Comic Title: Arak/Son of Thunder #28
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: December 1983
On Sale Date: September 15, 1983 Newsstand Date September 15, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #213

Newsstand Date September 15, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #30

Shipping Date August 23, 1983
Source: Comic Reader, #213

Shipping Date August 23, 1983
Source: Comics Journal, #84

Copyright Date August 23, 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 August 23, 1983
Source: Amazing Heroes, #30

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

Title: "Guardian of the Golden Bough"
Pages: 16

Feature(s):
Arak

Writer: Roy Thomas
Plotter: Danette Thomas
Artist: Ron Randall
Letterer: David Cody Weiss
Colorist: Adrienne Roy

Feature Character(s)

• Arak (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #29)

Supporting Character(s)

• Satyricus (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #29)

Villain(s)

• Golroth (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dyanna (last appearance in Arak/Son of Thunder #27; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #29)
• Sara and Nina (shepherds; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #29)
• Delan (a horse dealer; next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #29)
• A group of Amazons (next appearance in Arak, Son of Thunder #29)

Comments:
This story is continued from the first story of Arak/Son of Thunder #27 and continues in part in the first story of Arak, Son of Thunder #29.

Synopsis:
Arak and Satyricus ride out of Byzantium beside the mysterious woman, Dyanna. When they reach the ruins of the Temple of Artemis, they part ways. Dyanna enters the forest and warns Arak not to follow. Instead the warrior enters a nearby village to barter for horses and supplies while Satyricus waits near the temple.

Arak successfully buys some horse and returns to the temple. However, Satyricus is gone having been lured away to frolic with a pair of female shepherds. Arak searches the woods and finds a circular grove of trees. When he enters a gray haired man attacks him. Arak is forced to kill the man.

Arak attempts to leave the grove to resume the search for Satyricus. However, his path is blocked by a magical barrier. Dyanna then appears with a group of Amazons at her back. She explains that Arak is now the guardian of a golden bough. He killed the previous guardian and now is bound to the grove.