Rom
#14
[Direct]
(January 1981)
Marvel,
1979 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.50 USD; 0.50 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1980-10-21
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
- Printer
- Printed in the U.S.A.
- Editing
- Jo Duffy (credited) (editor (see Notes)); Jim Shooter (credited) (ed. in chief); Al Milgrom (credited as Allen Milgrom) (editor (see Notes))
Issue Notes
Al Milgrom is credited on the letters page only (as Allen Milgrom). Jo Duffy is credited on both the comic story (as Jo Duffy) and the letters page (as Mary Jo Duffy).
This issue is a variant of Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #14 [Newsstand].
This issue is a variant of Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #14 [Newsstand].
[no title indexed]
Rom / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Dave Cockrum (signed as
COCKRUM) - Inks
- Dave Cockrum (signed as COCKRUM)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Rick Parker ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Fall, Rom, Before the Power of the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android!
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Awesome Android; Mad Thinker; Rom
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
in ![Cover Thumbnail for Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #14 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/827/w200/827189.jpg?4029597951010118925)
![Cover Thumbnail for Rom (1979 series) #14 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/26/w100/26977.jpg?669873187326662238)
The Ultimate Android!
Rom / comic story / 17 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited) (writer, storyteller); Sal Buscema (credited) (storyteller)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema (credited)
- Inks
- Sal Buscema (credited)
- Colors
- Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)
- Letters
- Annette Kawecki (credited)
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback) (cameo); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (flashback) (cameo); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (flashback) (cameo); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (flashback) (cameo)
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III] (flashback) (cameo); Beast [Hank McCoy] (flashback) (cameo); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (flashback) (cameo); Jean Grey (flashback) (cameo); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (flashback) (cameo)
Awesome Android (villain); Brandy Clark; Jonathan Clark; Sarah Clark; Dragon Man (flashback) (cameo); Jack of Hearts [Jack Hart] (flashback) (cameo); Steve Jackson (flashback) (cameo); Mad Thinker (villain); Rom; Ultron (flashback) (cameo); Vision (flashback) (cameo); Ace O'Connor; Dire Wraiths [Steve Jackson; Barry Dunston] (villains); Dr. Rachel Sweet (cameo flashback) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- Rom returns to Clairton only to fall into conflict with the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android before he can be reunited with his friends. Reporter Ace O'Connor discovers far too late that her boss is a Dire Wraith. Brandy makes final preparations for her marriage to Steve, still not realizing that he has been replaced by a Wraith.
- Reprints
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #145 (5 janvier 1982)
-
[no title indexed]
Spaceknights / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Bill Mantlo; Steven Grant (see notes)
- Pencils
- Sal Buscema
- Inks
- Sal Buscema
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Annette Kawecki
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- On Your Guard, Spaceknights!
- Genre
- science fiction; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Ray-Na (death) (Rom's girlfriend); Rom; Starshine; Terminator; Dire Wraiths
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Synopsis
- While battling Wraiths in space, Rom learns that there is Wraith activity on the home planet of his lady love. Rom, Starshine and Terminator fly in to the rescue but Ray-Na is killed in the ensuing conflict.
- Reprints
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #145 (5 janvier 1982)
-
in Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (Marvel, 2023 series) #1 (2023)
-
Indexer Notes
Based in part on a story suggestion by Steven Grant.
Captain America in Fury Unleashed!
Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Space Notes / letters page / 1 page
- Script
- Bill Mantlo (credited as Bill); Jo Duffy ? (credited as Mary Jo Duffy); Al Milgrom ? (credited as Allen Milgrom)
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
Space Notes [fade]- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Steve Lowther, Donald Campbell, Mike Chase and Robert Marshall with replies by Bill Mantlo plus Special Sports Note (about the Marvel Softball Team).
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Fall, Rom, Before the Power of the Mad Thinker and his Awesome Android!"]
Rom -
1.
The Ultimate Android!
Rom -
2.
["On Your Guard, Spaceknights!"]
Spaceknights -
3.
Captain America in Fury Unleashed!
Captain America; Hostess Fruit Pies -
4.
[no title indexed]
Space Notes
This issue was modified by
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Peter Croome
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Eric Rom
- Jim Van Dore
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