#OTD in 1937
*Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur*, written & illustrated by Hal Foster. No. 36 - 16 October 1937
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6: ‘Despite the objections of his council, Val sets out for Pandaris with a force consisting only of nimble Slith and long-eared Socrates!’
‘Next Week - Pandaris!’
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5: ‘Looking down on their enemy’s preparations, they estimate that it will be two moons before they are ready to attack. With the odds already 20 to 1 against them, the “Hun-Hunters’” position will be hopeless if they are attacked from the rear also.’
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4: ‘. . .Two days south is a pass guarded by the beautiful walled city of Pandaris. Duke Cesario held the pass against the Hun, but his cousin, Piscaro, aided by treachery and the Huns, imprisons Cesario, sets himself up as tyrant and opens the pass to the barbarians.’
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3: ‘But spies are being found in great numbers, coming up behind them from the far side of the pass - From a captured officer Val learns the cause. . . . .’
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#OTD in 1939
Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur,
written & illustrated by Hal Foster
No. 140 - 15 October 1939
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1: ‘Synopsis: The rapidly growing force ➡️

9 ‘Meanwhile, Sir Gawain, who had deserted his trust and his friend, grows weary of carousing with these merry, but dissipated people.’
‘Next Week - Gawain’s Awakening’
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8 ‘Val is stretched upon a rack. “Now tell me who you are and why you spy among these alien hills?” Horsa demands.’
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7 ‘“You fool no one, you are one of Arthur’s knights,” says Horsa angrily, “Can a hawk parade as a crow? Perhaps I can loosen your tongue in another way!”’
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6 ‘Horsa questions him, but Val pretends he is only a simple peasant.’
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5 ‘Once again Val encounters Horsa, the indomitable chieftain of the Sea-rovers.’
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4 ‘Below them an arm of the sea reaches inland and drawn up along the beach is what Val has come so far to find: the Viking fleet!’
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3 ‘Over the wild and beautiful Scottish hills they lead him, moving ever closer to the sea.’
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2 ‘He is securely bound and led away through the heather.’
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8: ‘But the watchers on the wall wait in vain for Val to reappear from the murky waters.’
‘Next Week - Beneath the Moat’
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7: ‘A troop of horsemen gallops in pursuit.’
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6: ‘And Sir Gawain thunders out to freedom!’
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5: ‘Lowering the drawbridge they swarm out to search the moat.’
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4: ‘but Val steps upon the parapet and before their astonished eyes leaps from the dizzy heights into the moat below.’
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3: ‘Val is trapped and the soldiers are closing in to make an easy capture - ‘
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