History ComicStrip / PrinceValiant

* HornyVikings: Val is a Norseman himself so vikings regularly make appearances, dressed like they stepped right out of a Victorian painting. Other Germanic peoples like Saxons, Goths and Vandals often appear in similar attire.

* LavaIsBoilingKoolAid: In a rather unusual example, one strip of the comic waxed narrative on the lava flow of a [[ConvectionSchmonvection snowy peak]], with a breathtaking image of a river of ''Cadillac-pink'' water. This is actually possible as snow covered volcanoes are not all that uncommon and the snow can stick around during an eruption. The water would be overflowing with melt water, though. As for the pink river, there are four possible explanations. It is caused by the sun shining on the water a certain way (at dawn or dusk), the red glow of the lava reflecting off the water, a poisonous bacteria that's red (usually occurs in salt water) growing the water, red sediment and maybe pulverized pink granite (from the exploding mountain obviously) being swept up by the melt water, or any combination of those. Any way you look at it, you run the risk of frost-bite, burning to death, suffocated by smoke, or poisoned by contaminated water. So this trope is averted. Still a nice view though.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfPrinceValiant'' (1991–1993): An AnimatedAdaptation with [[WesternAnimation/{{Exosquad}} Robbie]] [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast1991 Benson]] voicing the title role, aired on what was then [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]].

-->'''Arn: Prince Arn of Ord backs uo for no man.'''

* BadassBoast: Val: "I am a man of peace. Whene'er I draw my sword, peace follows."

* PostVictoryCollapse All the time. Val spends a good amount of his time unconscious and often gets himself captured in the process.

* TheRival Arn of Ord is this in the beginning as he happens to be engaged to the woman Val is in love with. Their duel ends inconclusive when fair Ilene gets kidnapped and the men become Fire-Forged Friends in order to rescue her. Bonus points for a magical weapon exchanging hands and a child being named after the other.

* WalkingShirtlessScene Val and really all young warriors find regularly reasons to take off their shirts (if they even wear one to begin with). Villains will also in general proceed to strip our dude before chaining him up.

* WalkingShirtlessDude Val and really all young warriors find regularly reasons to take off their shirts (if they even wear one to begin with). Villains will also in general proceed to strip our dude before chaining him up.

As the title would suggest, the comic is set during the time of King Arthur and though it does take liberties with history it is notable among modern era Arthuriana for being set firmly in the fifth century (the actual time period Arthur is supposed to have lived), avoiding at least some of the usual anachronistic trappings (the key word here being ''some''. Later medieval concepts like knights and chivalry are featured heavily, but at least no one is wearing plate armour). "Val's" adventures took him to many exotic locations from his native Thule to China, India and even the jungles of Africa. ''Prince Valiant'' was notable for its exquisitely detailed and graceful artwork, its strong story-lines, and its idealization of the themes of adventure, chivalry, and CourtlyLove (we did say ''most'').

* LastOfHisKind: A story from the early 90's has Val and friends in the snowy north, where they befriend a strange-looking man who is implied to the reader to be the last living Neanderthal. Subverted in the 2000s, when our heroes discover a LostLand with many strange creatures, where it turns out there are other Neanderthals still around after all. Three of them even return with our heroes to Camelot!

* LastOfHisKind: