Valor (1955 E.C. Comics) comic books
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Issue #2
$49.50
View scans- Water damage. Cover loose at one staple.
$30.00
View scans- Cover coming detached at both staples.
Cover by Al Williamson. Stories by Carl Wessler. Art by Al Williamson, Bernie Krigstein, Graham Ingels, and Wally Wood. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring historical adventure. A Roman gladiator lives his life in service to the empire, but never forgets the family he left behind, with art by Al Williamson. A 12th-century Chinese poet crafts a fitting revenge against the cruel emperor who outlawed his craft and slaughtered his peers, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein. Aspiring knight Geoffrey fights to earn his way into King Arthur's Round Table, in a story by Wally Wood. The Champion; No Survivors; Poetic Justice; The Colonels Son; A Day of Battle; King Arthur: The King's Service. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #3
$30.00
View scan- Restored (see item notes)
- RESTORATION. Color touch. Heavy smoke damage on back cover and interior pages.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by Joe Orlando. Stories by Otto Binder and E. Toomey. Art by Al Williamson, Reed Crandall, Bernie Krigstein, and Joe Orlando. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring historical adventure.A Roman commander learns the hard way that ambition is no substitute for strategy, with art by Al Williamson. An ailing pharaoh has an unusual reason to have his slaves work on a pyramid, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein. A stand-off between King Richard and Saladin during the Crusades is ended by a soldier's treachery, with Reed Crandall art. The Cloak of Command; Gentle as a Whisper; The Pyramid; The Wandering Minstrel; Debt of Honor. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #4
$29.50
View scans- 8" Cumulative spine split.
Cover by Wally Wood. Art by Joe Orlando, Reed Crandall, Graham Ingels, and Bernie Krigstein. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring historical adventure. An assassin is hired as a food-taster for the cruel Borgia family during the Italian Renaissance, with art by Graham Ingels. A Scottish noble is abducted by a British counter-revolutionary in 1745, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein. A Crusader faces a Muslim champion to seal a city's fate, in a story by Reed Crandall. Gratitude; The Alamo; The Know-Nothing; The Taste of Freedom; A Knights Dream. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
$50.00
View scan- 1" spine split from top. Water damage.
$29.00
View scan- 3.75" Cumulative spine split.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Cover by Wally Wood. Stories by Carl Wessler. Art by Al Williamson, George Evans, Wally Wood, Graham Ingels, and Bernie Krigstein. One of EC Comics' late New Direction titles, a response to the new Comics Code, featuring historical adventure. Roman emperor Tiberius is shamed into facing a gladiator in single combat, with art by Al Williamson and George Evans. Marco Polo's treacherous uncle attempts to steal the secret of silk-making from Kublai Khan, illustrated by Bernie Krigstein. A British lord's cowardice catches up with him during a duel with the son of his enemy, in a story by Wally Wood. Dangerous Animal; The Entertainment Box; Important Man; Treasure from Xanadu; Navy Diver; Day of Reckoning. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
