Rom #12 [Newsstand]
(November 1980)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD; 0.50 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860232311
Editing
Jo Duffy (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief); Al Milgrom (editor (see Notes))

Issue Notes

Al Milgrom is credited on the letters page only (as Allen Milgrom). Jo Duffy is credited on both the comic story (as Jo Duffy) and the letters page (as Mary Jo Duffy).
This issue has variants:

Heart Attack! (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Michael Golden (signed as G)
Inks
Michael Golden (signed as G)
Colors
Michael Golden ? (signed as G)
Letters
Rick Parker ?
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Rom
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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Heart Attack! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (art)
Inks
Sal Buscema (credited) (art)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited as R. Parker)
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart]; Rom
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Space Notes / letters page / 0.65 page (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited); Jo Duffy ? (credited as Mary Jo Duffy); Al Milgrom ? (credited as Allen Milgrom)
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Letters from Dale L. Coe, Tim Masyga, Jamie Elkins, Wallace Lee Hopkins and Ann Onimus with replies by Bill Mantlo.

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

Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 0.35 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Mr. Fantastic in The Power of Gold! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Twinkies; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Sal Buscema ?
Inks
Frank Giacoia ?
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The museum's centennial exhibit of gold is sure to attract the evil designs of Impercepto,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Impercepto
Synopsis
Mr. Fantastic encounters an alien who needs gold for energy and stops him with the golden bars of Hostess Twinkies.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Heart Attack!
    Rom
  2. 1. Heart Attack!
    Rom
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Space Notes
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Mighty Marvel Checklist
  5. 4. Mr. Fantastic in The Power of Gold!
    Hostess Twinkies; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic]
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  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Max Capp
  • Peter Croome
  • Darrel McCann
  • Eric Rom
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore
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