Rom: the Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 1 Miller First Issue Cover | 
pickAfter the success of StarWars and the associated toys and a Marvel licensed comic, Editor Jim Shooter was looking for the next big toy/comic tie-in. A deal was struck with Parker Brothers and this Omnibus collects the result. It starts off childish, as you might expect, but as the toy was flopping, the comic had its own life & actually gets interesting. Nothing new to see here, but we get an entertaining, paranoid, “Body Snatchers” type thriller.
The_Book_Ninja If you have a spare 5 minutes, the story of the failure of the toy is quite an entertaining one https://www.whenitwascool.com/rom-the-story-of-rom-the-spaceknight 1w
Bookwomble Rom! Space Knight! I think I have a couple of Spider-Man Marvel Team-Up comics with Rom, but I didn't follow his own comic. Were Rom's main villains the Dire Wraiths? Thanks for the link 😊 1d
The_Book_Ninja @Bookwomble Indeed they were Wombie! I have a Marvel Team-Up omnibus on pre-order. 1d
Bookwomble Just read the article and it said about DWs in the first paragraph! I should read first, ask later! It mentioned Rom teaming up with the Thing, so I've probably got Rom in a Marvel Two-in-One as I have most issues of that comic. 1d
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