Stephen, King of England of their castles in England. This threat was backed up by the arrest of the bishops, with the exception of Nigel who had taken refuge in Devizes Castle; the bishop only surrendered after Stephen besieged the castle and threatened to execute Roger le Poer. The remaining castles were then surrendered to the King. Stephen's brother, Henry of Blois, was alarmed by this, both as a matter of principle, since Stephen had previously agreed in 1135 to respect the freedoms of the church, and more pragmatically because he himself had recently built six castles and had no desire to be treated
King of the Royal Mounted strip was passed on to , who took over the daily strip as well in April 1938. From 1939, Gaylord DuBois became the writer and Jim Gary became the artist, creating "King" until it ended in March 1955. In the end, it was Jim Gary who became the artist most closely associated with the strip. King of the Royal Mounted King of the Royal Mounted is an American comics series created in 1935 by Stephen Slesinger, based on popular Western writer Zane Grey's byline and marketed as "Zane Grey's King of the Royal Mounted". The series' protagonist is Dave King,