Rom
#28
[Direct]
(March 1982)
Marvel,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.60 CAD; 0.20 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1981-12-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Al Milgrom (credited) (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (credited) (boss); Ann Nocenti (credited) (assistant editor (see Notes))
Issue Notes
Ann Nocenti is credited on the letters page only. Al Milgrom is credited on both the comic story (as Al Milgrom) and the letters page (as Allen Milgrom).
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Danger Down Under!
Rom / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Al Milgrom (signed as
MILGROM) - Inks
- Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM)
- Colors
- George Roussos (sourced)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Mole Man [Harvey Elder]; Rom; Starshine; Torpedo [Brock Jones]
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #28 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/26/w200/26991.jpg?393165532043244470)
![Cover Thumbnail for Rom (1979 series) #28 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1007/w100/1007747.jpg?-1006618250768051857)
Earthward Bound!
Rom / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (credited) (artist, breakdowns); Joe Sinnott (credited) (artist, finished art)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited) (artist)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- Diana Albers (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Brandy Clark; Jonathan Clark; Sarah Clark; Galactus [Galan] (flashback) (cameo); Hammerhand (cameo); Steve Jackson; Javelin (cameo); Mole Man [Harvey Elder] (villain); Rom; Starshine (death); Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Lorrain Jones (guest); Dire Wraiths (villains); Kala (villain); Moloids (villains); Murder Mole (villain); Outcasts [Digger; Boulder; Water-Witch; Landslide] (villains); Spaceknights [Screamer; Astra; Rainbow] (cameos)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Galactus has marooned the Spaceknights with no way of finding their home planet of Galador. Rom returns to Earth with Starshine in tow. Everyone in Clairton is jubilant at Rom's return but townsfolk quickly start disappearing through holes in the earth. Rom and Starshine enter an underground mine complex looking for their friends when they encounter the Mole Man and his subjects. They quickly discover that the residents of the town were replaced by Wraiths and the Mole Man was actually helping out by snagging them underground. The Wraith Brandy and Steve shoot at Rom but kill Starshine.
- Reprints
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #158 (5 février 1983) -
in Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) #1 (2023)
-
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Shooter (credited as Shooter) (signed as
Shooter); Louise Simonson; ? - Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And now, the moment you've all been waiting for...
Indexer Notes
Editorial by Jim Shooter, The Hype Box, The Mighty Marvel Checklist. Photograph of Louise Jones (Weezie).
The Deciding Factor!
Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't know what these alien invaders are thinking...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Nick Fury
- Synopsis
- While Captain America appears to be losing a battle with aliens, Nick Fury distracts them with Hostess Fruit Pies.
[no title indexed]
Space Notes / letters page / 0.75 page
- Script
- Bill Mantlo ?; Al Milgrom ? (credited as Allen Milgrom); Ann Nocenti ? (credited); ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
Space Notes [fade]- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from: John DeMari, Bill Hall, James C. Boney, Mark Ronning, and Brett Highsmith.
[no title indexed]
Micronauts / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Special announcement: the Micronauts is now a full 32 pages--
- Genre
- science fiction
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Danger Down Under!
Rom -
1.
Earthward Bound!
Rom -
2.
["And now, the moment you've all been waiting for..."]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
The Deciding Factor!
Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies -
4.
[no title indexed]
Space Notes -
5.
["Special announcement: the Micronauts is now a full 32 pages--"]
Micronauts -
6.
A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure!
Dungeons & Dragons
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Katy Hayhurst
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Eric Rom
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
- Steven Tice
- Jim Van Dore
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