Rom #62 [Direct]
(January 1985)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-09-18
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Mike Carlin (credited) (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor in chief); Michael Higgins (credited) (assistant editor (see Notes))

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Marvel Age #21 (1983), with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-10-09.

Michael Higgins is credited on the letters page only. Mike Carlin is credited on both the comic story (as Mike Carlin) and the letters page (as Michael Carlin).
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Mike Zeck (signed as MZ)
Inks
John Beatty (signed as JB)
Colors
?
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Forge; Rom; Dire Wraiths
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Truth or Consequences! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Ian Akin (credited); Brian Garvey (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (cameo); Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau] (cameo); Hawkeye [Clint Barton] (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (cameo); Thor [Thor Odinson] (cameo); Vision (cameo)
Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (cameo); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (cameo)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (flashback) (cameo); Rogue [Anna Marie] (flashback) (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (flashback) (cameo)
Cindy Adams; Ant-Man [Hank Pym] (cameo); Brandy Clark; Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo); Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (cameo); Forge; Henry Gyrich; Hulk [Bruce Banner] (cameo); Hybrid (flashback) (cameo); Iron Fist [Danny Rand] (cameo); Rick Jones; Merriwether Locklin; Magik [Illyana Rasputina] (flashback) (cameo); Power Man [Luke Cage] (cameo); Rom; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski] (cameo); She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters] (cameo); Snowbird [Narya] (cameo); Wolverine [Logan] (cameo); Dire Wraiths (villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The government asks Forge to create more neutralizers to battle Dire Wraiths and stop Wraith-World from merging with Earth. Since Gyrich used the last neutralizer he was given to rob Forge's girlfriend, Storm, of her mutant powers, however, he refuses. With the black spot on the sun growing ever larger and the fate of the world becoming ever more dire, Rom flies to Forge's aerie to personally ask him to help. After an attack by Wraiths, Forge agrees. Brandy wakes up from her coma to discover her Starshine powers are gone.
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Indexer Notes

Forge appears after fighting Wraiths in Uncanny X-Men, the (Marvel, 1981 series) #187-188

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

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

Script
Jim Shooter (credited) (signed as Shooter); ? (The Hype Box)
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm stil standin'...
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins [groovy]
Characters
John Romita, Jr. (photograph)

Indexer Notes

Bulletins, Hype Box, Check List and photo of John Romita, Jr.

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

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

Script
Bill Mantlo ?; Mike Carlin ? (credited as Michael Carlin); Michael Higgins ? (credited)
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Space Notes [rounded]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Charles Haskell, Conrad P. Felber, Calvin Heighton, Leonard Burke, and "Brett" with uncredited replies.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rom
  2. 1. Truth or Consequences!
    Rom
  3. 2. ["I'm stil standin'..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Space Notes
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  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
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