Arak / Son of Thunder #17 [Newsstand]

(January 1983)

A Flame upon the Sea! (Table of Contents: 1)

Arak, Son of Thunder / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Adrian Gonzales

Inks

Alfredo Alcala

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

Alfredo Alcala

Job Number

J-8501

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Arak; Valda the Iron Maiden; Emperor; General Cometas; Satyricus; Irene; Aëtius; Theodota; Haakon the Viking; King Kalfron (Flashback); Angelica (Flashback); Huo Shih; Malagigi; Kallinikos

Synopsis

While fleeing from Byzantine guards, Arak meets up with a group of emissaries from White Cathay, headed by Haakon the barbarian. Haakon has come to Byzantium to exchange the secret of firecrackers for the secret of Greek Fire, a flame that burns on water. Empress Irene plans to demonstrate Greek fire to the emissaries, then send them away in scorn, but her vizier betrays her and Arak has to kill him to protect the royal family. Nevertheless, Arak is taken prisoner by the traitors and has to watch as the ship containing the royals and his own friends is set aflame.

Reprints

• in Démon (Arédit-Artima, 1985 series) #3 (septembre 1985) [N&B/B&W]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-1175

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Dear People, I just picked up the...

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers David Tompkins, Kate Coffee, Scott "Catspaw" Dutton, Tony St. Clair, Mike Sopp, and T. M. Maple.

Isle of the City, Isle of Death! (Table of Contents: 3)

Valda the Iron Maiden / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas (credited as Danette Thomas)

Pencils

Adrian Gonzales

Inks

Alfredo Alcala

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

Alfredo Alcala

Job Number

J-8476

Genre

sword and sorcery

Characters

Valda the Iron Maiden; Malagigi; Greeramada; St. Denys (Flashback); Brunello

Synopsis

Valda and Malagigi visit one of the sorcerer's old lovers, the lovely Greeramada. However, Greeramada has been corrupted over the years. They find out that she has contracted Brunello (a previous, less-than-pleasant acquaintance of Valda's) to steal the remains of St. Denys. With these relics, she plans to reanimate the saint and force him to give her unspeakable power.

Reprints

• in Arak (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #8 (mars 1987)