Robin Hood Tales #10

Dates

Cover date

July-August 1957

On sale

May 28, 1957

Pages

36

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• The Sleeper of Sherwood Forest! · 8 pages

  Robin awakes to find he's grown a long beard and Sherwood Forest is deserted. Will Scarlett explains he's slept a year. Prince John has brought peace and happiness to the land. Dazed, Robin goes to Prince John for his pardon, and is manacled! He's been tricked with a false beard and tattered clothes, and is imprisoned in the dungeon with his men. Robin feigns another long sleep, and even a wild panther can't rouse him. Robin leaps and frees his men, who vault into the moat to safety. The panther was once rescued from a trap by Robin. "Hail the newest member of our band!"

• The Magic Arrows! · 8 pages

  A wise man leads Robin to an unknown castle in Sherwood. He gives Robin four golden arrows and a bow to shoot North, South, East, and West to save a "noble descended from English kings." King Richard? Riding, Robin saves a farmer from a bull, a peasant hiding from troops, a miller from a waterfall. The last arrow marks a carriage heading for the coast. Brawling with soldiers rescues - Maid Marian, a cousin of King Richard! At the castle, the old man bids farewell - and both vanish! He was Merlin, and "shall return when he is needed again!"

• The Studious Knight · 2 pages
• The Soothsayer of Doom! · 8 pages

  Little John is Prince John's captive. A soothsayer is in town, and Prince John asks how to capture Robin Hood. Over four days, Robin shall fly, hold the sun in his hands, call down thunder - and die from an accidental shot by Little John! Prince John's men see Robin fly (sprung from a tree), hold the sun (flashing a sword), call down thunder (an avalanche). Prince John frees Little John to kill Robin - but snags the Soothsayer's beard. Robin in disguise! The heroes fight clear and escape. Robin prophesies "an end to the tyranny of Prince John!"

Reprinted in

Robin Hood Tales (1957), Mighty The 100-Page Comic! (1957), All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic (1957)