Rom #49 [Direct]
(December 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
1983-09-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited) (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief); Bob Harras (credited) (assistant editor (see Notes))

Issue Notes

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:

Trapped! (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM [regular Ms])
Inks
Al Milgrom (signed as MILGROM [regular Ms])
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rom; Starshine
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Massacre! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (art)
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
Jonathan Clark (death); Sarah Clark (death); Steve Jackson (death); Rom; Starshine; Torpedo [Brock Jones]; Dire Wraiths (villains); Skrulls (cameos)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Brandy and Starshine return to Clairton only to discover far too late that many of their family and friends have been killed and replaced by Wraiths. The Wraiths trap our heroes in an alternate dimension and prepare to take over the world.
Reprints

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jim Shooter (signed as Shooter); ? (The Hype Box)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset; ?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's the situation... I, editor in chief and supreme high kahuna ...
Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins [groovy]

Indexer Notes

Items, The Hype Box, The Mighty Marvel Checklist

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

Space Notes / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo ?; Ralph Macchio ? (credited); Bob Harras ? (credited)
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
Space Notes [fade]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Lawson Coates, Michael Kanterovich, Donovan R. Ice, Jr., John Reeves, Marshall Nelson, Eric Sheppard, T. J. Campbell, Alan Toubeaux, John Warren.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Trapped!
    Rom
  2. 1. Massacre!
    Rom
  3. 2. ["Here's the situation... I, editor in chief and supreme high kahuna ..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Space Notes
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  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Chris Boyko
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
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