Dates
- Cover date
- [November] 1984
- On sale
- September 4, 1984
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.00 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.00 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602645745 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.25 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.25 CAD.
Barcode 07148602645745 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Prodigal Son! · 39 pages
Rom and Starshine save a children's daycare from young Dire Wraiths. As Rom sends the last Wraith to Limbo, Hybrid sneaks through the rift. The mutant Wraith emerges from a Kentucky river during a local church's baptism service and the minister takes him in. When Rom and Starshine track him to the church, Hybrid immobilizes Rom and strips the Starshine armor off of Brandy as he prepares to marry her. The New Mutants, who are visiting Sam's family, get unceremoniously invited to the wedding. Magik uses the Soulsword to stop Hybrid and Brandy, now human, vaporizes him with Rom's neutralizer.
Characters
Reprinted in
Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus (2023), Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years (2025)