Arak / Son of Thunder #44 [Direct]
(May 1985)

DC, 1981 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-01-22
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Roy Thomas (editor); Janice Race (associate editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Man Who Would Be Death! (Table of Contents)

Arak, Son of Thunder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Tony DeZuniga (signed as adez)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (signed as adez)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Arak
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The Man Who Would Be Death! (Table of Contents: 1)

Arak, Son of Thunder / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas
Pencils
Tony DeZuniga
Inks
Tony DeZuniga
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Lois Buhalis
Job Number
G-1774
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Arak; Valda; Satyricus; Malagigi; Alsind; Captain Re-is Hazz
Synopsis
Continuing their search for Arak's homeland, the friends dock at a port where there are plenty of ships at anchor, but no people. When they search the area, they're ambushed by an old enemy of Re-is Hazz', Samakin the pirate. Samakin and his men have been delivering sacrifices to a local priest of Shiva for sacrifice, and getting gold in return. When Samakin pushes a little too hard for payment for the latest prisoners, the priest transforms into the image of Shiva and begins slaughtering everybody. But, Arak's divine heritage shows up once again when he slays the creature with its own weapon.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1941

Indexer Notes

Features letters from Brian McDonough and David Alan Wright.

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Man Who Would Be Death!
    Arak, Son of Thunder
  2. 1. The Man Who Would Be Death!
    Arak, Son of Thunder
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Scroll Call
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Meanwhile...
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