![Arak/Son of Thunder #26 Arak/Son of Thunder #26](/gallery/!dc/arak/arak26.jpg)
Cover Credits |
Artist: Ron Randall |
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Comic Title: Arak/Son of Thunder #26
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: October 1983
On Sale Date:
July 7, 1983 Newsstand Date July 7, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #212
Newsstand Date July 7, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #27
Shipping Date June 14, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #212
Shipping Date June 14, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #27
Copyright Date June 14, 1983
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1983
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Roy Thomas
Story |
Title: "The Lady or the Lioness"
Pages: 23
Feature(s):
Arak
Writer: Roy Thomas
Plotter: Danette Thomas
Artist: Ron Randall
Letterer: Bob Lappan
Colorist: Adrienne Roy
Feature Character(s)
- Arak (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #25; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27)
Supporting Character(s)
- Satyricus (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #25; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27)
Villain(s)
- Castor and Pollux (no further appearances)
- Dyanna (not named in this story; a shape-changer; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27)
Other Character(s)
- Irene (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #18; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27)
- Constantine VI (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #18; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27)
- General Cometas (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #18; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27)
- Cladus and the Greens (next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27)
- Jamius (a charioteer; dies in this story; no further appearances)
Comments:
This story continues in the first story of Arak/Son of Thunder #27.
Synopsis:
Arak and Satyricus arrive in Byzantium to report the death of Kallinikos to Emperess Irene. Arak also plans to request the use of a ship to carry him back to his homeland. Upon arrival, the streets of the city are nearly empty. Arak is then attacked by a lioness. He is able to subdue the lion in a tarp.
Arak then meets Cladus, the leader of the Greens, a faction competing in the city games. Arak offers to become a charioteer in order to win gold to pay for the ship he intends to hire. He then competes in a chariot race where the competitors try to kill him. Arak prevails and is awarded a crown.
After the victory ceremony, Arak plans to meet with Irene, but he then sees the caged lioness. The people set the cage on fire. The lioness transforms into a beautiful woman. Arak is horrified as the crowd cheers for her death.
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