Comic Title: Arion, Lord of Atlantis #4
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1983
On Sale Date: November 24, 1982 Newsstand Date November 24, 1982
Source: House Ad, Legion of Super-Heroes #296, Page 32

Newsstand Date November 24, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #206

Newsstand Date November 24, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #77

Shipping Date November 2, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #206

Newsstand Date November 24, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #16

Copyright Date November 2, 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: Ernie Colon

Title: "Unto Atlantis... a Savior"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Arion (of Earth-1)

Writer: Doug Moench
Artist: Jan Duursema
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Feature Character(s)

• Arion (origin revealed; last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #3; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lady Chian (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #3; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)
• Wyynde (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #3; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)
• Mara (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #3; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)
• Caculha (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #1; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)
• D'Tilluh (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #3; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)

Villain(s)

• Garn Daanuth (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #3; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)
• Garn's jackal warriors (next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)

Other Character(s)

• General Balar (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #3; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)
• Majistra (in flashback; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #24)
• Ten prime mages (in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Ahri'ahn (100,000 years earlier; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #32)
• Garn Daanuth (100,000 years earlier; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)
• Caculha (100,000 years earlier; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)
• Wyynde (at Arion's resurrection; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Warlord #56)
• Arion (at Arion's resurrection; last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #32; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5)

Comments:
This story is continued from Arion, Lord of Atlantis #3 and continues in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #5.

Synopsis:
Garn Daanuth and his jackal warriors successfully capture the capital city of Atlantis. Garn imprisons King D'Tilluh and his guards. Arion is locked in the dungeons. After securing the city, Garn visits Arion's cell. He then reveals the truth about Arion's history.

Garn explains that 100,000 years earlier Caculha and Majistra were two of the twelve greatest mages. Garn was the son of Majistra who followed the dark. Arion, then called Ahri'Ahn, was Caculha's son, and they followed the light. When Caculha sensed a threat to the twelve crystals buried beneath the twelve major cities that kept the world in balance, he called a meeting of the mages.

At the meeting, Caculha warned of a pending cataclysm. To prevent it he proposed increases the guard upon the crystals. Only Majistra opposed him. Seeking power for herself, Majistra removed the crystals. Earthquakes shook the world. Caculha tried in vain to stop her. Only by sacrificing his own life was Ahri'Ahn able to shatter Majistra's control of the crystals.

As a result of the sacrifice, balance was restored, Majistra died too. Caculha was exiled to the Darkworld, and Garn's skin was bleached white. To reward his fallen son, Caculha used magic to send Ahri'ahn's energy into the sun.

As centuries went by, Caculha and Garn continued to increase their powers. The other mages also discovered that the battle caused a shift in the Earth's axis which would eventually cause an ice age. To help save Atlantis again, Caculha used his new power to bring about a rebirth of his son, now called Arion. Although the savior of prophecy had no memory of his past lift, Arion began a great mage in Atlantis. Now with the fall of the city, it appears that Garn has finally won.