His Knights



Art and text: Hal Foster (from page 1365, April 7, 1963).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 30): Arn, Son of Valiant, comprising pages 1327 (July 15, 1962) through 1372 (May 26, 1963). (Fantagraphics Books, 1987).

Monday, March 10, 2014

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Ship's Master


Prince Valiant's longtime friend Gundar Harl has been summoned to Camelot from Thule to serve as ship's master on a voyage to find the lost colony of Thule.

Years earlier, Val's father, King Aguar of Thule, had sent forty families to colonize the newly found lands west of Greenland. Yet no one has heard from them in years, and now King Godfred of the Danes wants the lands for himself.


Art: John Cullen Murphy (February 1990).
Text: Cullen Murphy.
Source: The Sun Herald (Sydney, Australia); from the collection of Michael J. Bayly (1993).


See also the previous posts:
Gundar's Story
Friends on the High Seas
The Whirlpool

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Besieged


Besieged with Prince Valiant is his wife Aleta, Sir Gawain, and the wizard Oom Fooyat. . . . Oh, and also the blond stranger standing at left.

And who is this blond stranger? To find out, see the previous post "A Flash of a Cameo."


See also the previous posts:
Oom Fooyat's Creation
The Golem
Something Very Special

Art: Gary Gianni (from page 3916, February 26, 2012).
Text: Mark Schultz.
Source: Comics Kingdom.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

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).

Monday, February 10, 2014

The War Council



See also the previous posts:
No Wars of Aggression for Prince Valiant
Words of Wisdom


Art and text: Hal Foster (from installment #1357, February 10, 1963).
Source: Prince Valiant (Vol. 30): Arn, Son of Valiant, comprising pages 1327 (July 15, 1962) through 1372 (May 26, 1963). (Fantagraphics Books, 1987).