I've been on something of a Prince Valiant kick lately. These copies were sitting on eBay for well over a year, just rolling around again and again, so I sent the seller an offer. I think both parties are happy now.
It's nice to get consecutive issues too, as the stories are serialised. And I get to post some Hal Foster work. I love the negative space and silhouette work on this page.
And I know the influence of Foster on Carl Barks' The Golden Helmet has been noted before, but it jumped off the page at me here.
Call me old-fashioned, but a comic world in which books with Foster, Hogarth and Raymond are up with Superman and Batman for value makes eminent sense to me!