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Issue: Rom #17
Publication Date: April 1981
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Issues: #17 of 75 Issues (202 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Newsstand
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 1981
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860232304
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Al Milgrom is credited on the letters page only (as Allen Milgrom). Jo Duffy is credited on both the comic story (as Jo Duffy) and the letters page (as Mary Jo Duffy).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Inks over pencils; colors yet to be added.
 
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
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Pages: 1
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Hybrid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Dr. John Stennis; Marjorie Marks (also in flashback); Jacob Marks (a Dire Wraith, also in flashback, death); Silas Lane
First Line: Vas ist, Storm?
Synopsis: Cerebro detects a powerful new mutant and Professor X sends the X-Men to investigate. Their destination is the town of Clairton where Rom and the town folk are just discovering that many of their friends and neighbors are Dire Wraith's in disguise. They head to the Marks' farm where Jacob confesses that he is a Wraith but is in love with his human wife whom their son, a human/Wraith hybrid has drained almost to death. Rom battles the monstrous Hybrid but, when the X-Men show up and see a killer robot beating on what appears to be a little boy, they decide that Rom is the bad guy.
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Pages: 22
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Spider-Man in The Rescue!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Letters from Jim Hardy, Lee Keuter, Kevin C. McConnell and Kenneth Paxton with replies by Bill Mantlo plus house ad for The Savage She-Hulk.
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Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Statement of Ownership average # of copies in preceding 12 months: 378,492.

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