Rom #56 [Direct]
(July 1984)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-03-20
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

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #44, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-04-10.

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:

Enter: Alpha Flight... and Something Lurking Beneath the Sea (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
John Byrne
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Marrina; Snowbird [Narya]]; Rom
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Clear Waters Remembered! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Mantlo (credited)
Pencils
M. D. Bright (credited as Mark Bright)
Inks
Mel Candido (credited)
Colors
Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
Letters
Janice Chiang (credited)
Genre
science fiction; superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Marrina; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen]; Snowbird [Narya]]; Rick Jones; Merriwether Locklin; Rom; Starshine; Dire Wraiths (villains)
Synopsis
Rom and Starshine are drawn to the mining town of Beaver Falls in Canada. Alpha Flight also arrives and helps the Spaceknights battle Wraithcreatures that crawl from Beaver Lake which the Dire Wraiths have created from salmon. Once the monsters are destroyed, the Wraiths use the polluted waters of the lake to form a tidal wave that bursts the nearby dam.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; 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
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Space Notes [fade]

Indexer Notes

Letters from Paul Higgins, Kirk Gartside, D. J. Oliver, Tony Hunter, Donovan Ice, Troy Wilson, and Patrick Reynolds with uncredited replies.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Enter: Alpha Flight... and Something Lurking Beneath the Sea
    Rom
  2. 1. Clear Waters Remembered!
    Rom
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Space Notes
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