Hal  Foster
Fully half of this latest volume of Hal Fosterâ€™s epic masterpiece â€” again scanned from superb syndicate proofs â€” is devoted to the remaining chapters of â€œThe Winning of Aleta,â€ a 20-month (!) epic in which Valiant obsessively pursues his bride to be. Not surprisingly this is followed by a sequence called â€œMatrimony,â€ which ends with a newly wed queen adjusting to the luxurious, exciting court life at Camelot.,But Valâ€™s marriage does not signal an end to his adventures, quite the contrary. In â€œWar in the Forestâ€ Val is sent out to spy on encroaching Saxons â€” unknowingly aided by Aleta, who, disguised as a small knight (and dubbed â€œSir Punyâ€) helps prevent disaster. But the 1946 strips end with Val and Aleta unable to return to Camelot and the displaced couple journeying to Thuleâ€¦,Half the strips in this volume also include the delightful â€œThe Medieval Castle,â€ Fosterâ€™s chronicle of two young boys growing up during the time of the First Crusade â€” but by the end of the 1945 strips this series has ended and the Valiant portion resume its full-page glory.
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Prince Valiant, Vol. 5: 1945-1946