8: ‘But the watchers on the wall wait in vain for Val to reappear from the murky waters.’
‘Next Week - Beneath the Moat’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

7: ‘A troop of horsemen gallops in pursuit.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

6: ‘And Sir Gawain thunders out to freedom!’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

5: ‘Lowering the drawbridge they swarm out to search the moat.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

4: ‘but Val steps upon the parapet and before their astonished eyes leaps from the dizzy heights into the moat below.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

3: ‘Val is trapped and the soldiers are closing in to make an easy capture - ‘
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

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

Ad: For Sale - Prince Valiant Vol. 9 1953-1954 By Hal Foster Fantagraphics Hardcover #PrinceValiant #HalFoster #Comics

‘Tristam seeking in hardship and adventure to forget fair Isolde and Gawain to escape King Arthur’s displeasure at his mischief.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

2 ‘. . . . . .her jealous husband, showing little skill, but a great deal of bad temper, is exchanging nicks and bruises with the innocent Val.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

#OTD in 1940
Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, written & illustrated by Hal Foster. No. 191 - 6 October 1940
👇🧵
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

4: ‘Val is startled by a sudden flash and roar . . . . then a calm and peaceful silence . . . . . Acidia is gone!’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

3: ‘What happened was beyond description! The tower rocked to its foundations and earthquakes were felt throughout all Asia. Belsatan made his request and paid a certain terrible price. . . . . . .’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

1: ‘Synopsis..... As Prince Valiant escorts the Lady Acidia westward, he marvels at the overpowering volume of her chatter. For she is an abandoned wife, recounting her husband’s ➡️
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

#OTD in 1941
Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, written & illustrated by Hal Foster. No. 243 - 5 October 1941
👇🧵
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

‘But unseen eyes have been watching him for days. On a misty hillside a circle of Pict warriors arise quietly from the heather!’
‘Next Week - The Picts.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

#OTD in 1942: At Hadrian’s Wall!
*Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur*, written & illustrated by Hal Foster. No. 295 - 4 October 1942
👇🧵
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

9: ‘When the splendid concourse of knights, their ladies and retainers leave for Caerleon and the Great Tournament, the silent White Knight rides with them in second-hand armor, on a borrowed charger.’
‘Next Week - Caerleon.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

8: ‘And paints all white his assembled arms - sign of an untried knight.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster

7: ‘Midnight in the deserted armory and Val gathers and repairs bits of abandoned armor.’
#PrinceValiant #HalFoster