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Issue: Rom #16
Publication Date: March 1981
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Issues: #16 of 75 Issues (202 Printings)
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Is Variant 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: 12/16/1980
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 CAD
$0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
6 (2 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Al Milgrom is credited on the letters page only (as Allen Milgrom). Jo Duffy is credited on both the comic story (as Jo Duffy) and the letters page (as Mary Jo Duffy).
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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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Beware... the Watchwraith!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Watchwraith
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Pages: 1
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The Watchwraith!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Mack Killburn; Watchwraith (villain)
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 17
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Dire Wraiths
First Line: Look -- a Galadorian Hospital Ship Under Attack by a Squadron of Wraith Drakillars!
Synopsis: 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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Pages: 5
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The Human Torch in Blown About

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Blow Dryer
First Line: Okay, everybody, hand over the furs,E
Synopsis: Blow Dryer attempts to use her Supersonic Hair Dryer to steal money and furs from socialites. The Human Torch uses Hostess Cup Cakes to defeat her.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Letters from Kleanthes Konlaris, Mike Lannysiotti, Robb "Zeak" Zeionky, Peter King, Cliff Robertson, Gary Ross, Jon Green and David Helfry with replies by Bill Mantlo plus house ad for The Savage She-Hulk.
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