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Artist Gerri Gianni's final 53 Prince Valiant strips in B/W
2011.03.27 ~ 2012.03.25
PART VI
Thanks to Jim Pinkoski

Strips 3917-3920









2012.04.01 Debut Strip by Thomas Yeates and Mark Schultz

Thomas Yeates became the fourth full-time artist to draw the revered 75-year-old adventure strip
 first created in 1937 by Hal Foster. He follows in the illustrious footsteps of
Foster, John Cullen Murphy and Gary Gianni.



PRINCE VALIANT
By WALLACE WOOD

Prince Valiant Sunday Comic Strip #1762 Original Art dated 11-15-70 (King Features Syndicate, 1970).
This is the only Sunday page that Wally Wood drew while trying out for the job during the fall of 1970
when Hal Foster began talking about retirement.
Wood jousted for this prestigious job against artists Gray Morrow and John Cullen Murphy,
with Murphy ultimately winning the permanent position.
Prior to this, Wood had parodied Val in print several times,
beginning with "Prince Violent" in Mad #13, published in July, 1954.

Wally Wood was a longtime admirer of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant.
He had created a number of parodies through the years.
A good example is the 8-page parody he had done for MAD comics.
PRINCE VIOLENT!
Kurtzman and Wood ~ Mad 14 ~ August 1954

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Much later, Wally did more serious parodies

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Harold Foster Prince Valiant
First 4 Years Reprinted in ERBzine
1937  ::  1938  ::  1939  ::  1940


GIANNI'S 2004 PRINCE VALIANT
ERBzine 8251: Strips 3868-3875
ERBzine 8252: Strips 3876-3886
ERBzine 8253: Strips 3887-3896
ERBzine 8254: Strips 3897-3906
ERBzine 8255 - Strips 3907-3916
ERBzine 8256 - Strips 3917-3920