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ROM (1979 Marvel) 1D CGC 9.4

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Direct Edition. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Frank Miller cover. Deep in space two centuries ago a decisive battle between the forces of good and evil was fought. The brave Spaceknights of Galador defeated the evil sorcery and super-science of the Dire Wraiths and scattered them to the furthest reaches of the galaxy. Now in present day their eternal struggle has spilled over to Earth. Rom, greatest of the Spaceknights, has arrived in Clairton, a small West Virginia town. Frightened by the arrival of a 7' alien, the people of Clairton have called in the National Guard. Can Rom convince those he came to save that the true enemy resides in their very ranks? 32 pages. Cover price $0.40.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 1N VF 8.0

Newsstand Edition. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Frank Miller cover. Deep in space two centuries ago a decisive battle between the forces of good and evil was fought. The brave Spaceknights of Galador defeated the evil sorcery and super-science of the Dire Wraiths and scattered them to the furthest reaches of the galaxy. Now in present day their eternal struggle has spilled over to Earth. Rom, greatest of the Spaceknights, has arrived in Clairton, a small West Virginia town. Frightened by the arrival of a 7' alien, the people of Clairton have called in the National Guard. Can Rom convince those he came to save that the true enemy resides in their very ranks? 32 pages. Cover price $0.40.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 13 CBCS 9.2

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-005

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. After his battle with Jack of Hearts, Rom washes up to shore battered and suffering from amnesia. After befriending the young girl, Talley, Rom and his new found friend soon discover that evil lurks within the sea cave in which they explore. Can Rom regain his memories in time to stop the Plunderer (last seen in Fantastic Four #191) and his pirates from fulfilling their malevolent plans? Plus, a back-up story featuring Rom and the Spaceknights of Galador. 32 pages. Cover price $0.50.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 30D CBCS 9.2

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-006

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Direct Edition. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Rom bestows Torpedo with the ability to spot the shape-shifting Dire Wraiths. As Wraith activity escalates, a new threat arrives in the form of the Metal Master (last seen in Incredible Hulk #6) and his mechanical monstrosities. This encounter leaves Rom wondering if he will ever meat this Hulk he keeps hearing about. Flashback cameo appearance by the Incredible Hulk. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 32 CBCS 7.0

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-007

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By Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema and Joe Sinnott. Rom stands against the united might of Hybrid and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. But, when the mutant known as Rogue turns her ability absorbing powers on the gallant Spaceknight, his innate nobility awakens a goodness within her that she did not realize she had (perhaps leading her to seek out membership with the Uncanny X-Men). 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 34D CBCS 9.6

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-008

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Direct Edition. Guest starring Prince Namor, the mighty Sub-Mariner. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Rom and Sybil have each lost much in the conflict with the Dire Wraiths. He, his humanity and homeworld and she, her parents and childhood. While, in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean the Savage Sub-Mariner soon learns that there is no where safe from the influence of the evil Dire Wraiths. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 47 CGC 9.0

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Direct Edition. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Akin Garvey. A young couple soon learn what lurks in the dark as a pare of Dire Wraiths reveal their terrible nature to them. Plus, Rom and Starshine arrive to a mysterious island and are accosted by creatures of fantasy and fairy-tale in "One Man's Toys...are another Man's Terror!" 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 53 CGC 9.6

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Guest-starring Nick Fury. Cameos by almost everyone. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Mel Candido. The government can no longer ignore the Dire Wraith invasion as the Helicarrier of S.H.I.E.LD. comes under attack. The President of the United States addresses the nations of the globe and now the world knows the truth. And as a certain cigar chomping super-spy bluntly puts it "...now that the talkin's over...the fightin' starts!" 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 54 CBCS 9.6

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Label #21-24971B9-025

Guest-starring Rick Jones, Nick Fury, and Dr. Strange. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema, Mel Candido, and Kelly Jones. As Rom educates the military on the horrors of the Dire Wraiths, professional sidekick Rick Jones takes up residence at a hospital to have tests done. However, this house of medicine has also drawn the evil of Wraithkind to its doorstep. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 58 CBCS 9.4

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-012

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Guest-starring Ant-Man and Alpha Flight. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Mel Candido. In the aftermath of last issue's devastating events the diminutive Avenger Ant-Man arrives to give our Spaceknights a helping hand. Using his Pym-Particles, Ant-Man, Rom, and Starshine shrink down and enter the bowels of the earth seeking answers. What they find would give pause to even the bravest of heroes. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 59D CBCS 9.4

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-013

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Direct Edition. Guest-starring Ant-Man. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko (legendary Spider-Man artist) and Bob Layton. As Ant-Man and the military try to stay alive amidst a swarm of mutated insects, Rom and Starshine venture into the sub-atomic realm in search of the source that has caused the insects transformation. Also, Starshine learns a valuable of lesson in mercy. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 60 CBCS 8.5

