Four Color #788 - Prince Valiant
(April 1957)

Dell, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dell Publishing Co. Inc.
Brand
Dell
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Issue Notes

Indicia title is "PRINCE VALIANT, No. 788." Code number is P.V.O.S. #787-574. Copyright 1957 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Fifth of seven Prince Valiant Four Colors. Based on the Prince Valiant Sunday newspaper strip by Hal Foster.
This issue has variants:

Trial by Arms (Table of Contents)

Prince Valiant / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Morris Gollub (painting)
Inks
Morris Gollub (painting)
Colors
Morris Gollub (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
historical; adventure
Characters
Prince Valiant; Gandor (villain)

Indexer Notes

The is a typical Gollub composition, tones and detail on head hands and feet.

Steps to Knighthood (Table of Contents: 1)

Prince Valiant / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Letters
typeset

Genre
non-fiction; historical; adventure
Synopsis
The various stages of training to become a knight.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

Trial By Arms (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical; adventure
Characters
Prince Valiant; King Arthur; Gandor (villain); Boltar
Synopsis
King Arthur sends Prince Valiant and Boltar to Gaul, where they raise a ragtag army to defeat the Mongol raiders of Gandor, champion of the East.

Indexer Notes

Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. A small version of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" is included inside the last panel on the inside cover (in the middle of the story.) Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. Trial by Arms
    Prince Valiant
  2. 1. Steps to Knighthood
    Prince Valiant
  3. 2. Trial By Arms
    Prince Valiant
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Jochen G.
  • Merlin Haas
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Richard Richmond