Arak / Son of Thunder #36 [Newsstand]

(August 1984)

The Sword of Nether-Eden (Table of Contents: 1)

Arak, Son of Thunder / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas

Pencils

Ron Randall

Inks

Rick Magyar

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

Lois Buhalis

Job Number

G-1244

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Arak; Sharizad; Satyricus; Alsind; Abu Jahl; Josephus

Synopsis

After repelling an attack by serpent-men, Arak is charged with finding the sword of the arch-angel Gabriel, hidden somewhere in Damaskos. Arak's shaman abilities enable him to find the blade just in time to be attacked by a half-man, half-serpent creature. Arak kills the beast with the sword, but the Serpent-Lord appears in a vision and manages to abduct Sharizad and Alsind with the help of a traitor, Alsind's own mother. The stage is set: does Arak give the sword to his eternal enemy to save the lives of his friends?

Reprints

• in Arak (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #3 (mai 1986)

The Turtle and the Serpent (Table of Contents: 2)

Arak, Son of Thunder / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas

Pencils

Gérald Forton

Inks

Gérald Forton

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

Lois Buhalis

Job Number

G-1245

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Arak [Bright-Sky-After-Storm]; Star-Of-Dawn; Proud-Elk; Dancing-Mist

Synopsis

It is the season of fish-running, where the boys of the tribe chase spawning fish into their elders' nets. It's going well until Arak suddenly hurls a rock at his adoptive father's net, smashing it. It appears he's brought shame on his family until they all realize that Arak was actually saving the man's life by killing a venomous snake in the net. Also in the net is a turtle, a good omen. All in all, it's another example of the tribe's eternal struggle with the Serpent-Lord.

Reprints

• in Jonah Hex (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #3 (juillet 1986) [N&B [B&W]]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Scroll Call / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Ernie Colón (signed); ? (header)

Inks

Ernie Colón (signed); ? (header)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-1630

Characters

Valda

Indexer Notes

Features letters from Donavon R. Ice Jr, Paul Cogley, Susan M. Murrie, and Chuck Graham. Second page includes a preview of next issue's cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 0.6 page (report information)

Spotlight on... Sgt. Rock (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.4 page (report information)