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Issue: Arak / Son of Thunder #20
Publication Date: April 1983
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Issues: #20 of 50 Issues (138 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/14/1982
Volume: 3
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 CAD
£0.25 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dick Giordano (managing editor); Roy Thomas (editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Stalkers of the Sandy Sea!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Adrian Gonzales (signed)
Inker(s): Alfredo Alcala (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Arak, Son of Thunder
Character(s): Arak; Angelica
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Pages: 1
Job Number: C-292
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To Sail the Sandy Sea!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Danette Thomas (co-plotter)
Penciller(s): Adrian Gonzales
Inker(s): Alfredo Alcala
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Alfredo Alcala
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Arak, Son of Thunder
Character(s): Arak; Iron Maiden [Valda]; Satyricus; Johannes; Angelica; Argalia (flashback); Malagigi
Synopsis: Arak and his followers continue their journey towards White Cathay. Now, they have to cross a desert of wildly shifting sands. Progress is slow and dangerous until Johannes uses his magic to conjure up a sailing ship that was claimed by the sand ages ago. Angelica, watching through sorcerous means, is not pleased; she reanimates the sailors from that self-same ship to reclaim their property and kill the travelers. But, after a furious struggle with the undead creatures, Arak discovers what zombie experts have always known: cut off their heads!
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Pages: 17
Job Number: J-8608
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Ghost from an Icy Grave!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas; Danette Thomas
Penciller(s): Adrian Gonzales
Inker(s): Alfredo Alcala
Colorist(s): Adrienne Roy
Letterer(s): Alfredo Alcala
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Valda the Iron Maiden
Character(s): Iron Maiden [Valda]; Pip
Synopsis: Valda is searching the snow-covered palace grounds for the grief-stricken Pip when she is attacked by wolves. After dispatching the threat, she overhears a ghostly voice urging Pip to overthrow his father, the king, and claim his birthright. Pip is nearly frozen to death and seems to be oblivious to all, but Valda has a nagging fear about the voice, which claimed to be Pip's long-dead grandfather. As Valda leads Pip to safety, hooded figures in the shadows discuss their master plan.
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Pages: 7
Job Number: J-8575
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mike Flynn
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meanwhile...
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Roy Thomas
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Scroll Call
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-1226
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Ian Orenstein, Paul Ragunton, Kevin Lindenmuth and Jim Blanchard.

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