Issue Details

Issue	#8
Published	April 1982
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.60 USD; 0.20 GBP
Pages	36
Editing	Dick Giordano; Dave Manak (Associate Editor)

Cover Details - "The Arena of the Black Pope"

Characters	Arak; Iron Maiden [Valda]
Genre	sword and sorcery
Pencils	Ernie Colón (signed)
Inks	Ernie Colón (signed)

19 page Arak, Son of Thunder story "Arena of the Black Pope!"

Characters	Arak; Iron Maiden [Valda]; Pope Hadrian; Black Pope; Malagigi
Synopsis	Arak and Valda rescue the Pope from his evil counterpart.
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Roy Thomas (plot); Mike W. Barr (script)
Pencils	Ernie Colon
Inks	Bob Smith
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Letters	John Costanza

6 page Viking Prince story "Frozen Hell for a Viking!"

Characters	Viking Prince [Jon]; Gorra
Genre	sword and sorcery
Script	Robert Kanigher
Pencils	Jan Duursema
Inks	Jan Duursema
Colors	Adrienne Roy
Letters	Shelly Leferman

1 page letters page "Scroll Call"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters of comment from readers Rick Snodie, Barbara Earl, Mary Gibbs, Steve Lambey, Sharon Miller, Harold Baird and Pam Miller.