The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 1 #1 (Valiant)

The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 1 #1 (Valiant) — by George Caragonne. From Era 2 — Western Originals in the Zelda Manga Gallery.

The American Zelda comic begins: patterned on the TV cartoon, with original characters including Link’s parents, Arn and Medilia. $1.95 cover price; each issue carried two stories plus shorts.

Cover dates and newsstand months differ by a quarter on this line — the record prints cover dates and says so.

The same story, other editions: The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 1 #2 (Valiant) · The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 1 #3 (Valiant) · The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 1 #4 (Valiant) · The Legend of Zelda, Vol. 1 #5 (Valiant).

Shown here at its verified native size, 474×700, the largest honest copy the Library holds for this cover.

No verified back cover has been sighted for this volume yet, so it is shown front-only — SOJ never pairs a front with an unverified back. The hunt for the missing backs continues, and each joins this page when a verified copy surfaces.