ROM (1979 Marvel) comic books 1983-1985, graded by CBCS

ROM (1979 Marvel) 42 CBCS 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Direct Edition.

Label #22-3F879FE-012

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Akin Garvey. Rom strikes an unholy bargain with Quasimodo the Living Computer (last seen in Incredible Hulk #259). In exchange for his humanity Rom shall give up his Spaceknight armor to the sentient machine. There's no way this ends well. Special cameo appearance by Doctor Strange. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 47 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Direct Edition

Label #22-2D0A2F1-010

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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) 52 CBCS 9.4

Paper: White

Newsstand Edition

Label #22-2D0A2F1-011

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Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema and Mel Candido. The Dire Wraiths step it up a notch in "Total War!" Rom bands together with the US Army to repel a Wraith attack and shows the military just how bad the Wraith infestation is on our planet. However, they soon learn that the Dire Wraiths are closer than they at first realized. 32 pages. Cover price $0.60.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 54 CBCS 9.6

Paper: White

Slab: Significant scuff(s) front or back

Direct Edition.

Label #21-24971B9-025

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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) 61 CBCS 9.4

Paper: White

Label #22-069BD64-033

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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) 65 CBCS 9.2

Paper: White

Direct Edition.

Label #21-248D6B1-005

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Guest-starring everybody. Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Steve Ditko and P. Craig Russell. The end is near. Nay, true-believer...the end is here. This is it...the Final Conflict. Rom is defeated and victory is within the grasp of the evil Dire Wraiths. However, one last thing stands in their way and total victory, the united governments of the Earth and oh yeah, all those pesky super-heroes Rom has spent the last 64 issues recruiting to his cause. Rom is joined by the Avengers, the West Coast Avengers, the X-Men, the Defenders, the Soviet Super-Soldiers and all of the heroes of the world in one last ultimate battle to rid the Earth of Wraithkind forever. It's all or nothing...there's no turning back now. The war and the fate of mankind is decided in this epic issue. 32 pages. Cover price $0.65.

ROM (1979 Marvel) 71 CBCS 9.0

Paper: Off white to white

Direct Edition

Label #22-2D0A2F1-022

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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.