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Informationen zum Autor Hal Foster (1892-1982) created Prince Valiant in 1937. Though remaining involved with the strip until his death in 1982, Foster handed the bulk of the scripting and art chores over to his longtime assistant, John Cullen Murphy, in 1971. Klappentext "Prince Valiant" set a new standard for the serial drama when it debuted in 1937. Now Foster's legendary medieval epic is collected in a sumptuous new hardcover series, with each volume containing a full year's worth of strips in an oversized format showcasing the strip's spectacular, fully restored color artwork. Zusammenfassung Almost the entirety of 1941's strips! collected in Prince Valiant Volume 3: 1941-1942! featuring a single ten-month epic entitled "Fights forthe Singing Sword." This globetrotting adventure is fueled by Valiant'sobsessive search for his bride-to-be Aleta throughout Northern Africa! withstops in Jerusalem! the Arabic deserts! and! inevitably! a harem which Val mustinfiltrate. Then finally! in "The Misty Isles" Valiant meets Aleta face-to-face!but upon learning that she has had his crew killed (deservedly so! actually! butstill)! he flees in anger! vowing never to see her again. "Homeward Bound!"Valiant continues his travels! with stops in Athens (where he meets theboisterous Viking Boltar! who will become his friend for life)! North Africa!and Gaul (where Valiant liberates Gawain)! before finally returning to Camelot.But his joyous return is short-lived as an alliance of Picts and Vikingsthreatens Britain's security! and thus Valiant must journey forth with! as hisultimate destination! "The Roman Wall."
