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ROM (1979 Marvel) comic books with issue numbers 17-18

  • Item #60695722
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    Tags: X-Men
    Published Apr 1981 by Marvel.

    ROM (1979 Marvel) 17 CGC 9.6

    Paper: White

    Label #4384510022

    Starts May 6

    Part 1 of 2 - Guest starring the Uncanny X-Men (Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Sprite). Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Frank Miller cover. Cerebro, the mutant detecting device of Professor Charles Xavier, has discovered a new mutant residing in Clairton, West Virginia. He immediately dispatches his students, the mutant heroes known as the X-Men, to find this new source of power. Rom, discovers that a disguised Dire Wraith has married and procreated with a human woman. Can even Rom stand against the psionic power and horrible evil of the Hybrid. 32 pages. NOTE: 1st appearance of Hybrid. Cover price $0.50.

  • Item #60747634
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    Tags: X-Men
    Published Apr 1981 by Marvel.

    ROM (1979 Marvel) 17 CGC 7.5

    Paper: White

    Newsstand Edition

    Label #4385888019

    Starts May 13

    Part 1 of 2 - Guest starring the Uncanny X-Men (Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Sprite). Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Frank Miller cover. Cerebro, the mutant detecting device of Professor Charles Xavier, has discovered a new mutant residing in Clairton, West Virginia. He immediately dispatches his students, the mutant heroes known as the X-Men, to find this new source of power. Rom, discovers that a disguised Dire Wraith has married and procreated with a human woman. Can even Rom stand against the psionic power and horrible evil of the Hybrid. 32 pages. NOTE: 1st appearance of Hybrid. Cover price $0.50.

  • Item #57708986
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    Tags: X-Men
    Published May 1981 by Marvel.

    ROM (1979 Marvel) 18 CBCS 8.5

    Paper: White

    Newsstand Edition.

    Label #21-248D6B1-003

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    Starts Jun 10

    Part 2 of 2 - Guest starring the Uncanny X-Men (Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Sprite). Story by Bill Mantlo. Art by Sal Buscema. Frank Miller cover. Born from the unnatural union of a Dire Wraith father and a human mother, the malevolent Hybrid has used his powerful psionic and shape-changing abilities to trick the X-Men into thinking that Rom is the evil one. Now, Rom must stave off the powerful mutants long enough to convince them of the true threat before it is too late. 32 pages. NOTE: 2nd appearance of Hybrid. Cover price $0.50.