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This articles does not explain which country this is in (presumably the US...) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.166.17.187 (talk) 04:35, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, knowing the epic length and number of english wiki pages dealing with topics like The Simpsons, South Park, Star Wars and other fictional stories I expected to see something like this here as well. Isn't there a Prince Valiant fan club that will fulfil its duty and write an overview of the storyline from 1937 to 2009? At least a short article on the storyline of every decade? At least characterizations of the main characters? Lists of fictional characters, historical persons, traditional tales and the most important places appearing in "Prince Valiant"? No? .... Lame! --JakobvS (talk) 03:53, 21 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Changed URL[edit]

Dear Fans. The URL of the prince valiant resource centre (see external links) was changed. I took the liberty the change it into the correct one. Bijl0130 (talk) 13:33, 15 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright problems?[edit]

Portions of the "Characters and story" section of this article bear an uncanny resemblance to some of the material found on this website containing a current copyright claim. [1] cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 05:03, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Contact User:Moonriddengirl if you have concerns of copyright violations. --Moni3 (talk) 12:23, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed with attributions, rewrite, new material, references and additional sources. Pepso2 (talk) 23:26, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the changes. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 14:59, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Flamberge?[edit]

The singing Sword is referred to as Flamberge, with a link. I've read a great deal of the Prince Valiant saga, and have never seen anything in the comic that refers to the Singing Sword as "Flamberge". The page for Flamberge is a general page for flame-bladed swords, and the Singing Sword doesn't match that description either, looking like a straight bladed longsword. The Singing Sword page doesn't mention flamberge as a description or an alternate name. I'd delete the usage but it's been in there for over 6 years, and I want to be sure. Can anyone confirm that the use in this context is legitimate? G051051 (talk) 00:28, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A reference is here. Also here. Using Google, I see many more. Pepso2 (talk) 19:08, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

None of these references cite any original Prince Valiant data. I'm not saying 100% that it's not correct, but in the fairly complete run of reprints I have, I've never seen the sword called anything other than the "Singing Sword". Even if the proper name Flamberge is correct, it's still not the correct kind of sword for the link, as far as I can see from the comics. G051051 (talk) 00:28, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here [2] the term is used by Brian Kane, one of the leading Foster/Valiant authorities. Pepso2 (talk) 00:53, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The article you mention makes no citation of the original work, just the unsubstantiated statement. Can anyone point to a page in the saga that contains an actual reference to the Singing Sword as "Flamberge"? Or cite an interview with Foster where he used the term? Every search I've done just shows that same sort of reference repeated with no substantiation. And regardless of the name, can we agree that the Singing Sword is not "a flamberge" and remove the link? G051051 (talk) 02:07, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I added reference to the specific Prince Valiant panel and also removed the link. Pepso2 (talk) 03:10, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

11 years later...The reference link is dead, but the page and panel citation let me go personally see it myself in my reprints. G051051 (talk) 00:19, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

A possible image for this article -- but with an important condition[edit]

I happen to own a copy of issue #1 of the Prince Valiant comic book. It is consists of a reprint of the first newspaper cartoon strips published -- a not uncommon practice for those days. I would be willing to scan the cover & upload it for use in this article under one important -- but I feel understandable -- condition:

I have help dealing with the "non-free" fanatics over this image.

We all know who they are, & how they work to delete material submitted with good faith attempts to comply with the rules for violating even the most trivial violation of those rules. (Phrases like "politically correct" or "the letter killing the spirit of the law" come to mind.) One such fanatic has been so offensive in his efforts that he has his own personal subpage at WP:AN/I. And if I do upload this image, we all know it will only be a matter of time before one of them attempts to delete it because of some inadvertent violation of the increasingly burdensome & complex procedure for using material that is not 100% "free use".

So unless I can be assured that there are others who agree with me that this image would be a positive contribution to this article, & are willing help me with these fanatics, I am not interested in sharing this rare image. I don't have the time or inclination to force my generosity upon Wikipedia in the face of such short-sighted bureaucratic thinking; I'd rather use what time I can devote to Wikipedia in other ways. -- llywrch (talk) 17:12, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Anachronism[edit]

Hal Foster once said that condensing several hundred years of history into one lifetime was poetic license. WHPratt (talk) 15:43, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]