Arak / Son of Thunder
#28
[Newsstand]
(December 1983)
DC,
1981 Series
- Volume
- 3
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-09-15
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 0709893111312
- Editing
- Roy Thomas (editor); Nicola Cuti (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Arak / Son of Thunder (DC, 1981 series) #28 [Direct].
There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Arak, Son of Thunder / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ron Randall (signed)
- Inks
- Ron Randall (signed)
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy (sourced)
- Letters
- ?
- Job Number
- C-535
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Savage! I sentence you to death--
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Arak
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Guardian of the Golden Bough!
Arak, Son of Thunder / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas (co-plotter)
- Pencils
- Ron Randall
- Inks
- Ron Randall
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- David Cody Weiss
- Job Number
- J-9000
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Arak; Satyricus; Dyanna
- Synopsis
- Arak, Satyricus and Dyanna have completed their escape from Byzantium. Upon departing, Dyanna warns the others not to enter the forbidden woods in the distance. However, while Arak visits a village for supplies, Satyricus (true to his nature) lures a couple of women right into the forbidden woods for a little fun. Later, Arak follows their tracks and finds a forest glade dominated by a golden bough. He's then attacked by a large man claiming to be the high priest of Artemis. When, Arak kills him, Dyanna and friends appear and announce Arak will now be the high priest for the rest of his life.
- Reprints
-
in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #5 (janvier 1986) [N&B/B&W]
-
Reapers of the Dunes
Valda the Iron Maiden / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas
- Pencils
- Ron Randall
- Inks
- Tom Yeates
- Colors
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Phil Felix
- Job Number
- J-8990
- Genre
- sword and sorcery
- Characters
- Iron Maiden [Valda]; Malagigi
- Synopsis
- Malagigi uses his sorcery to determine that the cause of Creston's death originated in the monastery of Mount Saint-Michael. When Valda journeys there to investigate, she is attacked by hooded figures. When she mortally wounds one of them, she discovers he's one of the monks, and he actually thanks Valda for releasing him! Just then, Valda is attacked from behind and rendered unconscious. The remaining monks carry her to the monastery, which has now been converted to Baledor's fortress.
- Reprints
- in Arak (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #10 (mai 1987) [-1 page]
-
[no title indexed]
Scroll Call / letters page / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Susan M. Murrie, Greg Helms, Santiago Fernandez, T.M. Maple and Duane A. Carlile.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["Savage! I sentence you to death--"]
Arak, Son of Thunder -
1.
Guardian of the Golden Bough!
Arak, Son of Thunder -
2.
Reapers of the Dunes
Valda the Iron Maiden -
3.
[no title indexed]
Scroll Call -
4.
["Warning: Reading this column may be hazardous..."]
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