Comic Title: Arak, Son of Thunder #39
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1984
On Sale Date: September 13, 1984 Newsstand Date September 13, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #7

Newsstand Date September 13, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #53

Shipping Date August 21, 1984
Source: DC Releases, #7

Shipping Date August 21, 1984
Source: Comics Journal, #92

Copyright Date August 21, 1984
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1984
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date August 21, 1984
Source: Amazing Heroes, #53

Cover Price: $0.75
Page Count: 32
Editor: Roy Thomas

Title: "Beware the Beasts of Neverwhere"
Pages: 23

Feature(s):
Arak

Writer: Roy Thomas
Writer: Danette Thomas
Artist: Tony DeZuniga
Letterer: L. Lois Buhalis
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Arak (last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #40)

Supporting Character(s)

• Valda (last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #40)
• Malagigi (last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #40)
• Satyricus (last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #40)
• Alsind (last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #40)
• Sharizad (last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #40)

Villain(s)

• Barmak (dies in this story; last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; no further appearances)
• Barmak's men (last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; no further appearances)
• Gryphon, Cocodryllus, Catoblepas, and Manticora (all die in this story; last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; no further appearances)
• A basilisk (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Harun Al-Rashid (last appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #38; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #40)
• Members of the caliph's harem (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Arak, Son of Thunder #38 and continues in part in Arak, Son of Thunder #40.

Synopsis:
Alsind has escaped from the laboratory cell in the palace in Baghdad. He finds Satyricus in a beastiary and helps to free him. The other creatures in the beastiary have a hatred of Barmak, the caliph's vizier for their imprisonment. They join Alsind.

Meanwhile Malagigi attempts to secure the release of the others by talking with Barmak. The vizier denies knowledge of the other captives. The wizard finds Arak's otomahuk which proves Barmak is lying. He then disappears before the guards can capture him. Malagigi then tracks down the caliph who is with his harem when the beasts led by Alsind attack.

Malagigi summons Arak and Valda to protect the caliph from the beasts. Arak and Valda kill all but the basilisk. Sharizad then convinces her cousin to stand down his attack. Barmak then tries to kill Alsind before the basilisk kills him and flies away.