Arak #1

(janvier 1986)

Le barbare et les amazones (Table of Contents: 1)

Arak fils de la foudre / comic story / 32 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas (co-plotter); ? (traduction)

Pencils

Ron Randall

Inks

Gérald Forton

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

?

Genre

heroic fantasy (sword and sorcery)

Characters

Arak; Dyanna; Satyricus; Maximus

Reprints

• from Arak / Son of Thunder (DC, 1981 series) #29 (January 1984), #30 (February 1984)

Indexer Notes

Les 2 histoires originales sont réunies en un seul récit. [The 2 original stories are merged into a single one.]
Episode qui correspond à la couverture. [Cover story.]

Pour l'amour de l'ambre (Table of Contents: 2)

Arak fils de la foudre / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas (co-plotter); ? (traduction)

Pencils

Ernie Colón

Inks

Tony DeZuniga (pages 5-19); Ernie Colón (pages 1-4, 20-23)

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

?

Genre

heroic fantasy (sword and sorcery)

Characters

Arak; Dziewona; Satyricus

Synopsis

Arak recalls an adventure when he was still a Viking raider. He wanted to marry Amber, but a rival also wanted her, so Ottar declared that he would give Amber to whomever brings him a chunk of real amber as big as her head. Arak ends up finding a huge mound of amber with a woman being sacrificed on it by barbarians. He rescues her, but the pile of amber becomes a dragon, and Arak needs the help of the woman, Dziewona, to defeat it. She rewards Arak with the amber he needs, but Arak is horrified when he returns home. Ottar had died, and Amber has been slain to accompany him to the underworld.

Reprints

• from Arak / Son of Thunder (DC, 1981 series) #31 (March 1984)
which is reprinted
• from Warlord (DC, 1976 series) #48 (August 1981)

La Vierge de fer (Table of Contents: 3)

Valda / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas; Dann Thomas; ? (traduction)

Pencils

Ernie Colón

Inks

Ernie Colón

Colors

Adrienne Roy

Letters

?

Genre

heroic fantasy (sword and sorcery)

Characters

Iron Maiden [Valda] (origin)

Synopsis

A frustrated teenage Valda desperately wants to become a knight, but the king vowed to her mother that Valda would never be allowed to become a warrior like herself. But, Valda is working as a squire to a boorish young knight when he collapses of a sickness. After ensuring he'll be all right, Valda takes his place in a tournament (in full armor, hiding her identity). When she wins her battle, she claims the right to knighthood, and the king cannot refuse. Later, we find out that it was all a plan. Malagigi (the king's wizard) and the young knight engineered the whole thing.

Reprints

• from Arak / Son of Thunder (DC, 1981 series) #12 (August 1982)