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Issue: Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1
Publication Date: January 2003
 
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Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/24/2024
Volume: 1
Pages: 720
ISBN: 9781302956738
UPC/EAN: 978130295673859999
Price: $156.25 CAD
$125.00 USD
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Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
137 (37 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Color: color
Dimensions: 7.25 in. x 10.875 in.
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Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Rom
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Dustjacket front cover. Perez signature is dated 2013.
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Rom: The Original Marvel Years

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Contents

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The Greatest of the Spaceknights

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Unused Rom #1 Cover Sketch

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Unused Rom #1 Cover Sketch

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Original Splash Pages for Rom #1 Original Art

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Arrival!

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Arrival!

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Dire Wraiths; Spaceknights (flashback)
Rom arrives on Earth where he immediately encounters a terrified Brandy Clark. When Brandy returns home to Clairton, she discovers the giant space robot has arrived ahead of her and has murdered some of the townsfolk. Rom takes Brandy aside and tells her of his origins and current mission. He explains that the men he killed were shape-shifting Dire Wraiths in disguise. The Wraiths that have infiltrated Clairton call in the national guard to take care of Rom. Rom easily defeats the soldiers and sends the Wraiths to Limbo.
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Lethal Laserium!

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Second Coming!

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Alone against the Wraith Horde!

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Firefall!

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Stryker becomes Firefall.
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A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up

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Fear Is... Firefall!

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The Fire, the Friend, and the Foe!

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Letters by Harold W. Aurand Jr., Dann Bonner, Steven Bernard, and Sandra Rasner.
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The House That Haunted Space Knights!

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A House Is Not a Home!

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He Writes the Spaceknight: Bill Mantlo

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Bio with illustration of Bill Mantlo and letters from Dominick DeAnthony, Matt Levin and Todd Benedict with replies by Bill Mantlo
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Hellhounds of the Black Nebula!

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Dog Day Afternoon!

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Dire Wraiths [Dr. Daedalus; Agent Kraller; Dr. Rachel Sweet] (villains); Dire Wraith Hellhounds (villains)
Rom, Steve and Brandy return to Clairton and hide out in Steve's garage. Rom is attacked by Wraith Hellhounds who are able to make off with his neutralizer.
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He Renders ROM: "Our Pal" Sal Buscema

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Rom #7

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Brent Jackson; Thornoids
I'm Sorry, Brandy!
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As I Lay Dying!; Alien Seed!; Greater Love Hath No Man!

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Rom; Brandy Clark (guest); Brent Jackson (guest); Artie Packer (guest, death); Dire Wraiths (villains); Dire Wraith Hellhounds (villains); Thornoids (villains)
Laid low after his battle with Firefall, Brandy and Brent try desperately to revive Rom from his comatose state. The Dire Wraiths send the deadly Thornoids to finish Rom off while he is still out of commission.
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Letters from Ken Hart, Alex Pearlstein, Michael Jackson, Danny Bullok and Jim Collins with replies by Bill Mantlo plus house ad for Marvel Premiere #54 (Caleb Hammer).
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Rom #8

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a Dire Wraith
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Deathwing!

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Rom crashes a Wraith funeral and tries to get information on the location of his missing neutralizer. The Wraiths conjure a Deathwing which knocks Rom through a hole in the ground and into the lair of Serpentyne.
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Letters from Rob Kellenberg, Chistopher Oh, Wayne Sallee, Jeffrey Lowndes and Jay W. McKelvey with replies by Bill Mantlo plus spot illustration of ROM.
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Beware... Serpentyne!

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The Stalker in the Night!

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Artie Packer (dead); CAMEO FLASHBACK: Dire Wraiths; Deathwing; Dire Wraith Hellhounds
The local sheriff decides to bring Steve and Brandy up on charges for assisting Rom whom the authorities consider to be a murderer. Rom finds himself at the bottom of a mine shaft where he encounters Serpentyne. The creature tells him of a previous encounter with Ms. Marvel and also explains his hatred of the Dire Wraiths. Discovering that Rom possesses a weapon that can banish Wraiths forever, Serpentyne attacks him so that he can be the sole slayer of the Wraiths.
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Letters from Bill P. Starr, Cosmic Critic, Dan Sousa, John Thomas, Jeffrey Lowndes, W. Neville, Salvatore Graci, Bruce Pierce and Tom Moyer with replies by Bill Mantlo.
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Rom #10

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Warrior over Washington!

