Foster, Harold R. (Harold Rudolf)
Summary: Haunted by Aleta, Prince Valiant seeks Merlin's wise counsel--a brief episode that segues into one of Hal Foster's patented epics, the seven-month "The Long Voyage to Thule," which spotlights Val's return to his birthplace and reunion with his father. Then, after a series of shorter adventures (including "The Seductress," "The Call of the Sea," and "The Jealous Cripple") Val finally decides he...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 741.5 FOSFoster, Harold R. (Harold Rudolf)
Summary: This volume leads off with the epic ten-month saga of Val's globe-trotting search for Aleta through Nothern Africa, with stops in Jerusalem, the Arabic deserts (including an eye-popping visit to a harem), and ultimately the "Misty Isles." But their romance is not destined to be (at least not yet) and so a disappointed, even embittered Val wends his eventful way back to Camelot - encountering en...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2011
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Oversize, Call number: J 741.5 FOSFoster, Harold R. (Harold Rudolf)
Summary: "Universally acclaimed as the most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time, Prince Valiant ran for 35 years under the virtuoso pen of its creator, Hal Foster. (Such was its popularity that today, decades after Foster's death, it continues to run under different hands.) The giant Sunday-funnies pages (Valiant ran only on Sundays) gave Foster a huge canvas upon which he was able to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics 2009