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CATALOG RECORD

Rom #73

Marvel · Series began 1979 · December 1985

Dates

Cover date
December 1985
On sale
September 10, 1985
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #73 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition65¢ cover

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    Source ↗
  • Newsstand edition65¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860232312 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

    Barcode 0714860232312 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Al Milgrom, Steve Ditkoinks: John Romita, Joe Sinnottscript: Bill Mantlo, Jim Shootercolors: Petra Goldbergletters: Janice Chiang

Stories

  • Strangers in Paradise! · 22 pages

    Brandy finds that the Beyonder has transported her to Galador. At first thinking it a paradise, she soon discovers a ruined city and has to fight for her life against a Spaceknight. Taken in by human resistance fighters, she learns that a second generation of Spaceknights were created to protect Galador but soon turned on the very ones they were meant to protect. Brandy leads an invasion of the Hall of Science and tries to hold the remaining human portion of the rogue Spaceknights hostage. Deciding they no longer desire their human halves, the Spaceknights burn them. Rom arrives.

Characters

RomBrandy ClarkTarmSkeraScannerSeekerVolaHeatwaveArianeLightningboltSteelshotWilnorSoundscream

Reprinted in

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

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