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Issue: Prince Valiant #1960
Publication Date: January 1983
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Issues: #1960 of 8 Issues (10 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagPacific Comics Club
Brand: object(PgSql\Result)#3 (0) { }
Indicia Publisher: Tony Raiola
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $19.50 USD [19.50 usd] (see notes) ;
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 12 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: No price listed. A sticker has been put over the indicia on the reverse of the title page on the indexed copy, covering up the original indicia of Pacific Comics Club and replacing it with just Tony Raiola and his address and a copyright date for King Features of 1983. An ad by Tony Raiola in Comics Buyer's Guide #485 (March 4, 1983) lists this issue and 1959 as just published and with a price of $19.50. Story titles are from "A Prince Valiant Companion" (Manuscript Press, 1992).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color cover and interior
Dimensions: 9.5" x 13.5"
Paper Stock: Glossy cardstock cover; Glossy interior
Binding: Squarebound
Publishing Format: Collected Edition; Was Ongoing Series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Prince Valiant
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover is panel three from #1220 (1960-06-26) with some different colors than the interior panel. The interior panel has Hal Foster's signature. This was removed for its use as the cover.
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Blank page

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover is blank.
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Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur

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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: 1960 Sunday Pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Prince Valiant logo and text on title page. No illustration. On second page on indexed copy is a sticker pasted over the printed indicia that reads "A special thanks to Charlotte Mae Cleary of King Features Syndicate without whose assistance this book would not be possible. Tony Raiola.
© Copyright 1983 King Features Syndicate. All rights reserved. Published by Tony Raiola. P.O. Box 14381, Long Beach, California 90803."
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The Grail Quest (Part 2)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Prince Valiant; Och; Timmera the Terrible
Synopsis: Prince Valiant, on a quest for information about the Holy Grail, rescues an escaped slave from his cruel master and takes enough treasure to resume the building of a great cathedral at Avalon.
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Reprint Notes: from Prince Valiant Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1960-01-03 - 1960-04-10 (#1195-#1209)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Starts in the middle of the story. Story begins with #1188 (1959-11-25). This is the only Prince Valiant story concerning the Holy Grail. Foster notes on #1205 that background material for the story was taken from sketches that he made during a 1959 vacation in Britain.
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The Tyrant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Prince Valiant; Sir Gawain; Aleta; King Arthur
Synopsis: On the way back from the Holy Grail quest, Prince Valiant defeats a knight that has been plaguing the widow Lady Lowry. Val returns to Camelot and tell King Arthur of his findings about the Grail.
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Reprint Notes: from Prince Valiant Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1960-04-17 - 1960-06-05 (#1210-#1217)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Val's Madness

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Prince Valiant; Aleta; King Arthur; Katwin
Synopsis: Prince Valiant and Aleta have an extended argument. Val leaves to fight Saxon invaders and is wounded while engaging in reckless raids. King Arthur sends Aleta to see the injured Val and see if the two can settle their differences.
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Reprint Notes: from Prince Valiant Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1960-06-12 - 1960-07-24 (#1218-#1224)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Arn's Destiny

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Prince Valiant; Aleta; Arn; Boltar
Synopsis: Arn returns from King Hap Atla's stronghold and accompanies Val and Aleta on a trip to the Misty Isles to decide his future. On the way they are attacked and Arn gets his first battle experience.
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Reprint Notes: from Prince Valiant Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1960-7-31 - 1960-10-02 (#1225-#1234)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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The Birth of Galan (Part 1)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Prince Valiant; Aleta; Arn
Synopsis: Aleta, Prince Valiant and Arn arrive at the Misty Isles, which is threatened by its neighboring king Thrasos. Aleta outwits Thrasos, who flees, pursued by Val. When Val returns, he is bared from seeing Aleta.
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Reprint Notes: from Prince Valiant Sundays (King Features Syndicate) 1960-10-09 - 1960-12-25 (#1255-#1246)
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: First part of story. The baby Galan is first seen with page #1248, which is not in this volume. The story ends with #1249 (1961-01-15)
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Pacific Comics Club

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Just text "Pacific Comics Club All Rights Reserved" in blue ink.
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Prince Valiant by Hal Foster

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (monochrome blue)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Prince Valiant Volumes 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, and 1960. Covers are depicted in monochrome blue ink.
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Blank page

Blank Page(s)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover is blank.
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Pacific Comics Club Sailboat Emblem

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover. Black and white version of the Pacific Comics Club brand emblem.

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