ROUND- BASED RADAR SEISMOGRAPH REGISTERED aap eben LOSING IT TS WABACT IN THE ALLEGHENY. RA ¥ IN THE R ALT: MLM NSS TOM wsome- iy Flas tenes? vn: BY | 880% enon, ee uaneseTY i a Cy a ce \ THE CRATER GLOWS WHITE - HOT -~ THE GARTH ITSELF HAS VSTALIZED FROM 'E IMPACTS BUT GIANT EMERGES UNSCATHED FROM THE JN A “BILL MANTLO WRITER SAL BUSCEMA ARTIST TOM ORZECHOWSHI. latterer 408 SHAREN, colorist JO DUFFY EDITOR "YIM SHOOTER ENON IN. ROM™ jg published by MARVEL COMICS GROUP, James E, Galton, President. Stan Leo, Publisher. OF FICE OF PUBLICATION: 675 MADISON AV ENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y, 10022, Published monthly. ROM™ is a trademark of PARKER BROTHERS, and likenass of the character to which that name it applied it the property of PARKER BROTHERS, and the trademark and likeness are used with permission of PARKER BROTHERS, ROM™ copyrightO1879 by PARKER BROTHERS. All rights reserved. All other material copyright{/1979 Marvel Comics Group, a division of Cadanca Industrie: Corporation. All rights resarved. Vol. 1, No. 1, December, 1979 issue. Price 40¢ par copy in the U.S, and Canada. Subscription rate $6.00 for 12 issues Canada, 96.00. Foreign, $7.00. No similarity between any of the names, characters, parsons and/or institutions in this magazine with those of any living oF dead person oF institution is intended, and any tuch similarity which may exist i purely coincidental. Printed in the U.S.A, This periodical may not ba sold except by authorized dealers and is told subject to the conditions that it chall not be sold or distributed with any pert of it: cover or markings re mowed, nor ino mutilated canditionTHEN THE CAR APPROACHES (HE DOES NOT KNOW TO CALL IT THAT, OF COURSE) ALONG THE RIBBON OF ROCK ACROSS WHICH ME STANDS f i ak ens Fouah petal ikea i ebb a he eee ed LEAVE ME ALONE OY NO! NO! 17-17 ISN'T POSS) EY! | Ee } ) HELP Mmas WHEREAS } HE HE SEES ete MI igity ARIPY, HE LEAVES HIND ‘ONE WHO SONS AN ALIEN WALES THE BAR Geenrove THE KIND OF PLACE WHERE — f= ae OUT OF THE ORDINARY ‘R HAPPENS.ALSO SENSES THAT THE F SEEKS (S$ CLOSE AT Bais eS mf) AND THE REST OF THE CROWD BACKS AWAY FROM THE ARMORED UNKNOWN P| EVEN AS THE STILL- TREMBLING BRANDY CLARK ARRIVES ON THE SCENE? DT HIM! THE ROBOT AGAIN! HE MUST HAVE Ta) COME | DIRECTLY TO CLAIRTON AFTE : VING ME OUT ON “THE NiGhMae!THEN, EVEN Analyse FUNCTION IS TO REVEAL TH THERE'S NO TELLING WHO a NEXT! RUN !BUT TH THE SAME BEING ie lt AncbunrereD Coan A L, HAS NOT TAKEN FLIGHT? ‘J BUT one TELLING YOU AM MA MOR BRADFORD OF CLAIRTON ! NO. } EEN DRINKING ! fons in Beene Seer OTHER Font cane Pe (ACTING THE 185 CONSH ey t LESS DIFICULT. DID THAT BUMBLING OF A MAYOR. H HAVE LUCK, CLARA?OF COURSE! A NATIONAL f i] GUARD UNIT WILL BE I'L. TAKE IT 4 ‘4 DISPATCHED TO CLAIRTON-- AT MY DESK. . IMMEDIATELY... “AND SOME OF PEOPLE WILL BE AMONG THEM ! 