Rom
#54
[Direct]
(May 1984)
Marvel,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1984-02-07
- 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); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Blood Trail...
Rom / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as
BS) (painting) - Inks
- Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS) (painting)
- Colors
- Bill Sienkiewicz (signed as BS) (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- a Dire Wraith
![Cover Thumbnail for Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #54 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/27/w200/27017.jpg?-3501960791492086775)
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The Blood-Trail!
Rom / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (credited) (artist)
- Inks
- Mel Candido (credited) (artist); Kelley Jones (credited) (artist)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- Janice Chiang (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers] (flashback) (cameo); Giant-Man [Hank Pym] (flashback) (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (flashback) (cameo); Thor [Don Blake] (flashback) (cameo); Wasp [Janet Van Dyne] (flashback) (cameo)
Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell] (flashback) (cameo); Doctor Strange [Stephen Strange]; Nick Fury; Rick Jones; Merriwether Locklin; Rom; Starshine; SHIELD; Dire Wraiths (villains) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Rom and Starshine discover a cadre of Wraiths draining people of their blood. When Wraiths are able to mentally attack SHIELD Esper agents, Dr. Strange shows up and mystically helps them boost their defenses. The Esper agents are able to point Rom to a hospital where Wraiths have gathered en masse. In the selfsame hospital, Rick Jones prepares to receive his first blood transfusion to combat his radiation induced cancer, little knowing that the blood has been tainted by Dire Wraiths.
Indexer Notes
Rick Jones appears having been diagnosed with gamma-ray induced cancer via Incredible Hulk, the (Marvel, 1968 series) #268.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page
- Script
- Jim Shooter (credited) (signed as
Shooter); ? (The Hype Box) - Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Last Month... I ran out of space ...
- Feature Logo
Bullpen Bulletins [groovy]
Indexer Notes
The Hype Box, The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.2 page
- Script
- Ed Shulkin (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Statement of Ownership: Average # of copies over the past year 327,803. Single issue closest to filing date 325,278.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Blood Trail...
Rom -
1.
The Blood-Trail!
Rom -
2.
["Last Month... I ran out of space ..."]
Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist -
3.
[no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Chris Boyko
- Peter Croome
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Darrel McCann
- Derek Reinhard
- Eric Rom
- Per Sandell
- Richard Thomson
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