Arak / Son of Thunder #8 [Direct]
(April 1982)

DC, 1981 Series
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Volume
2
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1981-12-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (editor); Dave Manak (associate editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.
This issue has variants:

The Arena of the Black Pope (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Ernie Colón (signed)
Inks
Ernie Colón (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
C-839
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Arak; Iron Maiden [Valda]
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Arena of the Black Pope! (Table of Contents: 1)

Arak, Son of Thunder / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (plot); Mike W. Barr (script)
Pencils
Ernie Colón
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
John Costanza
Job Number
J-7979
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Arak; Iron Maiden [Valda]; Pope Hadrian; Black Pope; Malagigi
Synopsis
Arak and Valda rescue the Pope from his evil counterpart.
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Frozen Hell for a Viking! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Viking Prince / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Robert Kanigher
Pencils
Jan Duursema
Inks
Jan Duursema
Colors
Adrienne Roy
Letters
Shelly Leferman
Genre
sword and sorcery; adventure; historical
Characters
Viking Prince [Jon]; Gorra
Synopsis
While a witch-woman tries to sew his severed arm back on, Jon remembers how he lost it in the first place. It began when his sister was stolen by a rival Viking warlord, and Jon dove into the icy waters of the fjord in pursuit, only to be confronted by a gigantic sea-serpent.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Scroll Call / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-973

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Rick Snodie, Barbara Earl, Mary Gibbs, Steve Lambey, Sharon Miller, Harold Baird, and Pam Miller.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Arena of the Black Pope
    Arak, Son of Thunder
  2. 1. Arena of the Black Pope!
    Arak, Son of Thunder
  3. 2. Frozen Hell for a Viking!
    The Viking Prince
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Scroll Call
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