Rom #48 [Direct]

(November 1983)

Renunciation! Or: What Happens When a Spaceknight's Had Enough! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited) (layouts)

Inks

Ian Akin (credited as Akin) (embellishment); Brian Garvey (credited as Garvey) (embellishment)

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited)

Genre

science fiction

Characters

The Prime Director (flashback) (cameo); Rom; Starshine; Dire Wraiths (villains); Skrulls (cameos); Mentus (cameo flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

All Dire Wraiths on Earth meet after hours at the headquarters of the United Nations to discuss their plans for world conquest. The female Wraith witches kill all of the male Wraith scientists and decide that their future will be solely dictated by magic rather than technology. Unaware of these developments, Rom whines incessantly about his lost humanity until Starshine is able to snap him out of it and convince him that life is still worth living.

Indexer Notes

The new orange look of the Wraiths is explained. The orange monsters with barbed tongues are the female of the species who were always depicted as covered in robes until last issue. The white males are killed off in this story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Bill Mantlo ?; Ralph Macchio ? (credited); Bob Harras ? (credited)

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Space Notes [fade]

Indexer Notes

Letters from reader: Gordon Purcell, Delmo Walters Jr., Paul Ferrell Brown, Wally Halbert, Jim Rommell, Rodney Dufour, Lee Parkerson Jr., Chris Rider, and Jonathan Clark.