- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (credited) (art)
- Inks
- Ian Akin (credited as Akin) (art); Brian Garvey (credited as Garvey) (art)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- Rick Parker (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Clive Reston (flashback) (cameo); Rom; Shang-Chi (flashback) (cameo); Starshine; Black Jack Tarr (flashback) (cameo); Leiko Wu (flashback) (cameo); Dire Wraiths (villain); Brynocki (villain)
- Synopsis
- Dire Wraiths return to Clairton by impersonating a high school football hero and his date. Rom and Starshine investigate a mysterious island in the middle of the ocean where they are attacked by a mechanical boy and his deadly toys.
- Reprints
This issue introduces a new look for the Dire Wraiths, making them large orange monsters with long, barbed tongues with which they suck their victims dry. The change is explained thoroughly next issue. The new Wraith design was created by Walt Simonson.
- Script
- Bill Mantlo ?; Ralph Macchio ? (credited); Bob Harras ? (credited)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
- Characters
- Rom
Letters from readers: Peter Gallagher, CK, Richard Henry, Jr., Rick Jones.