Valor
Al Williamson cover, issue #2
Publication information
PublisherEC Comics
ScheduleBimonthly
FormatAnthology
Publication dateMarch/April 1955 - November/December 1955
No. of issuesFive
Creative team
Created byWilliam Gaines
Al Feldstein

Valor was a comic book published by EC Comics in 1955 as the second title in its New Direction line. The bi-monthly comic was published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein. It lasted a total of five issues before being cancelled, along with EC's other New Direction comics.

Valor was dedicated to tales of action and adventure in various period settings, including Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages, the Crusades, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic era. It was similar in vein to the historical stories that previously appeared in EC's Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat from 1950 through 1954.

Artists included Reed Crandall, George Evans, Gardner Fox, Graham Ingels, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, Angelo Torres, Al Williamson and Wally Wood.

Valor was reprinted as part of publisher Russ Cochran's Complete EC Library in 1988. Between October 1998 and February 1999, Cochran (in association with Gemstone Publishing) reprinted all five individual issues. This complete run was later rebound, with covers included, in a single softcover EC Annual. Dark Horse reprinted Valor as part of the EC Archives series in 2017.

Issue guide

#DateCover ArtistStoryStory Artist
1March/April 1955Wally WoodThe ArenaAl Williamson and Angelo Torres
StrategyBernard Krigstein
RevolutionGraham Ingels
The Return of King ArthurWally Wood
2May/June 1955Al WilliamsonThe ChampionAl Williamson
Poetic JusticeBernard Krigstein
The Colonel's SonGraham Ingels
The King's ServiceWally Wood
3July/Aug 1955Joe OrlandoThe Cloak of CommandAl Williamson
Gentle As A WhisperJoe Orlando
The PyramidBernard Krigstein
Debt of HonorReed Crandall
4Sept/Oct 1955Wally WoodGratitudeJoe Orlando
The Know-NothingBernard Krigstein
The Taste of FreedomGraham Ingels
A Knight's DreamReed Crandall
5Nov/Dec 1955Wally WoodDangerous AnimalWally Wood
Important ManGraham Ingels
Treasure from XanaduBernard Krigstein
Day of ReckoningAl Williamson and George Evans
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