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Issue: Rom #14
Publication Date: January 1981
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Issues: #14 of 75 Issues (160 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1980
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860232301
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jo Duffy; Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Disclose Notes: Letters page replies by Bill Mantlo.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dave Cockrum (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Cockrum (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Rick Parker ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Rom
Character(s): the Awesome Android; the Mad Thinker; Rom
First Line: Fall, ROM, Before the Power of the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android!
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Pages: 1
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The Ultimate Android!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Mantlo
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Sal Buscema
Colorist(s): Ben Sean
Letterer(s): Annette Kawecki
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Rom
Character(s): Rom; GUESTS: Brandy Clark; Jonathan Clark; Sarah Clark; Ace O'Connor; VILLAINS: the Awesome Android; the Mad Thinker; Dire Wraiths [Steve Jackson; Barry Dunston]; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch; The Thing]; X-Men [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Angel; Iceman; Beast]; Vision; Dragon Man; Ultron; Dr. Rachel Sweet; Jack of Hearts; Steve Jackson
Synopsis: Rom returns to Clairton only to fall into conflict with the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android before he can be reunited with his friends. Reporter Ace O'Connor discovers far too late that her boss is a Dire Wraith. Brandy makes final preparations for her marriage to Steve, still not realizing that he has been replaced by a Wraith.
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Pages: 17
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Mantlo; Steven Grant (see notes)
Penciller(s): Sal Buscema
Inker(s): Sal Buscema
Colorist(s): Ben Sean
Letterer(s): Annette Kawecki
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Saga of the Spaceknights
Character(s): Spaceknights [Rom; Starshine; Terminator]; Ray-Na (Rom's girlfriend, death); Dire Wraiths
First Line: On Your Guard, Spaceknights!
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Based in part on a story suggestion by Steven Grant.
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Fury Unleashed!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alan Kupperberg ?
Inker(s): Bob McLeod ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Irving Watanabe
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Mantlo
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Space Notes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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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