Valor (comic)
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Valor was a short lived comic book published by EC Comics in 1955 as part of its New Direction line. The bi-monthly comic was published by Bill Gaines and edited by Al Feldstein. It lasted a total of 5 issues before being cancelled, along with EC's other New Direction comics.
Valor was dedicated to tales of action and adventure that took place in the past. Its stories took place in a large number of settings including the Roman Empire, the French Revolution, the Napoleanoic Era, the Middle Ages, the Crusades, Ancient Egypt and many others. It was similar in vein to many stories that appeared throughout Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat from 1950 through 1954.
Contributors to Valor include Wally Wood, Al Williamson, Angelo Torres, Graham Ingels, Bernard Krigstein, Joe Orlando, George Evans and Reed Crandall.
Valor was reprinted as part of the Complete EC Library in 1988.
