Arak / Son of Thunder #2 (1981) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: Arak / Son of Thunder (DC, 1981 series)
Issue: #2
Publication date: October 1981
Key date: October 1981
On-sale date: June 16, 1981
Indicia publisher: DC Comics Inc.
Price: $0.60; 0.20 GBP
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Arak.

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 Devil Takes a Bride	cover	1	pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Dick Giordano; colors: Tatjana Wood; letters: Todd Klein, Gaspar Saladino	Arak
1	The Devil Takes a Bride!	comic story	25	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Tony DeZuniga; colors: Adrienne Roy; letters: John Costanza	Arak Origin
3	The World of Arak (Late Eighth Century)	illustration	1	pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Ernie Colón; letters: Todd Klein
4	Special Pin-Up Page!	illustration	1	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Ernie Colón; inks: Ernie Colón	Arak
5	How Arak, Son of Thunder Came to Be	text article	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 0709893111310

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Arak / Son of Thunder #24	1983	On eBay ›

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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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