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AC "Ace" O'Connor; deputies; Silas Lane; Alpha Wings; Delta Wings; Wing Leader; Dire Wraiths [Hellhounds (flashback); Steve Jackson; sheriff; Dr. Rachel Sweet] (villains)
Rom breaks Steve and Brandy out of Clairton County Jail, little realizing that Steve has been replaced by a Wraith. Rom heads to Washington D.C. to get his neutralizer back but is set upon by the U.S. Air Force. Distracted by his aerial battle, Rom is blasted with a paralyzing beam and captured by Dr. Sweet.
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Additional lettering information 2005 by Steven Tice.
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Letters from Rick Purcell, Jim Hardy, Robert J. Boyd, Rob Sethman, Larry Congi and Tony Bole with replies by Bill Mantlo.
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Rom #11

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Your friend is dead, Rom -- and you're next!
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Standoff!

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Ace O'Connor; Dire Wraiths [Dr. Daedalus; Dr. Rachel Sweet] (villains)
Rom has been captured and brought to Project Safeguard which is run by Dire Wraiths. Dr. Sweet plans on experimenting on the Spaceknight to see what makes him tick but the Wraith high command tells her that he should be killed immediately. As the Wraiths move in to kill Rom and Firefall (also a prisoner at Safeguard), they are able to escape and fight back. Firefall gives his life to free Rom's neutralizer from the Wraith sphere that surrounds it. Rom blasts Dr. Sweet with his weapon just as the humans who work at the project burst through the door.
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Heart Attack!

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Heart Attack!

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Letters from Dale L. Coe, Tim Masyga, Jamie Elkins, Wallace Lee Hopkins and Ann Onimus with replies by Bill Mantlo.
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Saga of the Spaceknights!

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Peril, Thy Name is Plunderer!

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Ace O'Connor; The Plunderer (villain); CAMEO FLASHBACK: Dire Wraith [Dr. Rachel Sweet]
Rom washes up on the shores of North Carolina with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. He is befriended by a young girl who takes him to a cave for shelter. Rom battles the Plunderer who has been pirating wooden boats in the area in his latest bid for securing vibranium. During the encounter, Rom is blasted by the Plunderer's vibra-ray and his memory is restored.
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Beginning...The Saga of the Spaceknights!

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Spaceknights (Only Rom is named)
After the Wraith war has ended and Galador is saved, Rom prepares to regain his humanity and resume his former life with Ray-Na. Instead, the Prime Director informs him that the Spaceknights are still needed to follow and banish the Wraiths who escaped. Torn between his desire for peace and his devotion to duty, Rom finally decides to remain a Spaceknight and battle Wraiths throughout the universe.
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Rom #14

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Fall, Rom, Before the Power of the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android!
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Dire Wraiths
On Your Guard, Spaceknights!
While battling Wraiths in space, Rom learns that there is Wraith activity on the home planet of his lady love. Rom, Starshine and Terminator fly in to the rescue but Ray-Na is killed in the ensuing conflict.
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Letters from Steve Lowther, Donald Campbell, Mike Chase and Robert Marshall with replies by Bill Mantlo plus Special Sports Note (about the Marvel Softball Team).
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...Till Death Do Us Part!

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A Wedding!

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Letters from Chris Wepier, Kevin Klemme, Paul K. Bonnel, Sr., and Curtis Mainville with replies by Bill Mantlo.
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Beware... the Watchwraith!

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The Watchwraith!

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Mack Killburn; Watchwraith (villain)
Reporter Mack Killburn interviews the townspeople of Clairton trying to get the scoop on Rom only to be told that the story about a giant, killer robot was all a joke. When two local kids enter a mine shaft and accidentally awaken a robotic Watchwraith, Rom is forced to battle the creature through the center of town. When the conflict concludes, Mack accuses the residents of trying to cover up Rom's existence and is surprised when the people of Clairton rally around Rom and send the reporter home without his notes.
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Look -- a Galadorian Hospital Ship Under Attack by a Squadron of Wraith Drakillars!
During a battle in which the Dire Wraiths employ a Wraith plague on human victims, Rom and Starshine learn that Terminator's human form succumbed to the selfsame disease and he has no body to return to once his service is over.
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Rom #17

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Hybrid!

