Hal Foster PRINCE VALIANT #514 Sunday Full-Page (12-15-1946) Queen Aleta!
Artist: Hal Foster (All)
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DescriptionFor many Prince Valiant collectors, Queen Aleta reigns supreme. This full-page Sunday features Aleta using her beauty, charm, wisdom and guile to persuade a King. Classic Hal Foster story-telling and gorgeous panels offer profound insights on leadership, compassion and respect for others.Foster's meticulous details and lush, photo-realistic rendering, plus a passion for historical accuracy, all combined to make Prince Valiant what many consider the finest adventure strip ever penned. Few Sundays survived in-tact over time as many were divided up, lost and/or damaged due to their massive size. Published Dec 1946, this full-page Sunday measures a whopping 26" x 34"...each "Tier" (11" x 26") is nearly modern DPS size! Social/Sharing |
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Rob Pistella 
Member Since 2005
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1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Tremendous and elegant work of art, Foster helped create the language of comics and this is a particularly notable example!!
Allan H
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
A stunning Hal Foster masterpiece, major congrats Dino!
Justin Karlson
Member Since 2007
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
It does not get much better than this. Congrats
Jeffrey Wedding
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Holy cow! There is big art, then there is BIG art. And we are all lucky that it is of the most stunningly gorgeous adventure comic strip of all time! Thanks for posting and letting us all share a look, Dino.
Bill J
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Gorgeous Prince Valiant! Each panel is a masterpiece! Love Foster's inks here, the blacks are beautifully placed to make the figures pop! And may i add, Aleta has never looked more lovely! Great pick-up!
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Foster’s got some art fans
He's framed around the room, in the size of Hulk hands
He's got to go illustrate
Inking with his touch, got a Sunday strip, yeah
He found an Aleta one
In the art closet, art in boxes of Thule king
I don't even know what
But Thule’s coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you
All the Foster kids with their artwork picks
No better run, better run comic strip run
All the Foster kids with their Thursday picks
No better one, better one Foster than my comic
Jordan Joanou
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Such great line work for an older Golden age page. Wonderful addition to your fabulour collection.
P.S. Love your t-shirt :)
James S
Member Since 2017
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
I never read any of the Price Valiant strips but was able to see a lot of this work in person at the Ohio State cartoon museum. It was massive and impressive! I can see why it's stood the test of time from an art perspective. Happy you picked up a great example!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Like Alex Raymond, Hal Foster was so far ahead of his time, with illustrative skills so far above those of the average cartoonist. It's no wonder he and the best of his contemporaries were often found holding court at lavish parties, seen as legitimate celebrities. You've found yourself a stunning example, Dino, well done!
E DLS
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
A Foster Prince Valiant is one of those collecting dreams I would allow myself to indulge if I had had a better education and a better job. LOL! Very envious and also very happy for you Dino. She's a beauty!
Paul P Spiderversity
Member Since 2011
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Stunning artwork! Those second and third panels are just ... wow. Reads like a poem. And wow, it's HUGE! Thanks for the pic of you standing next to the framed piece. Major congrats on such a rare and beautiful find!
Duke Fleed aka #1 Groo Fan
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Brilliant score..love the way it looks framed too!
Mark Levy
Member Since 2004
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Wow - Especially love Tier 3 - I think Frazetta must have studied this page....great selection!
J L
Member Since 2005
1 - Posted on 12/3/2022
Great piece Dino! I agree Aleta is a must have for this strip.
Brian Norton
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 12/4/2022
just a stunning piece Dino. Hal Fosterjust does so Beautiful work, just the positioning of the fioguers in each panel you can feel the almost playful banter between the woman and the king. each panel is a story within it's self.
Brian Norton
Member Since 2006
1 - Posted on 12/4/2022
just a stunning piece Dino. Hal Fosterjust does so Beautiful work, just the positioning of the fioguers in each panel you can feel the almost playful banter between the woman and the king. each panel is a story within it's self.
Toni S
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 12/4/2022
Superb page from a legendary artist and run! Big congrqts!!!
Peter Roe
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/4/2022
Among the Golden and Silver Age comic book artists, who didn't admire and learn from Hal Foster's Prince Valiant? Congratulations Dino!
Al Simpleton
Member Since 2013
1 - Posted on 12/4/2022
Yes, Aleta reigns supreme! Hal Foster created one of the most enduring and endearing woman character in the history of comics, and this is certainly one of his biggest accomplishments in a strip that only deserves superlatives... Aleta's relevance in our current period is so accurate that it's easy to forget she was created some 80 years ago...
Chris Snorek
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 12/5/2022
Incredible linework and textures throughout. What a beautiful Foster example.
Ian Saint
Member Since 2021
1 - Posted on 12/10/2022
Excellent Hal Foster piece. Such beautiful artistry. Congrats Dino!
Toni S
Member Since 2019
1 - Posted on 12/22/2022
I can't be more classic. This is just a piece of history.
Ian Saint
Member Since 2021
Posted on 5/21/2023
Every time a see a Hal Foster piece I am never disappointed. Such beautiful artwork and it really transports me to another time.
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