Rom #43

Dates

Cover date

June 1983

On sale

March 8, 1983

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #43 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 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

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• Rom -- Spaceman · 22 pages

  Quasimodo has cloned a copy of Rom's human body and turned him into a man once again. Rom is thrilled until his new body begins to rapidly deteriorate. Quasimodo possesses Rom's vacant space armor and turns on the Wraiths he was allied with. Dr. Dredd and Starshine show up and begin to battle Rom, not realizing it is now someone else inside of the armor. Starshine drives Quasimodo from Rom's body as the dying human Rom chokes out Dredd. Brandy (who is now in the Starshine armor), recognizes the decaying human as Rom just as he collapses in the throes of death.

Publisher’s description

Rom was turned human by Quasimodo, but he soon learns there is a price to pay for this false humanity. While Rom runs free in his human form through the jungle, Quasimodo is wearing his Galadorian armor, and he was actually working with Dire Wraiths. Quasimodo, using the Neutralizer, banishes the aliens to Limbo. Meanwhile in a lake, Rom realizes his skin is falling off.

Characters

Reprinted in

Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2023), Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years (2025)