Other Artists
In 1970, after tryout strips by several artists, Foster invited John Cullen Murphy to collaborate on the strip. Here is a list of the transition artists:
- #1756 Foster
- #1757 Gray Morrow
- #1758 Foster
- #1759 Foster
- #1760 Murphy
- #1761 Foster
- #1762 Wally Wood
- #1763 Foster
- #1764 Murphy
- #1765 Gray Morrow
- #1766 Murphy
- #1767 Gray Morrow
- #1768 Foster
- #1769 Murphy
- #1770 Gray Morrow
- #1771-2 Murphy
- #1773 Foster
- #1774-5 Murphy
- #1776 Foster
- #1777-87 Murphy
- #1788 Foster
- #1789 on Murphy
From 1971 on, Murphy drew the strip from Foster scripts and pencil sketches. Foster continued to write the continuity until strip #2241 in 1980. Murphy then drew it solo with scripts by his son Cullen Murphy, an editor of The Atlantic. Stories by Cullen Murphy included many adventures in which Val is opposed by the Emperor Justinian. John Cullen Murphy's daughter, Mairead, did the lettering and coloring. In March 2004, Murphy retired and turned the strip over to his chosen successor, illustrator Gary Gianni. Scripting duties were passed on to Mark Schultz with Scott Roberts providing the coloring.
Schultz continued as the writer when Thomas Yeates began as the strip's artist on April 1, 2012.
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