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Issue: Rom #56

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Publication Date: July 1984

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Issues: #56 of 75 Issues (160 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Newsstand

Rating: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 04/10/1984

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860232307

Price: $0.60 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved By the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
4 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s): Ralph Macchio (editor); Bob Harras (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #44, with shipping date of 1984-03-20.

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Format

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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2 Rom #56 [Direct]

Rom #56 [Newsstand]

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (4 total)

Enter: Alpha Flight... and Something Lurking Beneath the Sea

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Byrne

Inker(s): John Byrne

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Rom

Character(s): Alpha Flight [Marrina; Snowbird]; Rom

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Pages: 1

Clear Waters Remembered!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Mantlo

Penciller(s): M. D. Bright [as Mark Bright]

Inker(s): Mel Candido

Colorist(s): Ben Sean

Letterer(s): Janice Chiang

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Rom

Character(s): Rom; GUESTS: Starshine; Rick Jones; Alpha Flight [Shaman; Sasquatch; Snowbird; Marrina]; VILLAINS: Dire Wraiths

Synopsis: Rom and Starshine are drawn to the mining town of Beaver Falls in Canada. Alpha Flight also arrives and helps the Spaceknights battle Wraithcreatures that crawl from Beaver Lake which the Dire Wraiths have created from salmon. Once the monsters are destroyed, the Wraiths use the polluted waters of the lake to form a tidal wave that bursts the nearby dam.

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Pages: 22

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): Jim Shooter

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Bullpen Bulletins

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Pages: 1

Notes: Bulletins, Hype Box, and Check List

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Letters Page on Interior Page(s) from base issue

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Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Space Notes

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Pages: 1

Notes: Letters of comment from readers Paul Higgins, Kirk Gartside, D. J. Oliver, Tony Hunter, Donovan Ice, Troy Wilson and Patrick Reynolds with uncredited replies