Rom #45 [Newsstand]

(August 1983)

Cry, the Mother Country! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils

Sal Buscema (credited)

Inks

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

Colors

Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Soviet Super-Soldiers: Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Major Ursus [Mikhail Ursus]; Vanguard
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (flashback) (cameo); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (flashback) (cameo); Kitty Pryde (flashback) (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (flashback) (cameo); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback) (cameo)
Galactus [Galan] (flashback) (cameo); The Gremlin; Quasimodo (flashback) (cameo); Red Guardian [Tania Belinsky] (flashback) (cameo); Rom; Starshine; Dire Wraiths (cameo); Professor Phobos (cameo flashback); The Presence (cameo flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Rom, Starshine and the Gremlin bury Rom's cloned human body. The Gremlin leads the Spaceknights to a Russian compound that has been taken over by Wraiths. Even though they no longer trust the government, the Soviet Super Soldiers agree to track down enemies of the state who have wreaked havoc in the Khystym region. They battle Rom and his allies until Rom realizes that they are mutants and not Wraiths. The two groups agree to unite against a common foe, just as the Wraiths attack.

Reprints

• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #177 (5 septembre 1984)

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

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

Script

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

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset; ?

Feature Logo

Space Notes [fade]

Indexer Notes

Special Announcement Department, letters from Shawn Walsh, Rick Brown, Brock H. Dickinson, John Richards, Jim Simants, and Andrew T. Krepela with uncredited replies, Next Month box and house ad for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.