Rom
#21
[Newsstand]
(August 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
- 0714860232308
- Editing
- Al Milgrom (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
The Return of the Torpedo!
Rom / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom (signed as
MILGROM) - Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM)
- Colors
- George Roussos (sourced)
- Letters
- typeset; ?
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Rom; Torpedo [Brock Jones]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
![Cover Thumbnail for Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #21 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/26/w200/26984.jpg?-5381724835106107388)
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Move Over, Rom--There's a New Hero in Town!
Rom / comic story / 16 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited) (writer, storyteller); Sal Buscema (credited) (storyteller)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (credited) (artist)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited) (finisher)
- Colors
- Bob Sharen (credited)
- Letters
- Jim Novak (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Brandy Clark; Jonathan Clark; Sarah Clark; Daredevil [Matt Murdock] (flashback) (cameo); Steve Jackson; Rom; Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Lorrain Jones (guest); Dire Wraiths (villains); Wraith Rocketeers (villains)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Brock Jones moves his family to the quiet town of Clairton to get away from the Rocketeers who are after his alter ego, the Torpedo. Brock observes Rom flying over the city and mistakes him for an enemy. Rom battles the Torpedo but the two come to an understanding and Rom asks the new hero in town to help in his battle against the Dire Wraiths.
- Reprints
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #151 (5 juillet 1982) -
in Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) #1 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Dedicated to Marv Wolfman, creator of the Torpedo.
Trouble in Paradise!
Spaceknights / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (plot, script); Sal Buscema (plot)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (finishes)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors
- Bob Sharen
- Letters
- Jim Novak
- Genre
- science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Firefall (cameo); Hammerhand (cameo); Javelin (cameo); The Prime Director; Rom (cameo); Starshine (cameo); Terminator; Angel Elite
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Terminator breaks into the Hall of Science and enters the chamber where the human bodies of the Spaceknights are kept.
- Reprints
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #151 (5 juillet 1982)
- in Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) #1 (2023)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Return of the Torpedo!
Rom -
1.
Move Over, Rom--There's a New Hero in Town!
Rom -
2.
Trouble in Paradise!
Spaceknights -
3.
Wonders of Nature
Fantastic Four; Hostess Fruit Pies -
4.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Max Capp
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Eric Rom
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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