#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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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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2: ‘and in the dim stables saddles two horses.’
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