{"product_id":"prince-valiant-vol-3-hal-foster-9781606994078","title":"Prince Valiant Vol. 3: 1941-1942","description":"With this volume, Foster reaches (by common critical consensus) the peak of his drawing and storytelling prowess--a peak at which he will remains for most of the run of this glorious strip.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Almost the entirety of 1941's strips feature a single ten-month epic entitled \"Fights for the Singing Sword,\" a globetrotting adventure fueled by Valiant's obsessive search for his bride-to-be Aleta throughout Northern Africa, with stops in Jerusalem, the Arabic deserts, and, inevitably, a harem which Val must infiltrate. Then finally, in \"The Misty Isles\" Valiant meets Aleta face to face but upon learning that she has had his crew killed (deservedly so, actually, but \u003cem\u003estill\u003c\/em\u003e), he flees in anger, vowing never to see her again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Homeward Bound,\" Valiant continues his travels, with stops in Athens (where he meets the boisterous Viking Boltar, who will become his friend for life), North Africa, and Gaul (where Valiant liberates Gawain), before finally returning to Camelot. But his joyous return is short-lived as an alliance of Picts and Vikings threatens Britain's security, and thus Valiant must journey forth with, as his ultimate destination, \"The Roman Wall.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hal Foster, Dan Nadel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606994077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606994078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 14.32h x 10.50w x 0.62d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2011 pg. 40","brand":"Hal Foster","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043116249343,"sku":"9781606994078","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f10e5ebf-6a32-41ec-9e6f-9273323badb6.jpg?v=1684965348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prince-valiant-vol-3-hal-foster-9781606994078","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}