Comic Title: Arak/Son of Thunder #14
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1982
On Sale Date: July 1, 1982 Newsstand Date July 1, 1982
Source: House Ad, Justice League of America #207, Page 32

Newsstand Date July 1, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #203

Newsstand Date July 1, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #74

Newsstand Date July 1, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #13

Copyright Date June 8, 1982
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1982
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Marv Wolfman

Title: "Beware the War-Horses of the Istir"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Valda

Writer: Roy Thomas
Writer: Danette Thomas
Artist: Ernie Colon
Letterer: Ben Oda
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Valda (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #13; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #15)

Supporting Character(s)

• Malagigi (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #13; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #15)
• Carolus Magnus (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #13; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #19)

Villain(s)

• Several huns (no further appearances)
• Chelchak (a hun priest; not named in this story; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #15)
• Several wild horses (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Carlo (called Carloman in this story; last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #13; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #19)
• Pepin (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #13; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #19)
• Several unnamed scouts (all die in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in the third story of Arak/Son of Thunder #15.

Synopsis:
After the huns failure the assassinate Carolus Magnus, a war between the franks and huns begins. On the banks of the Istir, Valda fights on the side of the franks and captures several prisoners.

After the battle Valda leaves the group to bathe in the river. She spies a beautiful horse on the opposite bank and investigates. There she finds the bodies of three scouts and a group of man-eating horses. Valda mounts and kills one of them, but she falls and is rendered unconscious. A man in a horse mask arrives on the scene and calls off the horses before they kill her.