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Dr. John Stennis; Marjorie Marks (also in flashback); Jacob Marks (a Dire Wraith, also in flashback, death); Silas Lane
Vas ist, Storm?
Cerebro detects a powerful new mutant and Professor X sends the X-Men to investigate. Their destination is the town of Clairton where Rom and the town folk are just discovering that many of their friends and neighbors are Dire Wraith's in disguise. They head to the Marks' farm where Jacob confesses that he is a Wraith but is in love with his human wife whom their son, a human/Wraith hybrid has drained almost to death. Rom battles the monstrous Hybrid but, when the X-Men show up and see a killer robot beating on what appears to be a little boy, they decide that Rom is the bad guy.
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Letters from Jim Hardy, Lee Keuter, Kevin C. McConnell and Kenneth Paxton with replies by Bill Mantlo plus house ad for The Savage She-Hulk.
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The Horror Called... Hybrid!

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And a Child Shall Deceive Them!

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Thinking that Rom is an evil mutant beating on a human child, the X-Men attack him. Little do they realize that the boy is a human/Dire Wraith hybrid with the mutant power of manipulating their own abilities. Once they realize their mistake, Kitty is able to blast Hybrid with Rom's neutralizer but accidentally sends Rom to Limbo as well.
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Letters from Tim Williams, Raymond Banuchi, Dale L. Coe, Robbie Smith, Sam Mix, Andrew Farewell, and Myron Harrod with replies by Bill Mantlo.
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Rom #19

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Dire Wraiths; Karas
Your Best Friend Wouldn't Lie to You, Rom!
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Limbo!

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Karas [Firefall]
Having been shot with his own Neutralizer by Kitty Pryde, Rom has accidentally been banished to Limbo where he battles Dire Wraiths and the Space Phantom who has taken on the form of his best friend, Karas. When the real Karas shows up, he helps Rom defeat the villain and then opens a portal to send our hero home to earth.
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Archon; a Dire Wraith
Thuvria! But All Seems so Peaceful, so Secure!
The Spaceknights arrive on the planet Thuvria to root out a Dire Wraith infestation. After the Wraith menace has been dealt with, Terminator kills one of the planet's inhabitants in anger and Rom decides to take him back to Galador to stand trial.
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Star Warriors Clash In...Battle of the Spaceknights!

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Mindgames

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Mack Killburn; Dire Wraiths [Starshine; Terminator; Barry Dunston; Ace O'Connor] (villains); Murder Mole (villain); Mentus (villain); Karas [Firefall] (cameo flashback); a Kree (cameo flashback); a Skrull (cameo flashback)
Rom returns to Clairton from his stint in Limbo where he is warmly welcomed by his friends. Although happy to be home, Rom broods over the image he was shown by the Wraiths in Limbo of his home planet of Galador in total ruins. The Wraiths send two agents disguised as Starshine and Terminator to further goad him with dire news of his homeworld. Rom desires to return to Galador to find out if these Wraith rumors are true but refuses to leave Brandy and company unprotected in his absence.
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Corrected and additional credits 2005 by Steven Tice.
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The Trial of Terminator

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Spaceknights [Screamer; Astra; Rainbow]; Mentus
Terminator is put on trial for rashly killing the ruler of a world where the Spaceknights were ferreting out Dire Wraiths. Terminator chooses death rather than banishment and his sentence is carried out. Little do the Spaceknights know that as Terminator is being consumed by the Glowing Globe of Power, he is teleported away at the last instant by the evil Mentus. Disheartened by the destruction of his friend, Rom decides to leave Galador and the Spaceknights to battle Wraiths on his own.
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[untitled]

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The Return of the Torpedo!

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Move Over, Rom--There's a New Hero in Town!

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Lorrain Jones (guest); Dire Wraiths (villains); Wraith Rocketeers (villains)
Brock Jones moves his family to the quiet town of Clairton to get away from the Rocketeers who are after his alter ego, the Torpedo. Brock observes Rom flying over the city and mistakes him for an enemy. Rom battles the Torpedo but the two come to an understanding and Rom asks the new hero in town to help in his battle against the Dire Wraiths.
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Dedicated to Marv Wolfman, creator of the Torpedo.
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Trouble in Paradise!

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Angel Elite
Terminator breaks into the Hall of Science and enters the chamber where the human bodies of the Spaceknights are kept.
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Silver Spaceknight and Human Torpedo Battle the Ravaging Rocketeers!

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Wraith Rocketeers
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Great Rocketeers Revival!

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Lorrain Jones; Wraith Rocketeers (villains)
The Wraith Rocketeers invade Clairton gunning for Rom and Torpedo. Rom is so impressed with the way Torpedo handles the Wraiths that he decides to leave Brock to protect Clairton while he travels back to his home planet of Galador.
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Continued in Power Man and Iron Fist (Marvel, 1978 series) #73
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The Body Snatcher!

