(June 1984)

DC, 1982 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.30 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-03-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Joe Kubert (editor); Nicola Cuti (associate editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Arion / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jan Duursema (signed)
Inks
Jan Duursema (signed)
Colors
?

Job Number
C-723
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Arion; Wyynde; Bloodmoor; Chian; Mara

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

Kenner Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?; ? (photograph)
Inks
?; ? (photograph)
Colors
?; ? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get in on the action with power action!
Characters
Lex Luthor; Superman; Hawkman; Joker; Wonder Woman; Batman; Aquaman; Penguin; Flash; Brainiac; Green Lantern; Robin

The Black Unicorn (Table of Contents: 2)

Arion / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Jan Duursema
Inks
Bob Smith
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Andy Kubert

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Wyynde; Arion; Chian; Bloodmoor; Kyllor; Nightfire; Mara; Fawndancer
Synopsis
Pirates capture Arion and company.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The Black Unicorn is the name of Captain Bloodmoor's ship.

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

Nabisco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Free Batman comic book

Indexer Notes

Oreo.

After page 4 of The Black Unicorn.

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

Grit Newspaper / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gotta-get-a-Grit!

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Swamp Thing / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A plant. A vegetable.
Genre
horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Swamp Thing; Abigail Arcane

Indexer Notes

Before page 5 of The Black Unicorn.

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

Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Have you heard about it?

Indexer Notes

Between pages 8 and 9 of The Black Unicorn.

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 7)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

After page 17 of The Black Unicorn.

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

Remco Toys; Warlord / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Todd Klein

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Cross swords with champions!
Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Arak; Warlord [Travis Morgan]; Hercules; Deimos; Mikola; Machiste

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from http://kleinletters.com/.

Before page 18 of The Black Unicorn.

Blue Devil (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Blue Devil

Indexer Notes

After page 21 of The Black Unicorn.

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

in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Dick Giordano (signed as Dick)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Next year, 1985, DC Comics will embark upon a year long celebration of its 50th anniversary.

Indexer Notes

Before page 22 of The Black Unicorn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Arion, Lord of Atlantis / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

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

Job Number
L-1636
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I have been reading Arion since its premiere in Warlord and during the past three years have seen it metamorphose from an all right to an utterly fantastic comic.

Indexer Notes

Letters from Kevin Lindenmuth, Tony Hartgrave, Kevin T. Brown, Edward Sizemore, Jo Jacovino, Shawn Mastro, Rodney Swigart, and James Sparano.

Atari Presents Moon Patrol (Table of Contents: 12)

Atari / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Video Game (Table of Contents: 13)

Intellivision; Mattel Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Arion
  2. 1. ["Get in on the action with power action!"]
    Kenner Toys
  3. 2. The Black Unicorn
    Arion
  4. 3. ["Free Batman comic book"]
    Nabisco
  5. 4. ["Gotta-get-a-Grit!"]
    Grit Newspaper
  6. 5. ["A plant. A vegetable."]
    Swamp Thing
  7. 6. ["Have you heard about it?"]
    Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Inc.
  8. 7. Write Right Now!
  9. 8. ["Cross swords with champions!"]
    Remco Toys; Warlord
  10. 9. Blue Devil
    Blue Devil
  11. 10. ["Next year, 1985, DC Comics will embark upon a year long celebration of its 50th anniversary."]
  12. 11. ["I have been reading Arion since its premiere in Warlord and during the past three years have seen it metamorphose from an all right to an utterly fantastic comic."]
    Arion, Lord of Atlantis
  13. 12. Atari Presents Moon Patrol
    Atari
  14. 13. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Video Game
    Intellivision; Mattel Toys
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore