Comic Title: Arion, Lord of Atlantis #9
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1983
On Sale Date: April 28, 1983 Newsstand Date April 28, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #210

Newsstand Date April 28, 1983
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #77

Shipping Date April 5, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #210

Newsstand Date April 28, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #23

Shipping Date April 5, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #23

Shipping Date April 5, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #80

Copyright Date April 5, 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

Shipping Date April 5, 1983
Source: DC Coming Attractions, #77

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Joe Kubert

Title: "The Emerald Ice Palace"
Pages: 23

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

Writer: Doug Moench
Penciller: Jan Duursema
Inker: Thomas Mandrake
Letterer: Andy Kubert
Colorist: Robert K. LeRose

Feature Character(s)

• Arion (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lady Chian (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #10)
• Wyynde (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #10)
• Mara (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #10)
• D'Tilluh (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #11)
• Caculha (as a spirit; last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #11)

Villain(s)

• Icestarr (a sorceress; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #10)
• Several ice creatures (next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #10)

Other Character(s)

• General Balar (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #16)
• Wing (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #11)
• Kali (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; next appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #11)
• An army from Carcosa (last appearance in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #8; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story continues in Arion, Lord of Atlantis #10

Synopsis:
General Balar returns to Atlantis with an army behind him only to discover that Arion and his friends have already defeated Garn Daanuth. Balar is angered when he finds that the people within the city worship Arion and have abandoned technology in support of magic. He confronts several of them who are constructing a statue of Arion. When the mage is forced to intervene, Balar orders his arrest. Arion refuses to submit. Balar is outnumbered, so he retreats.

Arion returns to his citadel and gathers the shattered crystals that were his father's legacy. He uses one of them to communicate with Caculha's spirit and is guided on a quest to the north to help save Atlantis from the approaching ice age. Chian joins Arion on the quest which leads to a palace of emerald ice. Inside is a sorceress named Icestarr. Arion immediately submits to the woman despite Chian's protests.