The first page is waiting

Here’s where the legend begins.

The earliest Prince Valiant Sundays are in the archive now. Meet the boy prince, the world he left behind, and the artist who drew an adventure unlike anything else on the page.

Prince Valiant Vintage Sundays, February 13, 1937, by Hal Foster.
Hal Foster’s first Prince Valiant Sunday, February 13, 1937 — free to read right here. © King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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Prince Valiant has been running since 1937. Here is exactly where the line falls, so nothing on this page is a surprise.

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  • Every Road to 90 feature, interview, and reading guide as it publishes
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A Sunday page, ninety years in the making

For ninety years, Prince Valiant has arrived one Sunday at a time. Now you can follow the artists, characters, and adventures that made the strip an American original.

  • The Epic

    Kingdoms, journeys, love, family, and ninety years of story, unfolding one Sunday at a time.

  • The Art

    Costume, landscape, movement, and detail. The kind of drawing that makes you stop before you read.

  • The Legacy

    Foster, Murphy, Gianni, Schultz, Yeates, and more, each adding a chapter while honoring what came before.

  • Your way in

    Read this week’s page free, then unlock the full ninety years whenever you’re ready.

Follow the road

Six stops take you from the first page to the full ninety-year story.

The first chapter is available now. More of the story joins it through Prince Valiant’s 90th anniversary.

  1. 01Available now

    The Beginning

    1937–1938

    The first pages of an adventure that changed the Sunday paper.

  2. 02Nov. 3

    The Foster Years, Part I

    1939–1952

    Swords, ships, Aleta, and the wider world.

  3. 03Nov. 24

    The Foster Years, Part II

    1953–1971

    Foster’s final chapters, and a complete masterwork.

  4. 04Dec. 15

    The Murphy Era

    1971–2004

    A kingdom grows up and a family saga deepens.

  5. 05Jan. 19

    The Modern Era

    2004–2026

    The story carries into the present.

  6. 06Feb. 13, 2027

    The Complete Archive

    1937–2027

    Ninety years of Prince Valiant, all in one place.

The first Prince Valiant Sunday page, February 13, 1937, by Hal Foster.
Prince Valiant Vintage Sundays, February 13, 1937, by Hal Foster. © King Features Syndicate, Inc.

Now available

Begin at the beginning: Prince Valiant’s first two years

The boy prince escapes the fall of Thule and finds his way into a Britain of fens, castles, and danger. Before Camelot, before the family, there is a young man deciding what kind of hero he wants to be.

What’s new in the archive

  • Start with Hal Foster’s first Sunday page, published February 13, 1937.
  • Follow Val’s arrival in the fens and his first meeting with Sir Gawain.
  • Read the earliest pages of the adventure in the Comics Kingdom archive.

Access Archive pages, including 1937, are included with a Comics Kingdom subscription. This week’s page is free to everyone.

Not sure where to begin?

There’s no wrong door into a story this big. Start with the first page, a favorite adventure, the family, or the art — each one opens in the archive, included with a subscription.

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Read this week’s Prince Valiant

The four most recent Sunday pages — this week’s and the three before it — are free to read. No subscription, no account. It’s the same strip Hal Foster started in 1937, still running.

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  • Start here

    The first page

    1937 · The beginning

    Meet a young Val at the beginning of the legend.

  • For adventurers

    The great journeys

    Read in any order

    Swords, voyages, kingdoms, and complete stories that reward an afternoon.

  • For families

    Meet Val and Aleta

    A family saga

    A family grows older in real time across generations of Sundays.

  • For art lovers

    Come for the page

    No plot required

    Landscapes, figures, and compositions illustrators still study.

The complete archive

The road ends with the whole story.

Every release adds another era. By February 13, 2027, the full Prince Valiant archive will be ready to explore.