Prince Valiant TPB (1984-2004 Fantagraphics) comic books 2002
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Published Feb 2002 by Fantagraphics.
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Volume 43 - 1st printing. "Blood and Tears!"
Story and art By Hal Foster.
The greatest adventure epic since Beowulf continues in this full-color series. Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, with its thrilling continuities of a noble knight in the days of King Arthur, began in newspapers in 1937 and continues to this day. Fantagraphics' deluxe, full-color library editions of Prince Valiant were initially intended to end with 2000's Volume 40, the final volume in which Foster was the chief architect of the strip's visual look. Due to overwhelming public demand, however, we are continuing the series, reprinting strips written and roughed-out by Foster and finished by Foster's prodigious assistant, John Cullen Murphy. Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Foster for several years, actively took over the bulk of the drawing chores in 1971 and immediately developed a fan following himself (although, for the most part, your average newspaper reader couldn't discern a difference between Foster and Cullen Murphy's styles). Each volume of Prince Valiant features close to year's worth of full-page Sunday strips.
Softcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 48 pages, full color.
Cover price $16.95. -
Published Apr 2002 by Fantagraphics.
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Volume 44 - 1st printing. "Karak the Terrible!"
Story and art By Hal Foster.
The greatest adventure epic since Beowulf continues in this full-color series. Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, with its thrilling continuities of a noble knight in the days of King Arthur, began in newspapers in 1937 and continues to this day. Fantagraphics' deluxe, full-color library editions of Prince Valiant were initially intended to end with 2000's Volume 40, the final volume in which Foster was the chief architect of the strip's visual look. Due to overwhelming public demand, however, we are continuing the series, reprinting strips written and roughed-out by Foster and finished by Foster's prodigious assistant, John Cullen Murphy. Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Foster for several years, actively took over the bulk of the drawing chores in 1971 and immediately developed a fan following himself (although, for the most part, your average newspaper reader couldn't discern a difference between Foster and Cullen Murphy's styles). Each volume of Prince Valiant features close to year's worth of full-page Sunday strips.
Softcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 48 pages, full color.
Cover price $16.95. -
Published Jun 2002 by Fantagraphics.
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Volume 45 - 1st printing. "The Mark of Cain!"
Story and art By Hal Foster.
The greatest adventure epic since Beowulf continues in this perennial full-color series. Sixty-five years since the creation of Prince Valiant and 20 years after its creator's death, Hal Foster is still considered to be comics' supreme classicist. Volume 45 reprints strips from the mid-1970s written and roughed out by Foster and finished by Foster prodigious assistant John Cullen Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Foster for several years, actively took over the bulk of the drawing chores in 1971 and immediately developed a fan-following himself. He is a six-time recipient of the National Cartoonists Society's "Best Story Strip" for his work on Prince Valiant. Each volume features close to a year's worth of full-page Sunday strips, in an oversized format showcasing the strip's spectacular artwork.
Softcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 48 pages, full color.
Cover price $16.95. -
Published Dec 2002 by Fantagraphics.
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Volume 46 - 1st printing. "Sunken Treasure!"
Story and art By Hal Foster.
Fantagraphics' deluxe, full-color editions of Prince Valiant run chronologically. Volume 46 features the years 1976 and 1977, reprinting some of the very last strips written and roughed-out by Foster (who passed away in 1982). The strips are finished by Foster's prodigious assistant, John Cullen Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Foster for several years and actively took over the bulk of the drawing chores in 1971, immediately developing a fan following himself - initial plans to end the series around 1971 were changed due to overwhelming fan demand, and there are no plans to end the series now. Each volume in the series presents close to a year's worth of strips per volume in an oversized format showcasing the strip's spectacular color pages.
Softcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 48 pages, full color.
Cover price $16.95.
