- Script:
- Bill Mantlo
- Pencils:
- Steve Ditko
- Inks:
- Al Milgrom
- Colors:
- Petra Scotese
- Letters:
- Janice Chiang
- Genre:
- superhero; science fiction
- Characters:
- Rom; GUESTS: Scanner; Seeker; Trapper; Pulsar (death); Shi'ar Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Warstar; Oracle; Electron; Tempest; Manta; Magic; Chakari (death); Binder; Kwill; Voltor] Dakari; Deathbird; VILLAIN: Tyreseus [also as Pulsar](death)
- Synopsis:
- A Shi'ar warship transports a force sphere on board only to find it contains a rogue Space Knight who immediately attacks; They take Pulsar down but the ship's doctor, Tyreseus, whose race was subjugated by the Shi'ar, merges with the armor and renews the battle; When the Imperial Guard arrive to investigate the destruction of their ships, they encounter Rom and his fellow Space Knights in the vicinity and arrest them; Finally able to convince Gladiator of their innocence, Rom agrees to help track and stop Pulsar; Gladiator uses a star gate to send Rom home to Galador.
Story takes place during the events of Rom #73