Rom #46 [Direct]
(September 1983)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-06-07
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
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor); Bob Harras (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #26, with shipping date of 1983-05-17.

Ralph Macchio is credited on both the comic story and the letters page. Bob Harras is credited on the letters page only.
This issue has variants:

What Lurks within the Pit?! (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rom

Bestiary! (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; Vanguard
The Gremlin; Rom; Starshine; Dire Wraiths (villains)
Synopsis
Rom, Starshine and the Soviet Super Soldiers drive a band of Dire Wraiths from a Russian military installation. The Soldiers decide to keep the base as their new headquarters and invite Gremlin to join them.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Byrne (signed as JOHN BYRNE [stacked])
Pencils
John Byrne (signed as JOHN BYRNE [stacked])
Inks
John Byrne (signed as JOHN BYRNE [stacked])
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Big Jim Shooter asked me to do a guest spot ...
Feature Logo
....Bullpen Bulletins.....

Indexer Notes

Full page illustration of Byrne surrounded by characters he has drawn.

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

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]
Characters
The Watcher [Uatu]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Joseph Pickton, Brian Smith, Brad L. Tim, Paul Sahire, David Nagore, Raul Verdugo and Joe Miller with uncredited replies, Next Issue box and house ad for The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. What Lurks within the Pit?!
    Rom
  2. 1. Bestiary!
    Rom
  3. 2. ["Big Jim Shooter asked me to do a guest spot ..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Space Notes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Per Sandell