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-014

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Tom Palmer. Rom, Starshine, and Rick Jones come upon a massacre where the sole survivor is a little girl whose mother saved her life at the expense of her own. But not before the girl absorbed the horrible memories of the Wraith who attacked her. Now, she must live with the horrible truth of what these evil beings have in store for mankind. Plus, the events of Thor (1962-1996 1st Series) #349 spill over into this very issue. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 61 CBCS 9.4

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-015

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Jackson Guice. Continued from Rom Annual #3. Rom confronts a vast flock of Wraiths in the form Deathwings in "The Beginning of the End of the World!" Plus, government Agent Henry Gyrich, oft nemesis of the Avengers and X-Men, arrives to tell the military and Rom that there is a man who has successfully duplicated Rom's most powerful weapon, the Neutralizer. That man's name is Forge. 32 Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 62 CBCS 9.4

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-016

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Guest-starring Forge. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko, Ian Akin, and Brian Garvey. Cover by Mike Zeck. As Forge remembers the attempt on his life by the alien Dire Wraiths (which took place in Uncanny X-Men (1963) #187-188), he struggles with the decision to help the very government that persecutes mutant-kind and would use his inventions to keep the super-hero community under its thumb. But after witnessing the true horror of the Dire Wraiths, Forge reassures Rom that he has a new and powerful ally. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 63 CBCS 9.4

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-017

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Guest-starring Forge. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Brett Breeding. Under the guidance of Forge, the man with the mutant ability to invent and build anything, Rom and the united governments of the world begin construction of an Orbiting Global Neutralizer. However, the shape-shifting Dire Wraiths are revealed to be within their ranks. The sinister aliens attempt to sabotage the efforts of our heroes. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 68 CBCS 9.6

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-019

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Brett Breeding. Rom becomes caught in the middle of two warring factions. Humans on one side and machines on the other with neither willing to give an inch. Rom, being a cyborg, is trapped between man and machine...which side will he choose? 32 pages. Cover price $0.65.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 69 CBCS 9.0

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-020

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and P. Craig Russell. Rom lands on a strange and extraordinary planet, the like of which he has never seen before. As he ventures into the bowels of the earth he finds Spaceknights and Dire Wraiths alike being held within. Rom must confront the one foe even mighty Galactus could not defeat, Ego the Living Planet. 32 pages. Cover price $0.65.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 70 CBCS 9.4

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-021

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Kim DeMulder. Reunited with his Spaceknight comrades Seeker and Skera the Scanner, Rom lands on a harsh and dangerous swamp covered planet in search of yet another missing Spaceknight. The trio soon find hundreds of Dire Wraiths enslaved. What power in the universe could possibly hold sway over such terrible creatures? The answer will surprise you in "The Hidden God." 32 pages. Cover price $0.65.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 71 CBCS 9.4

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and P. Craig Russell. Rom's ranks grow as Unam the Unseen and Vola the Trapper join him, Scanner, and Seeker. They come across yet another planet under attack by the deadly Dire Wraiths but this time the evil aliens are being led into battle by a traitor, the Spaceknight known as Raak the Breaker. It's Spaceknight vs. Spaceknight and one Spaceknight will not make it to the end of this issue alive. 32 pages. Cover price $0.65.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 73 CBCS 9.0

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-023

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and Joe Sinnott. Continued from last issue and Rom Annual # 4, Brandy has arrived on Galador, homeworld to her beloved Rom. But she soon learns that this is not the plush paradise it once was. A war is in progress and humans are targeted for termination by...Spaceknights? By tales end, Rom along with his allies the Spaceknight Squadron, and thanks in no small part to the Shi'ar, have returned to Galador to set things right. 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 74 CBCS 9.6

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-024

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and John Byrne. Ever since mighty Galactus banished Galador (Rom #27) to the furthest reaches of space, Rom and his allies the Spaceknight Squadron have trekked the universe in search of their homeworld. Upon returning they never thought they'd witness what has come to pass...Spaceknights slaughtering humans. Reunited with Brandy Clark, the Earth woman he fell in love with, Rom and the Squadron must confront these younger and more ruthless second generation Spaceknights. 32 pages. Cover price $0.75.

ROM (1979 Marvel) Annual 3 CBCS 9.6

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Label #22-2D0A2F1-025

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Guest-starring Professor X and the New Mutants (story continues in Rom #61). Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by W.M. Johnson. As Rom and Starshine confront Dire Wraiths who threaten children, Rom soon realizes Brandy is losing her humanity within the cold steel of her Spaceknight armor. That's when Rom's old enemy the mutant known as Hybrid attacks. What sinister plans does this creature have for Starshine? One thing is for sure, she will never be the same again. Luckily Professor Xavier and his students arrive to lend a helping hand, or have they only arrived to meet their doom? Find out in "Prodigal Son!" 48 pages. Cover price $1.00.