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Prinz Eisenherz 11
In an age of dark sorcery and mighty deeds, an unlikely champion has arisen in the court of King Arthur--a lowly squire of unknown parentage who can defeat the King's best in jousting and swordplay. His past is a mystery, his courage and loyalty unparalleled--and it is he who has been chosen to safeguard the beautiful Princess Ilene, herself as brave and able as any knight who stands by Arthur's side. For foul treachery has invaded the realm, drawing a hero reborn into the land of the barbarian--to battle a dread evil for the imperiled future of Camelot. . .and to fulfill a destiny as magnificent as his name.Reproduces the award-winning cartoon adventure strip, from its 1937 inception to January 1940, taking the popular hero from his childhood, through service with King Arthur, to his victory over the Huns.
- GenresComicsGraphic Novels
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1978
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November 22, 2018
So heißgeliebt Ritter früher für mich waren - bei diesem Comic und dessen Protagonisten musste ich ständig und andauernd an Michael Jackson denken. Könnten Zwillingsbrüder sein. Die Geschichten laufen immer nach dem gleichen Schema ab; und wieder sind die Textpassagen so winzig, dass man sich die Augäpfel verstaucht.
June 2, 2010
Volume 1: 4 Stars -
Who knew that Prince Valiant was so awesome back then? Full of wonderfully cliche and hardcore lines (such as "This was but a mild adventure and it was necessary to kill only seven enemies in the way of business") this strip really was a roaring adventure for a long while. Of course, with lines like that, it is easy to see that a great deal of this strip is written in the "tell, don't show" fashion and for that I am annoyed. Yes, even though certain preparations take many weeks before any battle is started, most of the prep work and the battles are explained away in quick sentences. To write this book out without the wonderfully detailed drawings would result in the most boring story ever. Still, matching the words with the pictures and focusing so much of the adventure on how cold-blooded and vicious Val is ... one can get into this series. Looking forward to reading the second volume, but still don't think that I could get into reading the weekly strip as it has continued to this day.
Volume 2: 2 Stars -
I came across the perfect description of this series in the introduction to this volume of the collection. It is written as a storyboard for a movie. The main action is shown, but all of the details are left out for the reader to imagine on their own. Any month's worth of material (nothing more than four pages in this collection) would easily create a strong 200 page novel, full of daring-dos and ample character development that is lacking in the comic. While there are quite a few sections that are detailed (the search for Robert of Gaifort is well paced) there are many other sections that miss the elements that would make the novelization so brilliant (the rescue and return of Robert of Gaifort is so short, certain scenes lacked sense as there was not enough background information given).
And so, while Prince Valiant searches lustily (the adverb of the strip) for Aleta, I will bid farewell to the series. I've read enough to know that, yes, it was interesting and there were many fun adventures ... but a single adventure told in sufficient detail would have been worth twenty books full of the beautifully drawn illustrations. No doubt I have missed the mark here, but this summation story telling was not meant for me to read.
Who knew that Prince Valiant was so awesome back then? Full of wonderfully cliche and hardcore lines (such as "This was but a mild adventure and it was necessary to kill only seven enemies in the way of business") this strip really was a roaring adventure for a long while. Of course, with lines like that, it is easy to see that a great deal of this strip is written in the "tell, don't show" fashion and for that I am annoyed. Yes, even though certain preparations take many weeks before any battle is started, most of the prep work and the battles are explained away in quick sentences. To write this book out without the wonderfully detailed drawings would result in the most boring story ever. Still, matching the words with the pictures and focusing so much of the adventure on how cold-blooded and vicious Val is ... one can get into this series. Looking forward to reading the second volume, but still don't think that I could get into reading the weekly strip as it has continued to this day.
Volume 2: 2 Stars -
I came across the perfect description of this series in the introduction to this volume of the collection. It is written as a storyboard for a movie. The main action is shown, but all of the details are left out for the reader to imagine on their own. Any month's worth of material (nothing more than four pages in this collection) would easily create a strong 200 page novel, full of daring-dos and ample character development that is lacking in the comic. While there are quite a few sections that are detailed (the search for Robert of Gaifort is well paced) there are many other sections that miss the elements that would make the novelization so brilliant (the rescue and return of Robert of Gaifort is so short, certain scenes lacked sense as there was not enough background information given).
And so, while Prince Valiant searches lustily (the adverb of the strip) for Aleta, I will bid farewell to the series. I've read enough to know that, yes, it was interesting and there were many fun adventures ... but a single adventure told in sufficient detail would have been worth twenty books full of the beautifully drawn illustrations. No doubt I have missed the mark here, but this summation story telling was not meant for me to read.
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