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Hal Foster - Prince Valiant Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 7-9-61 (King Features Syndicate,

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Hal Foster - Prince Valiant Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 7-9-61 (King Features Syndicate,
<B>Hal Foster - Prince Valiant Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 7-9-61 (King Features Syndicate, 1961).</B></I> This <I>Prince Valiant</B></I> Sunday, #1274, showcases scenes of action-packed swordplay. Val wields his Singing Sword, a blade forged by the same mage who created Arthur's legendary Excalibur, to cut a swath through a gang of cutthroat bandits. Val's son, Arn, lends a helping bow, inflicting a deadly toll. Elsewhere, a fresh Caravan guard pays the ultimate penalty, as he takes a blade for attempting familiarities with a young desert girl. Hal Foster reportedly never drew a locale that he had not personally visited, and this lends convincing realism to his art. The first tier has been cut from the page, while the lower two tiers were folded, between the panel borders. Each tier has an image area of 11" x 23", with an overall Very Good condition. The paper does show moderate aging. <I>Prince Valiant</B></I> is one of the most successful comic series of all time, winning the prestigious Banshees' "Silver Lady" award in 1952, and the National Cartoonists Society's coveted "Reuben" award in 1957, as well as its "Gold Key" award in 1977. At the age of 73, Hal Foster was elected to membership in Great Britain's Royal Society of Arts, an honor very few Americans can claim. Here is a chance to own a wonderful example of the saga that the Duke of Windsor termed the "greatest contribution to English literature in the past hundred years." <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.