Rom #65 [Newsstand]

(April 1985)

Doomsday! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils

Steve Ditko (credited) (art)

Inks

P. Craig Russell (credited) (art)

Colors

Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)

Letters

Janice Chiang (credited)

Genre

science fiction; superhero

Characters

Avengers West Coast: Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Mockingbird [Bobbi Morse]; Tigra [Greer Nelson]; Wonder Man [Simon Williams]
The Avengers: The Black Knight [Dane Whitman]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Captain Marvel [Monica Rambeau]; Hercules; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Starfox [Eros]; Vision
Defenders: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Gargoyle; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Moondragon [Heather Douglas]; Valkyrie [Brunnhilde]
Soviet Super-Soldiers: Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Major Ursus [Mikhail Ursus]; Vanguard
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Wolverine [Logan]
Cindy Adams; Beta Ray Bill; Captain Britain [Brian Braddock]; Brandy Clark; Forge; The Gremlin; Henry Gyrich; Rick Jones; Merriwether Locklin; Namor; Nighthawk [Kyle Richmond]; Rom; Arabian Knight; Shamrock; American Eagle; Blitzkrieg; Dire Wraiths (villains)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Rom has been grounded by a Wraith spell and, since his neutralizer is the power source for Forge's giant orbital space weapon designed to banish all Wraiths from the planet, Wraith-World continues to merge with Earth. A host of Dire Wraiths gather around Rom to gloat but their victory is short lived as Rick Jones has called in the cavalry. The heroes of Earth battle the Wraith horde and free Rom. He flies to Forge's space weapon and uses it, not only banishing Wraiths from Earth but also destroying Wraith-World completely, ending the Dire Wraith threat to the universe for all time.

Reprints

• in Superalmanaque Marvel (Editora Abril, 1989 series) #1

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

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

Script

Jim Shooter (credited) (signed as Shooter); ? (The Hype Box)

Letters

typeset

Feature Logo

Bullpen Bulletins [groovy]

Indexer Notes

Bulletins, Hype Box and Check List.

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

Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Since you're holding a Marvel comic, we know that you're a discriminating reader.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

Indexer Notes

Survey of readers to find out what types of advertisements they would like to see in Marvel comics.