Comic Title: Arak/Son of Thunder #27
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1983
On Sale Date: August 4, 1983 Newsstand Date August 4, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #29

Newsstand Date August 2, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #212

Shipping Date July 12, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #212

Copyright Date July 12, 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 July 12, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #83

Shipping Date July 12, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #29

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.60
Page Count: 32
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: "Red Corpse Riding"
Pages: 7

Feature(s):
Valda

Writer: Roy Thomas
Writer: Danette Thomas
Penciller: Ron Randall
Inker: Thomas Yeates
Letterer: Andy Kubert
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Valda (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #25; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #30)

Supporting Character(s)

• Malagigi (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #25; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #30)

Other Character(s)

• Olivar (in flashback; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #28)
• Creston (in flashback; name revealed; dies in this story; last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #12; no further appearances)
• Rinaldo (in flashback; last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #13; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #28)
• Several unnamed knights (in flashback; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Valda (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #21; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #28)
• Malagigi (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #21; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #28)

Comments:
This story continues in the second story of Arak/Son of Thunder #28.

Synopsis:
Arak and Malagigi make their way back to the Frankland from their quest in White Cathay. They pause to catch some fish for dinner which gives Valda time to reflect on her relationship with Arak. Malagigi speculates that the couple will meet again at some time in the future. He also theorizes that the world may be round which is contrary to popular thought at the time.

Valda then remembers the events that led to her first meeting Arak. She was a young knight in service to Carolus Magnus. At the conclusion of a training session with Olivar, Valda and the other knights see a rider in the distance. The rider is Creston, the Knight All in Scarlet, He reaches Valda and with his dying breath whispers the name of Michael, the archangel of death.