Rom #64 (Marvel)
Bill Mantlo (w) Steve Ditko & P.Craig Russell (a)
The penultimate issue of a 14 part story-line, Worldmerge sees the Earth under attack from the Wraiths who are bringing their world into our solar system. Rom is on the front-line trying to save humanity and is being hindered by Agent Gyrich who at this period of Marvel history was persecuting the super-hero community.
As they prepare for battle Rom tries to save lives back on a devastated world beginning with an airliner before wandering into a church where people pray, except it's a trap. These are wraiths in human form. They attempt to destroy Rom and of course fail.
With distinctive art from the combo of Ditko & Russel this is a joy to read. It will be worthwhile tracking down all the other 13 other issues when the Covid 19 lock-down is over.
Rom of course was a toy given life in the Marvel Universe though has simply been forgotten in modern times as the franchise is now held by IDW. I haven't read any of the new run and was hoping IDW might be able to reprint collections of Rom but it looks like that will never happen.
I did buy Rom at the beginning but with so many comics and other activities at the time (the height of my clubbing/partying years) there were too many distractions and this title fell by the wayside.
The Marvel version of Rom lasted 75 issues between 1979 and 1986 and is a much over-looked title I consider worth collecting.
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