(April 1985)

DC, 1982 Series
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Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.35 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1985-01-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Karen Berger (editor); Tom Condon (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #11.
This issue has variants:

The Magic Odyssey! Book One (Table of Contents)

Arion / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jan Duursema (signed)
Inks
Jan Duursema (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Arion; Chian
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Arion, Lord of Atlantis (DC, 1982 series) #30 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Arion, Lord of Atlantis (1982 series) #30 [Newsstand] Cover Thumbnail for Arion, Lord of Atlantis (1982 series) #30 [Canadian]
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V the Comic Book (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

The Magic Odyssey, Book One: The Summoning (Table of Contents: 2)

Arion / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Kupperberg
Pencils
Jan Duursema
Inks
Jan Duursema
Colors
Bob LeRose
Letters
Andy Kubert
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Arion; Chian; Wing; Kali; Tesh; Hefed; D'Tilluh; Tomokata; Dark Majistra; Wyynde
Synopsis
Arion and Chian explore an ancient, mysterious tower in Atlantis built by scientists.
Reprints

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

Nabisco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Crisis on Infinite Earths / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script
Paul Kupperberg; Karen Berger
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-1900
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, here we are, gang, beginning the long-awaited "Magic Odyssey"!

Indexer Notes

Letters from Tim Scarborough, Sean Buckley, Amy Becker-Chambless, Ron Smith, Julian Petrillo, and Anne Kaine; includes house ad for Batman and the Outsiders.

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

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Go Bots (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Magic Odyssey! Book One
    Arion
  2. 1. V the Comic Book
  3. 2. The Magic Odyssey, Book One: The Summoning
    Arion
  4. 3. ["Find your way to the Newtons treasure chest!!"]
    Nabisco
  5. 4. ["Earn famous name prizes or earn $1.00 an item cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  6. 5. ["Do you know me?"]
  7. 6. Write Right Now!
  8. 7. ["Worlds will live. Worlds will die. And the DC universe will never be the same!"]
    Crisis on Infinite Earths
  9. 8. ["Cross swords with champions!"]
    Remco Toys; Warlord
  10. 9. ["The magic is back!"]
    Arion
  11. 10. ["Well, here we are, gang, beginning the long-awaited "Magic Odyssey"!"]
    Arion, Lord of Atlantis
  12. 11. ["1985 promises to be our best year yet."]
    Meanwhile...
  13. 12. Go Bots
    Monogram Models
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Dwayne Best
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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