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ROM (1979 Marvel) comic books 1984

  • Item #58941606
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    Published Mar 1984 by Marvel.

    ROM (1979 Marvel) 52 CBCS 9.4

    Paper: White

    Newsstand Edition

    Label #22-2D0A2F1-011

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    Starts Jun 10

    Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Mel Candido. The Dire Wraiths step it up a notch in "Total War!" Rom bands together with the US Army to repel a Wraith attack and shows the military just how bad the Wraith infestation is on our planet. However, they soon learn that the Dire Wraiths are closer than they at first realized. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

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    Published May 1984 by Marvel.

    ROM (1979 Marvel) 54 CBCS 9.6

    Paper: White

    Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back

    Direct Edition.

    Label #21-24971B9-025

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    Starts Jun 10

    Guest-starring Rick Jones, Nick Fury, and Dr. Strange. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema, Mel Candido, and Kelly Jones. As Rom educates the military on the horrors of the Dire Wraiths, professional sidekick Rick Jones takes up residence at a hospital to have tests done. However, this house of medicine has also drawn the evil of Wraithkind to its doorstep. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

  • Item #58940178
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    Tags: ROM The Final Battle (part 1)
    Published Dec 1984 by Marvel.

    ROM (1979 Marvel) 61 CBCS 9.4

    Paper: White

    Label #22-069BD64-033

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    Starts Jun 10

    Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Jackson Guice. Continued from Rom Annual #3. Rom confronts a vast flock of Wraiths in the form Deathwings in "The Beginning of the End of the World!" Plus, government Agent Henry Gyrich, oft nemesis of the Avengers and X-Men, arrives to tell the military and Rom that there is a man who has successfully duplicated Rom's most powerful weapon, the Neutralizer. That man's name is Forge. 32 Cover price $0.60.