(November 1982)

DC, 1982 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-08-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Dick Giordano (managing editor); Ernie Colón (co-editor); Laurie Sutton (co-editor)

Issue Notes

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Arion / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jan Duursema (signed)
Inks
Jan Duursema (signed)
Colors
Tom Ziuko (sourced)
Letters
Todd Klein (sourced) (logo design); ?

Job Number
C-136
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Arion [Ahri'ahn]; Caculha
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Star Spawn -- Sun Death (Table of Contents: 2)

Arion / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Jan Duursema
Inks
Jan Duursema
Colors
Tatjana Wood
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Arion [Ahri'ahn]; Choloh (mentioned); Calculha [Caculha]; Oracle of Choloh; "Star-Spawn" [Sun Sphere] (dies); Deedra (mentioned); Lady Chian; Wyynde; Chaon; Tynan; Gemimn; Mad Mage of Mu [Garn Daanuth]; King D'Tilluh; Wing
Synopsis
Caculha aids Arion against the Sun Sphere which claims to be Arion's mother.
Reprints
Keywords
Anuleous (planet); Atlantis; Chronicles of Choloh (mentioned); Darkworld; Sun-Sphere

Indexer Notes

ARION prior to this issue was a backup series in WARLORD 55-62 (March 1982 - Oct 1982) by the same Kupperberg/Duursema creative team.

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

Bubble Yum / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Tyco Magnum 440 (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Tyco Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Life Savers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Arion Lord of Atlantis (Table of Contents: 11)

Arion / text article / 1.5 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Jan Duursema
Inks
Jan Duursema
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-1172
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome to the year 45,000 B.C. - give or take a couple of thousand years - and the world of Arion.
Genre
non-fiction; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Arion

Indexer Notes

Paul tells how the series developed.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

DC Coming Comics / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Kidco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Frogger Video Game Cartridge (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Parker Brothers Games / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Arion
  2. 1. ["You're building for real."]
    Lego Toys
  3. 2. Star Spawn -- Sun Death
    Arion
  4. 3. ["Now Bubble Yum is super yum"]
    Bubble Yum
  5. 4. ["We are looking for a few good boys and girls..."]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. Tyco Magnum 440
    Tyco Toys
  7. 6. ["Be a Life Savers flavor shooter!"]
    Life Savers
  8. 7. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure
    Dungeons & Dragons
  9. 8. ["Sgt. Rock is on the move in 82!"]
    Remco Toys; Sgt. Rock
  10. 9. Write Right Now!
  11. 10. ["DC is on the move!"]
  12. 11. Arion Lord of Atlantis
    Arion
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    DC Coming Comics
  14. 13. ["Triple free offer!!!"]
    Kidco
  15. 14. Frogger Video Game Cartridge
    Parker Brothers Games
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dave Berkebile
  • Daniel Block
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Jan Roar Hansen
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Antonio Pontes Junior
  • Mark Q
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore