Dates
- Cover date
- June 1984
- In stores
- March 13, 1984
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #55 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition60¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
This edition’s page - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860232306 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860232306 · shared with another edition
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Publisher’s description
Rom and Starshine arrive in Atlanta, Georgia as horrible creatures wreck havoc at Mercy Hospital. What terrible secret resides in the hospital's blood-bank. Dire Wraiths had contaminated the blood bank, and all humans who had been given that blood turn into monsters and are attacking everyone. Professional sidekick Rick Jones soon comes face- to-face with the evil of the Dire Wraiths and help Rom and Starshine defeating them.
Reprinted in
Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2023), Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years (2025)