Prince Valiant, Vol. 48: Return to Camelot

Prince Valiant, Vol. 48: Return to Camelot by Foster, Harold. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781560975441.

The greatest adventure epic since Beowulf continues in this perennial full-color series. Each volume in the series presents close to a years worth of strips per volume in an oversized format showcasing the strips spectacular color pages. In Vol. 48 (1978-1979), Valiants twin daughters Karen and Valeta are no longer impossible to tell apart. Suddenly the wilder of the two, Karen, decides that she wants to be a warrior. She trims her golden locks and dons armor, eager to prove her mettleand when a massive fleet of pirates turns up on the horizon, she may have her chance! At this point in Prince Valiants run, Hal Fosters assistant, John Cullen Murphy, who had been quietly assisting Foster for several years, was well into his first decade of drawing the strip over Fosters writing and roughs. Continuing Fosters tradition of meticulous artwork, Murphy was developing his own fan following. 48 pages full-color.