Rom #54 [Newsstand]
(May 1984)

Marvel, 1979 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-02-07
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
0714860232305
Editing
Ralph Macchio (editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #40, with shipping date of 1984-01-17.
This issue is a variant of Rom (Marvel, 1979 series) #54 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Blood Trail... (Table of Contents)

Rom / cover / 1 page (report information)

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
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The Blood-Trail! (Table of Contents: 1)

Rom / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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] (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)

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

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
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Blood Trail...
    Rom
  2. 1. The Blood-Trail!
    Rom
  3. 2. ["Last Month... I ran out of space ..."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Steve Coates
  • Peter Croome
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Steven Samuels
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