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Angel Elite; Mentus
Terminator steals the human body of Rom and brings it back to Mentus.
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No one was credited for this sequence, so "credited as" does not apply.
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[untitled]

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Letters from Michael C. Lavole, Robert Sassar, Karl Boyce, Jefery Lowndes, Bill Hall, Rob C. M. Dagleish, Andrew Richardson and Gary Wallen with replies by Bill Mantlo plus list of some of the winners of the Mighty Marvel Win-Yourself-Some-Big-Bucks Contest.
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Spaceknight on a Rampage... Enter-- Rom!

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Power Man [Luke Cage]; Iron Fist; Rom; a Dire Wraith
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Wraith, Color or Creed

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superhero
Power Man [Luke Cage]; Iron Fist; Rom; Bob Diamond; Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Harmony Young; Solace; D.W. Griffith; Lieutenant Scarfe; Dire Wraiths (villains); Cyclops (cameo in photo); Dire Wraith Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing] (cameo); Jack of Hearts (cameo flashback); Brandy Clark (cameo flashback); Steve Jackson (cameo flashback)
Rom turns up in Times Square and begins to vaporize people. Super pimp Solace hires Luke and Danny to track down Rom after the Rom killed one of his working girls. The Heroes for Hire are then contacted by Reed Richards, who is really a Dire Wraith in disguise, and told that Rom is a killer alien robot. Power Man and Iron Fist track down and battle Rom but only succeed in destroying his jet pack. When they realize Rom isn't really trying to hurt them and once the whole Dire Wraith infestation is explained, they decide to help Rom hook up with the Fantastic Four.
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Continued in Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #23.
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To Storm the Baxter Building!

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The Thing from Outer Space!

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Lorraine Jones (guest)
With all of New York out hunting for a killer alien robot, Power Man and Iron Fist try to sneak Rom through the city as they head for the Baxter Building. They break into the building and survive the security measures long enough to meet up with the Fantastic Four. After explaining the situation to Reed, he puts Rom on a spaceship headed to his home planet of Galador. Meanwhile, Wraiths return to Clairton.
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Continued from Power Man and Iron Fist (Marvel, 1981 series) #73
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[untitled]

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Letters from William De Leon, Brent Burkholz, Kevin C. McConnell and Bill Midyette with replies by Bill Mantlo plus list of some of the winners of the Mighty Marvel Win-Yourself-Some-Big-Bucks Contest.
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[untitled]

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Rom #24

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Comet; Skrulls
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No Place Like Home!

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Nova Corps; Protector; New Champions [Powerhouse; Diamondhead; Comet]; Queen Adora; Prime Thoran; Syfon Warriors; Lorrain Jones; Skrulls (villain); Dire Wraiths (cameo flashback); Crimebuster (cameo flashback, death)
Rom flies to the location of Galador in a borrowed Skrull spaceship only to discover his planet is no longer there. Instead, he finds Nova and Powerhouse who are currently defending the planet of Xandar from a Skrull invasion (and are a little leery of a giant robot in a Skrull ship). Rom returns with Nova and assists in fighting off the Skrulls. In return, the Prime Thoran of Xandar discovers that the entire Golden Galaxy has been moved and transports Rom home to Galador's new stellar coordinates. With the Skrull threat neutralized, Richard Ryder is returned to Earth without his Nova powers.
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Additional art information added 2005 by Steven Tice.
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[untitled]

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Letters from Richard Zaric, Robert Dickinson, Gregory M. Sherbert, Klaus Gummert, and John Bagley; replies are not credited to an author.
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Rom #25

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Special double sized issue-- but two Roms are not better than one!
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Galador!

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Spaceknights [Screamer; Astra; Rainbow]; Angel Elite; Lorraine Jones; Dire Wraiths (villains); Mentus (villain)
Rom returns to Galador after 200 years only to find that his people worship him as their ruler. He discovers that someone has taken his appearance and identity and convinced his people that the Wraith War is over. Rom is captured as an imposter and the villainous Mentus reveals that the Spaceknight, Terminator, was given the other half of Rom's humanity in exchange for his help in keeping the people of Galador subservient. Rom escapes and frees other captured Spaceknights and they put an end to the impostor's rule. Unfortunately, Mentus has sent the whole planet rocketing toward Wraith World.
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Love Will Tear Us Apart

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Dire Wraiths (villains); Michael Baran
Rom tracks down a conclave of Wraiths whose leader has grown a little too attached to his life as a human.
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[untitled]

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Galactus on Galador!

