Four Color #567 - Prince Valiant
(June 1954)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1954
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell Comic
Printer
Printed in U.S.A.
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Indicia title is "PRINCE VALIANT, No. 567." Code number is P.V.O.S. #567-546. Copyright 1954 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Prince Valiant / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?; ? (photo)
Inks
?; ? (photo)
Colors
? (photo)
Letters
typeset

Genre
historical; adventure
Characters
Prince Valiant (photo of Robert Wagner)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover is a cropped photo with line drawings in the background.

[Introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

Prince Valiant / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
historical; adventure
Characters
Prince Valiant (photo of Robert Wagner); Sligon (photo of Primo Carnera)
Synopsis
Preview of the story.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Five photos from the movie with typeset text.

[Prince Valiant Comes to Camelot] (Table of Contents: 2)

Prince Valiant / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script
Paul S. Newman (comic adaptation); Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical; adventure
Characters
Prince Valiant; King Aguar; Sir Gawain; Boltar; the Black Knight; Sir Brack; Aleta; Sligon
Synopsis
When Sligon the Viking takes the throne of King Aguar, the king sends his son Prince Valiant to Camelot to become a knight in King Arthur's Court. Eventually Valiant and Boltar engage Sligon in a battle in King Aguar's castle.

Indexer Notes

Story continues on the inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007). Adapted from the 1954 movie "Prince Valiant," which was based on the "Prince Valiant" newspaper strip by Hal Foster. A sequel to this story is in Prince Valiant Four Color #650 (September 1955).

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Prince Valiant
  2. 1. [Introduction]
    Prince Valiant
  3. 2. [Prince Valiant Comes to Camelot]
    Prince Valiant
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  • Dwayne Best
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  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Keith Alan Morgan