Dates
- Cover date
- May 1982
- On sale
- January 12, 1982
- In stores
- February 4, 1982
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #9 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0709893111305
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Stories
- Out of the City of the Dead! · 18 pages
Continuing their search for White Cathay, Arak and Valda manage to finagle a ride on Captain Montagu's ship. Montagu is loading oddly-shaped rocks, claimed from the ruins of Pompeii, into the hold of his ship, claiming they are to be used to build a temple. Later, after fending off pirates, Arak and Valda learn Montagu's villainous nature and are taken prisoner, and Arak is thrown into the hold with the rocks. But, it turns out the rocks contain the remains of Pompeii's people, and one of their high priests awakens and reanimates the corpses, who kill Montagu's crew and sink the ship.
- Frozen Hell for a Viking! · 7 pages
Searching for his abducted sister, Jon enlists the aid of a mute minstrel and a dwarf named Evor. They soon chance upon a maiden being sacrificed to a fire-breathing dragon, but Jon manages to slay the beast. But, one of the dragon's druid worshipers attacks Jon from behind and hacks off his arm. Evor kills the druid and the freed maiden suggests they take Jon to a nearby wise-woman, who may be able to restore his arm.