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Issue: Arak / Son of Thunder #4
Publication Date: December 1981
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Issues: #4 of 50 Issues (138 Printings)
Title:
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: 08/18/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 40
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: £0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 4 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Middle four advertisement pages are printed on slick paper.

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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
Format Notes:  
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A Tree from Some Dark Hell

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Arak; Iron Maiden [Valda]; Malagigi
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In Content Item: FlagDie großen Phantastic-Comics #30 published ?
as Arok [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Job Number: C-732
Disclose Notes: Colors credit provided by Anthony Tollin.
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A Tree from Some Dark Hell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Arak; Iron Maiden [Valda]; Malagigi; King Carolus Magnus; Duke Namo; Astolpho; Rinaldo; Ganelon; Ogier the Dane; Ferrau the Saracen; Olivar; Archbishop Turpin; Widukind (flashback, cameo); Irminsul; Liutgard
Synopsis: Arak, Valda and Malagigi arrive at Aix-La-Chapelle and Arak is challenged to combat by one of the king's knights.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 27
Job Number: J-7334
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Penguins on Parade

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Penguin; Hostess Fruit Pies
Character(s): The Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Synopsis: The Penguin distracts people with marching penguin puppets while stealing an antique sword, but is himself distracted by Hostess Fruit Pies planted by the police.
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Pages: 1
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
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Pages: 1
Job Number: L-885
Disclose Notes: Letters of comment from readers Todd McFarlane, T. M. Maple, and Frank Gruber.

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