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Galactus!

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Spaceknights [Screamer; Rainbow]; Angel Elite; Lorraine Jones; Dire Wraiths (villains)
Galactus shows up on Galador and prepares to eat the planet. As the Spaceknights battle Terrax, Rom and Terminator confront Galactus directly. Terminator distracts Galactus long enough for Rom to sneak onto the world eater's ship. Galactus kills Terminator and confronts Rom. To save his planet, Rom offers to lead Galactus to a whole lifeless universe to feast on--the Dark Nebula of the Dire Wraiths. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Dire Wraiths capture the inhabitants of Clairton and impersonate them.
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Letterer page numbers added 2005 by Steven Tice.
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[untitled]

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Hey, remember Steve Englehart...
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Letters from Kevin C. McConnell, Jason Price, Bill Hall (2 letters), Ray D. Smith, Ashley Scott Tillman, Craig A. Larson, Andrew Hobes, William Mydyette, and Rick S. Jones; replies not credited to a writer. Also a "special announcement" about The Micronauts becoming a direct title.
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Rom #27

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He Comes -- a Silver Rider of the Spaceways...
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Turnabout Is Fair Play!

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Spaceknights [Screamer]; Angel Elite; Lorraine Jones; Dire Wraiths (villains)
Rom leads Galactus to the Dark Nebula and invites him to feast on the Wraith's home universe. Galactus tries every trick in his arsenal to consume Wraith World but is almost destroyed by the toxic planet. Furious at his failure to eat, yet amused by Rom's ingenuity in trying to defeat him, Galactus decides to allow Rom and his companions to live. In retaliation, however, he relocates Galador to an unknown sector of space, leaving the Spaceknights stranded with no idea of how to get home.
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Danger Down Under!

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Earthward Bound!

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Lorrain Jones (guest); Dire Wraiths (villains); Kala (villain); Moloids (villains); Murder Mole (villain); Outcasts [Digger; Boulder; Water-Witch; Landslide] (villains); Spaceknights [Screamer; Astra; Rainbow] (cameos)
Galactus has marooned the Spaceknights with no way of finding their home planet of Galador. Rom returns to Earth with Starshine in tow. Everyone in Clairton is jubilant at Rom's return but townsfolk quickly start disappearing through holes in the earth. Rom and Starshine enter an underground mine complex looking for their friends when they encounter the Mole Man and his subjects. They quickly discover that the residents of the town were replaced by Wraiths and the Mole Man was actually helping out by snagging them underground. The Wraith Brandy and Steve shoot at Rom but kill Starshine.
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[untitled]

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Letters from: John DeMari, Bill Hall, James C. Boney, Mark Ronning, and Brett Highsmith.
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[untitled]

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Special announcement: the Micronauts is now a full 32 pages--
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Down in the Mines...

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Digger
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Even a Spaceknight Can Cry!

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Digger; Clay Brickford; Belinda Brickford; Missing Link [Lincoln]
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Missing Link (from Incredible Hulk 105-106) app.
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[untitled]

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Nova [Richard Rider]
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Letters from Susan D. Morris, Jon Lane, Michael Mikulovsky, John Woo, Ralph Maresca, T. R. Jersey, Dan McCormick, Robb Zelonky, Rick Jones, Bill Davis, T. M. Maple, and Gary Keller with uncredited replies plus 2 illustrations of Nova.
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New! Electronic Action Toy!

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Advertisement for Rom toy from fall 1979 Marvel titles.
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Fall 1979 House Ad for Rom

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Pinup from 1979 Rom Pitch

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Sample Story Page from 1979 Rom Pitch

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Late 1979 House Ad

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Adapted from Sal Buscema's art in Rom #1, page 13.
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Late 1979 House Ad

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Appears to have been adapted from John Romita Jr.'s sample pages.
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Unused Rom #1 Cover Sketch

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Appears at the bottom left of page 2 of the text article "The Greatest of the Spaceknights".
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Rom #1 Page 7 Original Art

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Rom #2 Page 16 Original Art

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Rom #4 Page 3 Original Art

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Rom #8 Cover Original Art

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Rom #13 Page 3 Original Art

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Rom #14 Page 5 Original Art

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Rom #25 Page 33 Original Art

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Rom Omnibus Variant Cover Original Art

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[untitled]

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Cleaving Through the Sky Like a Fiery Sword of Justice!

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Back cover with promotional text and grid collage of covers of the issues reprinted in this omnibus volume.

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