In this latest volume, Prince Valiant defends the borders against barbarians while young Arn takes center stage, losing his heart to Lydia and encountering action on the jousting circuit. Also: the complete comic-strip adaptation by Hal Foster of Frank Werfel's novel The Song of Bernadette. Sam and Silo co-creator and Beetle Bailey gag-writer Jerry Dumas introduces this volume with a remembrance of his friendship with Prince Valiant artist John Cullen Murphy.