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Issue Details

Issue #788
Published April 1957
Cover Price 0.10 USD; 0.15 USD
Pages 36
Editing ?
Notes Indicia title is "PRINCE VALIANT, No. 788." Code number is P.V.O.S. #787-574. Copyright 1957 by King Features Syndicate, Inc. Fifth of seven Prince Valiant Four Colors. Based on the Prince Valiant Sunday newspaper strip by Hal Foster.

Cover Details - "Trial by Arms"

Characters Prince Valiant; Gandor (villain)
Genre period
Pencils ? (painting)
Inks ? (painting)
Colors ? (painting)
Letters typeset

1 page Prince Valiant filler "Steps To Knighthood"

Synopsis The various stages of training to become a knight.
Genre fact; period
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Letters typeset
Notes Inside front cover; black and white. Panels with typeset text underneath.

34 page Prince Valiant story "Trial By Arms"

Characters Prince Valiant; King Arthur; Gandor (villain); Boltar
Synopsis King Arthur sends Prince Valiant and Boltar to Gaul, where they raise a ragtag army to defeat the Mongol raiders of Gandor, champion of the East.
Genre period
Script Paul S. Newman
Pencils Bob Fujitani
Inks Bob Fujitani
Notes Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. A small version of Dell's "A Pledge to Parents" is included inside the last panel on the inside cover (in the middle of the story.) Script, pencils, and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007)