Dates
- Cover date
- March 1982
- On sale
- December 8, 1981
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #28 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860232303
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Stories
- Earthward Bound! · 22 pages
Galactus has marooned the Spaceknights with no way of finding their home planet of Galador. Rom returns to Earth with Starshine in tow. Everyone in Clairton is jubilant at Rom's return but townsfolk quickly start disappearing through holes in the earth. Rom and Starshine enter an underground mine complex looking for their friends when they encounter the Mole Man and his subjects. They quickly discover that the residents of the town were replaced by Wraiths and the Mole Man was actually helping out by snagging them underground. The Wraith Brandy and Steve shoot at Rom but kill Starshine.
Publisher’s description
The price for saving their homeworld from the hunger of Galactus is that Rom and the Spaceknights of Galador are forever denied from returning home. A shallow victory indeed, the surviving Spaceknights return to their respective sectors of space to continue the fight against the evil Dire Wraiths. Rom and his fellow Spaceknight Starshine return to Earth and to the small town of Clairton. However, something is out of place and what does the Mole Man have to do with it?
Characters
Reprinted in
Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2023), Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years (2025)