a Valiant Miscellany.

We now have a selection of strips from Valiant.

We start with a double serve of the Nutts, by Angel Nadal.

Comic Title: The Nutts

Comic: Valiant

Artist: Angel Nadal.

First Appearance: TBA

Final Appearance: TBA

Our first the Nutts strip originally appeared in the issue of Valiant, issue dated 2/3/68

Here are the Nutts again, this time in the issue dated 30/5/1964

Now, I have another strip from Valiant, here is the premiere of the series Crime-Busters.

Comic Title: Crime-Busters

Artist: TBA

First Appearance: 30/5/64

This strip first appeared in Valiant on 30/5/64.

Coming up now is the first two chapters of the thriller, the Ironmaster.

Comic Title: the Ironmaster

Comic: Valiant

artist: Bill Lacey (thanks to Peter (and to Robbie Moubert at ComicsUK) for supplying me the info.)

First Appearance: 2/3/68

Final Appearance: TBA

Today’s premiere strip first appeared on 2/3/68

Is this the end for our hero? Read on... This originally appeared in Valiant, issue dated 9/3/1968.

Now, I have a selection of covers drawn by Mike Western.

My first cover in this collection is the earliest issue in my collection at the moment, the series called the Greatest… (this first cover originally appeared on the 30/5/64 issue.)

the next cover is the second in the series of the Greatest… and originally appeared on the 20/2/65 issue.

we now turn the clock forward to another two episodes of is it true? the first originally appeared in Valiant, issue dated 6/4/68

the next one is from the 4/5/68 issue (and as this was part of a bundle, I didn’t know this one was included.)

Are either of these stories true? The answer sadly is no.

Here is another selection of covers by Mike Western, and I have another two instalments of “Is It True”. One of which is fact, the other one is not. I will have a link to the true one at the end of the post.
the first “is It True” first appeared in Valiant, issue dated 6/9/1969

the second originally appeared in Valiant, issue dated 9/3/1968 (and i realise it contains the second part of the Ironmaster, so I’ll post that by the end of this week.)

so which of the two stories that appeared on the above covers actually happened? The solution appears here.

My final cover is another installment of “Is It True” originally appearing in Valiant on 12/7/1969.