Didn't see a mention of Prince Valiant in the search...

For Christmas some family members pitched in and bought 4 books for a member who's 85 years old. He grew up reading the Prince Valiant comic strip and has always said it was his favorite. And then one of us stumbled across the books at the link below (this is not a sales pitch):

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=prince+valiant

So, four different households pitched in and bought the 4 books of comic strips. And they are extraordinary. I was able to browse a few of the pages over Christmas and the books are impressive. They're large (11x14 inches) and each page reproduces one of the Sunday pages of the comic. They're releasing the books in 2-year increments (first volume 1937-38, Vol 2 1939-40, and so on). Beautiful quality printing, binding, the whole works. They're releasing one volume every 6 months, and the next is due out in April, I think, maybe March.

My uncle couldn't be happier. I think he's read through the books twice already, and we've promised to keep him supplied as other volumes are released.

Just thought some of you might want to know about this. I expect some of you grew up reading the comic strip, and it's reproduced here, in chronological order, in beautiful editions.

The "Look Inside" feature on Amazon gives you an idea what the books contain, but the quality is grainy. The paper editions are smooth, sharp and eye-popping.