Arak / Son of Thunder #17
Newsstand
January 1983 · 0.60 USD · 36 pages
On sale 1982-10-07
Rated Approved by the Comics Code Authority
UPC 0709893111301
Synopsis
While fleeing from Byzantine guards, Arak meets up with a group of emissaries from White Cathay, headed by Haakon the barbarian. Haakon has come to Byzantium to exchange the secret of firecrackers for the secret of Greek Fire, a flame that burns on water. Empress Irene plans to demonstrate Greek fire to the emissaries, then send them away in scorn, but her vizier betrays her and Arak has to kill him to protect the royal family. Nevertheless, Arak is taken prisoner by the traitors and has to watch as the ship containing the royals and his own friends is set aflame.
Credits
- Script
- Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas
- Pencils
- Adrian Gonzales
- Inks
- Alfredo Alcala
- Colours
- Adrienne Roy
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino, Alfredo Alcala
- Editor
- Roy Thomas
- Managing editor
- Dick Giordano
Characters
Notes
On-sale date from The Comic Reader #205.
This comic book appears in the movie "Dreamscape" (1984) starring Dennis Quaid and Kate Capshaw. The comic book (along with Adventure Comics #495) is lying on a coffee table about 11 minutes into the film.