Rom
#16
[Newsstand]
(March 1981)
Marvel,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Barcode
- 0714860232303
- 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:
This issue has variants:
Beware... the Watchwraith!
Rom / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ed Hannigan (signed as
HANNIGAN [circle]) - Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Danny Crespi ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Rom; Watchwraith
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #16 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/26/w200/26979.jpg?3358206399438501024)
![Cover Thumbnail for Rom (1979 series) #16 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/828/w100/828036.jpg?9132481051860681491)
The Watchwraith!
Rom / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (credited) (artist)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (credited) (artist)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- Michael Higgins (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Brandy Clark; Jonathan Clark; Sarah Clark; Steve Jackson; Rom; Mack Killburn; Watchwraith (villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Reporter Mack Killburn interviews the townspeople of Clairton trying to get the scoop on Rom only to be told that the story about a giant, killer robot was all a joke. When two local kids enter a mine shaft and accidentally awaken a robotic Watchwraith, Rom is forced to battle the creature through the center of town. When the conflict concludes, Mack accuses the residents of trying to cover up Rom's existence and is surprised when the people of Clairton rally around Rom and send the reporter home without his notes.
- Reprints
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #147 (5 mars 1982) -
in Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) #1 (2023)
-
[no title indexed]
Spaceknights / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema
- Inks
- Sal Buscema
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Michael Higgins
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look -- a Galadorian Hospital Ship Under Attack by a Squadron of Wraith Drakillars!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Rom; Starshine; Terminator; Dire Wraiths
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- During a battle in which the Dire Wraiths employ a Wraith plague on human victims, Rom and Starshine learn that Terminator's human form succumbed to the selfsame disease and he has no body to return to once his service is over.
- Reprints
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #147 (5 mars 1982)
- in Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) #1 (2023)
-
The Human Torch in Blown About
Hostess Cup Cakes; Human Torch / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Okay, everybody, hand over the furs,
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Blow Dryer
- Synopsis
- Blow Dryer attempts to use her Supersonic Hair Dryer to steal money and furs from socialites. The Human Torch uses Hostess Cup Cakes to defeat her.
- Keywords
- supersonic hair dryer
[no title indexed]
Space Notes / letters page / 0.65 page
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited); Jo Duffy ? (credited as Mary Jo Duffy); Al Milgrom ? (credited as Allen Milgrom)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
Space Notes [fade]- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Kleanthes Konlaris, Mike Lannysiotti, Robb "Zeak" Zeionky, Peter King, Cliff Robertson, Gary Ross, Jon Green and David Helfry with replies by Bill Mantlo plus house ad for The Savage She-Hulk.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Beware... the Watchwraith!
Rom -
1.
The Watchwraith!
Rom -
2.
["Look -- a Galadorian Hospital Ship Under Attack by a Squadron of Wraith Drakillars!"]
Spaceknights -
3.
The Human Torch in Blown About
Hostess Cup Cakes; Human Torch -
4.
[no title indexed]
Space Notes -
5.
[no title indexed]
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- Max Capp
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- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Eric Rom
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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