Rom #52 [Direct]
(March 1984)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-12-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (credited) (prime director); Bob Harras (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Ralph Macchio is credited on both the comic story and the letters page. Bob Harras is credited on the letters page only.
This issue has variants:

Total War! (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed) (painting)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed) (painting)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed) (painting)
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rom
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Total War (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (art)
Inks
Mel Candido (credited) (art)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Merriwether Locklin; Rom; Starshine; Dire Wraiths (villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
As Rom has outed their existence to the entire planet, Dire Wraiths begin to make savage attacks all over Earth. Rom and Starshine hook up with General Locklin and Project Wraithwatch only to learn that a number of the general's men are Wraiths themselves.

Bullpen Bulletins Special (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; 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 CK, Roger Williams, Jesse Garrett, Isaac Porter, Bernard Gilbert, J. P. St. Pierre, David Duncan, Dark Shroud, and James Krueger.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Total War!
    Rom
  2. 1. Total War
    Rom
  3. 2. Bullpen Bulletins Special
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Space Notes
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  • Peter Croome
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  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
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