Robin Hood Tales #23

In "The Sleeper of Sherwood Forest!", Robin awakens to find himself bearded and the forest eerily empty. A year has passed while he slept, and Prince John now rules with a peace that feels too good to be true. When Robin seeks pardon, he’s betrayed and imprisoned, but his cunning remains. Using a ruse of deep slumber, he outwits his captors—only to find his old allies, and even a wild panther once saved by him, ready to rise with him once more.

In "The Soothsayer of Doom!", Little John finds himself imprisoned by Prince John, who turns to a mysterious soothsayer for a plan to finally capture Robin Hood. The prophecy unfolds over four days, each marked by impossible feats—Robin flying, holding the sun, summoning thunder—until the final moment when fate seems to align for Prince John’s victory. But when the soothsayer’s beard is snatched in a desperate twist, the truth of Robin’s disguise is revealed, and the heroes make their move. The story ends with a bold prophecy: an end to the tyranny of Prince John.