Comic Title: Arak/Son of Thunder #9
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1982
On Sale Date: February 4, 1982 Newsstand Date February 4, 1982
Source: Comic Reader, #199

Newsstand Date February 4, 1982
Source: Comics Journal, #70

Newsstand Date February 4, 1982
Source: Amazing Heroes, #8

Copyright Date January 12, 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: Laurie S. Sutton

Title: "Out of the City of the Dead"
Pages: 18

Feature(s):
Arak

Writer: Roy Thomas
Penciller: Ernie Colon
Inker: Rodin Rodriguez
Letterer: John Costanza
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Arak (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #8; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Valda (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #8; next appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #10)

Villain(s)

• Montagu (captain of a slave ship; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Marius and Hermio (merchants; no further appearances)
• The crew of a slave ship (no further appearances)
• Saracen pirates (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Hadrian (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #8; no further appearances)
• Refugees from Neapel (no further appearances)
• Nessim and his people (undead survivors of Pompeii; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Arak and Valda continue their quest to find Malagigi. They travel to Neapel where Hadrian has directed them to seek Gallio who can take them to Byzantium. They are informed by Gallio's former partner Montagu that the man they seek has been killed by Saracen pirates. Montagu, a slave ship captain, offers to take them to sea.

Although Arak and Valda dislike the slavers, they join the crew in a fight against the Saracens. Arak is wounded during the fight. When Valda tries to patch his arm, she discovers the severed hand of Gallio. Montagu admits that he killed his partner. Arak and Valda are then imprisoned in the ship's hold.

In the hold, Arak finds giant stone blocks being transported from Pompeii. He breaks one open and releases an undead survivor from Pompeii. Using Arak's blood, the conjurer named Nessim releases the rest of his people. They then fight Montagu and his men, sinking the ship in the process. Arak and Valda are the only survivors, though they are cast adrift on the open sea.