#OTD in 1938
Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, written & illustrated by Hal Foster. No. 86 - 2 October 1938.
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‘His archers might have smothered Val under a cloud of arrows, but Donardo waves them back. “The love-sick, splendid fool,” he mutters, “he should not tempt me so!”’
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‘“My heart is for you only,” she answers, “and for you I will wait until the end of time, my prince!” Donardo pulls her back, angrily. He meant to discourage Val, not encourage him!’
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‘Amid the wreckage of war, Aleta stands like a bright, golden flame. With pounding heart, Val walks to the very edge of the moat to feast his eyes upon her beauty. “Be patient for yet a little while, for I am coming!”’
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8: ‘His wife does not await him with becoming dignity in the Great Hall . . . . . . . she leaps at him from the snowy palace steps and, for a long, long time, no word is spoken.’
‘Next Week - Aleta saves the Kingdom.’
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7: ‘And Val, trudging wearily through the winter’s first snow, comes at last in sight of Camelot and sees, on a high watchtower, the flutter of a scarf. His heart informs him who waves it.’
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6: ‘So that is why we find Aleta, at daybreak, searching the horizon from the highest watchtower.’
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5: ‘“Get the grin back on your face, cherub,” he orders. “Your addle-pated husband is with some fellow cut-throats and will be back to-morrow.” And that piece of good news nearly cost him a broken neck!’
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4: ‘It is then that Sir Gawain, glancing over the bright heads of his welcoming committee, sees the tragic bewilderment in Aleta’s grey eyes.’
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3: ‘But the fighting had been hard and bitter and many a gallant lady stands smiling until after the last knight enters and then not seeing her own turns away and creeps to her room alone that her heartbreak might not dim the joy of others.’
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9: ‘. . . . “Look!” whispers the squire. And there in the faint glow of smoldering embers, stands the ghostly figure of a Roman centurion!’
‘Next Week - The Last Roman.’
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8: ‘They have scraped the embers from the ledge and settled themselves on the warm stone to sleep when. . . . . .’
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#OTD in 1943
‘After three years of adventuring up and down the world Prince Valiant at last comes home . . . comes home as the ragged ballad singer of a king who intends to take fair Thule by trickery! ...'
#PrinceValiant by #HalFoster From no. 345 - 19 Sept. 1943

He gazes down upon the scene of his childhood and remembers how it had once been betrayed to Sligon. He wonders if he can prevent the doom that Valgrind is preparing for it.’
‘Next Week - An Old Friend’
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6: ‘After three years of adventuring up and down the world Prince Valiant at last comes home . . . comes home as the ragged ballad singer of a king who intends to take fair Thule by trickery! ...
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5: ‘But he is amply rewarded by a remark one tipsy noble makes to another - “I hope this smiling valley falls to my share.”’
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4: ‘All Val gets is a handful of small coins, but he is permitted to journey with the nobles and amuse them with his ballads.
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3: ‘Now Eric is one of Valgrind’s warriors; for once in his boisterous life he is so busy listening for information that he has no time to brag of his own prowess.’
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2: ‘“When, years ago, I learned these tricks from Slith, little did I think I would use them to become the clown of King Valgrind!”’
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