Sunday, November 27, 2011

Page 2000

Prince Valiant was the only comic strip that I know of that kept track of how many pages it had published, week by week. This was page 2000 of Hal Foster's epic Sunday strip. Published well after Foster retired and laden with iconic Foster artwork from the past, it was quite a treat to see in the midst of John Cullen Murphy's run on the strip.

Hal Foster — Prince Valiant page 2000 — June 8, 1975

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 9:21 AM

    this strip has to be one of the most beautiful of all--an on going story that you keep coming back for more-hope you find more to share--charlie

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  2. BobNovember 28, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    I used to do PR for King Features, and Murphy was always a gentleman. Oddly enough, though I always thought Valiant was a visual treat, I found the writing to be something of a bore. But boy was it nice to look at!

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  3. D.D.DeggDecember 3, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    "Prince Valiant was the only comic strip that I know of that kept track of how many pages it had published"

    From 1969 is the Sunday Tarzan #2000 by Russ Manning:
    http://www.tarzan.com/manning/690706v8.jpg
    The dailies were also numbered.

    I pretty sure there were others also, though if any others reached #2000 is questionably.

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