{"product_id":"prince-valiant-vol-22-1979-1980-9781683963783","title":"Prince Valiant Vol. 22: 1979-1980","description":"Val, deprived of his Singing Sword, is enslaved in the Berber salt mines. A death watch has begun for the bedridden King Arthur, and the monarch's half-brother Mordred plots to usurp the throne. Aleta investigates a murder in Cornwall. This volume includes a tour of Prince Valiant's England by \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e editor Cullen Murphy, John Cullen Murphy's son, who begins his long tenure as the strip's scriptwriter with this volume. Plus: Todd Goldberg's examination of the historical reality behind the \u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant\u003c\/em\u003e strip continues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFoster, Hal:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eHal Foster\u003c\/strong\u003e (1892-1982) created \u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant\u003c\/em\u003e in 1937. Though remaining involved with the strip until his death in 1982, Foster handed the bulk of the scripting and art chores over to his longtime assistant, John Cullen Murphy, in 1971.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurphy, John Cullen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Cullen Murphy\u003c\/strong\u003e, a six-time recipient of the National Cartoonists Society's Best Story Strip for his work on \u003cem\u003ePrince Valiant\u003c\/em\u003e, continues to draw the strip from his home in Connecticut, while his son, Cullen Murphy, writes the strip in between serving as the Managing Editor for \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"Fantagraphics Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50441106063634,"sku":"9781683963783","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c528e141-7e50-48fc-8c48-4a019feb0c39.jpg?v=1729663938","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/prince-valiant-vol-22-1979-1980-9781683963783","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}