ROM #16 [Newsstand Edition]
(March 1981)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.50 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
Monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Marvel Comics Group
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group
Barcode:
?
Editing:
Jo Duffy; Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Format:
monthly; standard modern US format; saddle-stitched; color

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

Letters page replies by Bill Mantlo.


Beware... the Watchwraith! (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks:
Al Milgrom (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Dan Crespi ?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; science fiction
Characters:
Rom; Watchwraith

The Watchwraith! (Table of Contents)

Rom / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Mantlo
Pencils:
Sal Buscema
Inks:
Sal Buscema
Colors:
Ben Sean
Letters:
Michael Higgins

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; science fiction
Characters:
Rom; GUESTS: Brandy Clark; Jonathan Clark; Sarah Clark; Steve Jackson; Mack Killburn; VILLAIN: Watchwraith
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.

The Saga of the Spaceknights! (Table of Contents)

Saga of the Spaceknights / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bill Mantlo
Pencils:
Sal Buscema
Inks:
Sal Buscema
Colors:
Glynis Wein
Letters:
Michael Higgins

Content Information

Genre:
superhero; science fiction
Characters:
Spaceknights [Rom; Starshine; Terminator]; Dire Wraiths
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.

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Watchwraith!
    Rom
  2. 2. The Saga of the Spaceknights!
    Saga of the Spaceknights
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