Dates
- Cover date
- January 1983
- On sale
- October 12, 1982
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #38 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition60¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860232301 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.
Barcode 0714860232301 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Gene Day, Sal Buscema, Ken Feduniewiczinks: Gene Day, Ian Akin, Brian Garvey, Ken Feduniewiczscript: Bill Mantlo, Eliot R. Brown, Jim Shootercolors: Barry Grossmanletters: Jim Novak
Stories
- Suffer the Little Children! · 22 pages
In Scotland, Shang-Chi discovers a coven of Dire Wraiths trying to raise the bones of a little girl from the dead and stops them. In England, Rom uncovers an orphanage where the children have been put in a trance and replaced by Wraiths.
Characters
Shang-ChiRomBlack Jack TarrLeiko WuClive RestonDenis Nayland SmithBrandy ClarkStarshineDr. DreddSybil
Reprinted in
Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2023), Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years (2025)