Rom #55 [Direct]
(June 1984)

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
1984-02-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief); Bob Harras (assistant editor (see Notes))

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #42, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-03-13.

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:

The Enemy Within! (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Butch Guice (signed as - Butch Guice -)
Inks
Butch Guice (signed as - Butch Guice -)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rom; Starshine
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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The Enemy Within! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
Sal Buscema (credited) (art)
Inks
Mel Candido (credited) (art)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Rick Jones; Merriwether Locklin; Rom; Starshine; Dire Wraiths (villains)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Rom and Starshine invade a hospital where Wraiths have corrupted the blood supply and run into Rick Jones who is a patient there.

Indexer Notes

"The next terrifying chapter in a saga entitled: Total War!" (however, there is no consistency in labeling the issues as being part of this "saga").

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

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

[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 David Bowman and Christopher Blue, James Price, Edward L. Chaney, Pete Heimsoth, Bud Bromley, Marshall Siegel, and Brian Martin.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Enemy Within!
    Rom
  2. 1. The Enemy Within!
    Rom
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Space Notes
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Valmiki Annamanthadoo
  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Per Sandell
  • Richard Thomson
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