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Issue: Rom #28
Publication Date: March 1982
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Issues: #28 of 75 Issues (202 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 12/08/1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.60 CAD
£0.20 GBP
$0.60 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 7 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Ann Nocenti is credited on the letters page only. Al Milgrom is credited on both the comic story (as Al Milgrom) and the letters page (as Allen Milgrom).
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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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Danger Down Under!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
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Pages: 1
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Earthward Bound!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): 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)
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 22
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First Line: And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...
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Disclose Notes: Editorial by Jim Shooter, The Hype Box, The Mighty Marvel Checklist. Photograph of Louise Jones (Weezie).
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The Deciding Factor!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury
First Line: I don't know what these alien invaders are thinking...
Synopsis: While Captain America appears to be losing a battle with aliens, Nick Fury distracts them with Hostess Fruit Pies.
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Disclose Notes: Letters from: John DeMari, Bill Hall, James C. Boney, Mark Ronning, and Brett Highsmith.
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Genres: science fiction
First Line: Special announcement: the Micronauts is now a full 32 pages--
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A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure!

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Genres: fantasy
First Line: Deep in the dungeon, Indel the Elf ...
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Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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