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Arak / Son of Thunder #1

DC · Series began 1981 · September 1981

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Dates

Cover date: September 1981
On sale: May 12, 1981
In stores: June 4, 1981
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition50¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition50¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0709893111309
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.
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Creators

pencils: Ernie Colón, Curt Swaninks: Dick Giordano, Tony DeZuniga, Vince Collettacolors: Tatjana Wood, Carl Gaffordletters: Gaspar Saladino, Ben Odascript: Roy Thomas, Bob Rozakis

Stories

The Sword and the Serpent! · 25 pages
When a storm blows them off-course, Vikings find an Amerindian boy floating in a raft. They take him in and he becomes a member of their band. They spend the next decade brutally raiding towns and monasteries, looting and killing. One day, they attack the wrong monastery, as an unexpected mystical power fights back.

Publisher’s description

Far off course, a viking longship comes across a waterlogged canoe adrift on the high seas. They rescue the red-skinned passenger who they come to call Arak, and he joins them on their raids. But when the viking raiders come across an abbey that has already been conquered by strangers from the far East, they must fight for their very lives!

Characters

Arak