Arak / Son of Thunder #1 for Sale - First Appearance of Arak - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Arak / Son of Thunder (DC, 1981 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: September 1981
Key date: 1981-09-00
On-sale date: 1981-05-12
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.50
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Arak - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Sword and the Serpent!	cover	1	pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Gaspar Saladino	Arak First
1	The Sword and the Serpent!	comic story	25	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Tony DeZuniga; colors: Carl Gafford; letters: Ben Oda	Arak First
3	A Short History of the World, DC-Style!	letters page	1	script: Roy Thomas

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 0709893111309
British	price 0.15 GBP

Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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