Rom #32 [Direct]
(July 1982)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.60 CAD; 0.25 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1982-04-06
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited as Nocenti) (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (credited as Shooter) (editor-in-chief); Al Milgrom (credited as Allen Milgrom) (editor (see Notes)); Ann Nocenti (credited) (assistant editor (see Notes))

Issue Notes

Al Milgrom is credited on the letters page only (as Allen Milgrom). Ann Nocenti is credited on both the comic story (as Nocenti, no role given) and the letters page (as Ann Nocenti, assistant editor).
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as M)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (signed as S)
Colors
George Roussos (sourced)
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Destiny [Irene Adler]; Mystique [Raven Darkhölme]; Rogue [Anna Marie]
Hybrid; Rom
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Choosing Sides! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited as Mantlo)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited as Buscema)
Inks
Joe Sinnott (credited as Sinnott)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Sean)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited as Parker)
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Destiny [Irene Adler] (villain); Mystique [Raven Darkhölme] (villain); Rogue [Anna Marie] (villain)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (flashback) (cameo); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (flashback) (cameo); Sprite [Kitty Pryde] (flashback) (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (flashback) (cameo); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback) (cameo)
Brandy Clark; Hybrid (villain); Steve Jackson; Rom; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (flashback) (cameo); Torpedo [Brock Jones]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Mystique, Rogue and Destiny battle Hybrid until they learn that Rom is their common enemy and decide to team up. Rom learns from Torpedo that Hybrid has returned and flies off to battle him. During the ensuing fight, Destiny learns that Hybrid plans on breeding with mutant females (including the Brotherhood gals) so they turn on him. Rogue touches Hybrid to absorb his powers while Rom blasts him with his neutralizer. In the aftermath, Rogue discovers that when she touched Rom, she got a sense of his strong moral center and was attracted to the feeling of being good.
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Indexer Notes

Rogue and Mystique next appear in Dazzler (Marvel, 1981 series) #22.

A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure! (Table of Contents: 2)

Dungeons & Dragons / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stephen Sullivan
Pencils
Bill Willingham
Inks
Bill Willingham
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural; sword and sorcery

Indexer Notes

Credits from Bill Willingham's YouTube channel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (credited) (signed as Shooter)
Pencils
Herb Trimpe
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's that time again... Hello, I'm back again. Ordinarily, in this space, ...

Indexer Notes

Jim Shooter column, The Hype Box, The Mighty Marvel Checklist and reproduction of cover to G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero (Marvel, 1982 series) #1.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Space Notes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo ?; Al Milgrom ? (credited as Allen Milgrom); Ann Nocenti ? (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Space Notes [fade]
Characters
Rom; Galactus; Terrax

Indexer Notes

Letters from Evan Gregory, Lee Gregory, Danny Owsen, Wesley M. Allison, John Pederson, Dale L. Coe, and Martin Knutson with uncredited replies and an illustration of Rom, Galactus and Terrax.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rom
  2. 1. Choosing Sides!
    Rom
  3. 2. A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure!
    Dungeons & Dragons
  4. 3. ["It's that time again... Hello, I'm back again. Ordinarily, in this space, ..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Space Notes
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  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Peter Croome
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
  • Steven Tice
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