9 ROM'S ONLY ANSWER IS TO ‘BUT, WHY DION'T YOu PULL ANOTHER DEVICE FROM PEAK BEFORE? AND HYPERSPACE... WHY DID YOU MURDER . iW THOSE iy TOWNSPEOPLE? NONETHELESS, THEY ONLY APPEARED TO Be IN THAT THEY MIGHT DOWELL UNSUSPECTED A, YOUR RACE! THEY ARE THE ENEMY f SEEK, THE DIRE WRAITMS! YOU'RE MAD! I'vE KNOWN THOSE TWO MEN FOR YEARS! I TT TO HIGH SCHOOL RANSL ENABLES US fs TO COMMUNICATE, Mi j , 4 ONE OF THEM ! AND PERHAPS YOU WILL UNDERSTAND AFTER I TELL... CONTINUED AFTER 2ND PAGE FOLLOWING@. GOLDEN NOE OP E AND PROS 1, ae Rae le | fee ce \Sgpne? THE P iE TO Tue c hess ‘ike RECESSES O OF TURES We 1d fon ee eae OR PREGUE! Ce BUT WITH Starr MAS BEARERS OF LTH aN AY TO A BETTER L ire? Be ne eas IN EXPECTING WELCOME WHEREVER WE WENT, ras we E MADE OUR GRAVEST NAVIGATOR'S RE ' PLEASE. SECTOR OF ete CE DESIGNATED i” wee a RA UNCHARTED SPACE / SHERE ARE MONSTERS,” ei WELL, WE SOME IN RINGING OF rerings OF TECH- NOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY! SOF Garr Hs OUR DARK NEBULA ! ao ee a on a Tene ~LET THE FOOLS COME! 7 AN THE FLEET INTO A DEFENS ve RING £ eos THERA DARK NesULa, ‘s ONLY HALF THE VICTORY! NOw, LET THE SORCERERS SUMMON renin THE ALL- OBATHING ATHWING f RING OF FORCE MOAT MICH C Pi me i y" : FLIGHT | THE GALA, WANS! THE ENVELOPED THEIR SHIPS, ING THEIR HeARIS WITH HORROR: THEIR SOULS WITH A NUMBING DARKNESS ~ gm ; mT 5 . 7 ) i ; >. «= PiCAG LE Be ERLE ILA ETL AMI TH NOW, THERE | T — PEOPLE k 5 NO WHAT €, E DONE? PRIME PIRECTOR ! IC ~~ MOT : OUR GS PATRO! BAD N TRAVELS ane ont H Vs QUICKLY / EAR WHAT rors THE EMERY , 1 MUST! SEND FORTH THE " PLE Lh DIN SHOCK D RT THE PEO LISTENS HOS CALL! WHOSOEVER WoL AS THE HERAL SACRIFICE HIS HUMANITY TO IAT THE PRIME DIRECTOR SAVE GALADOR, LET HIM = MED. I... DO NOF KNOW IF [ CAN COME FORWARD IN THIS, OUR DARKEST HOUR ! ries RIME DIRECTOR! * T HAND WAS RAISED, S WERE rou. A ly A FEW OF THOSE AAMILLIONS WE: ‘EN, ‘ Sen IS AMONG THEM. YET ONLY THE FINEST THIS iS THE MOST RROW- AMONG THEA Wit BE WW FUL oAY int GALABOR: , ELDER-- P t] THEIR BELOVED HUMANITY! | "ALSO THE MOST GLORIOUS’ > a r CONTINUED AFTER NEXT PAGE“IT WAS COLD UNDER THE LASER - “AND, ON THE DAY OUR ENEMIES MNIVES OF THE See EL APPEARED IN THE SKY OVER GALADOR, ON THE Waren MEANT F ; ed WERE READY! THE SURGERY WAS GRAFTED BIT BY BUT ONTO. AN ONREELING Cats OF ARMOR!” ERE MANY WRAITH SHIPS AND FEW OF US, BUT Wwe LINE IN SPACE, DE Re Pe beanie NEMY... IN THE RVING 8 Bi tape as Foes, E, SAVAGE! Mi SENSORS RANG WITH “AND FINALLY, SEEING T. Tapas Gh er re Wurakeet piace | | "aie Greeeas aaa THAT TWO MORE TOOK IT6 PLACE, BUT THE SPACERNIGHTS SALADORIAN ARMADA f WOULD MOT RETREAT! j re THING ¥ F Stkor THE SPACEKNIGHTS !WE HELD OWR db "AGAINST ALL ODDS, WE FACED THE: OREAD SWALLOWER - OF -STARS / DOZENS OF SPACEKNIGHTS DIED, oF ee oe ‘NO outa. AT LAST-- OUR COMBINED MIG. DROVE BACK THAT ‘--AND IN THAT SO) ’ iL - SEARING TTLB, BY THE HAND OF A CERKNIGHT, THE MONSTE iT Fauu/" | THUS, FOR TWO CENTURIES T° HAVE PURSUED THE DIRE WRAITHS ACROSS THE SILENT SARACEWAYS, WOMAN OF EARTH, ANO NOW MAY QUEST HAS LED ME.., HERE, ONLY WHEN wi FULFILLED OUR' MISSION WILL THE EA apie acme pene [Ag PRS = Re —— RpOmce Rous ENTITIES TRULY ARE...> \ MN LOOK, MISTER... er.. ROM! at | YOU'RE ASKING ME TO TAKE Bans) THE WORD OF A GIANT ALIEN my. T Pi E I'VE KNOWN cee A AN. But SOME KIND OF SINISTER SPACE SPOONS! DID SEE TNE Wy Searle? \y WHEN I BA, THEM TO L MBO? THERE'S OUR “ SA Nae Move away Fromme, wom ROM MARS MCNY RA al D OF EARTH, ge nn ” THOSE TOWNSPEOPLE we 4 MD, "RESCUERS FIRE THEIR WERE TELLING THE Sh : RR Y WEAPONS AGAIN £ A THAT'S THE WEAPON HEIR PALE, P/TIFUL jo YOU FIRE CANNOT HARM ME fTHAT ALIEN -- WE'VE TRICKED =—_— AN THE HUMANS \ PINTO FIGHTING , / BUT THEY OUR BATTLE LACK THE | NFOR Us! / RIO ee — — -- I MAY BE ED TO HARM THEM £ ~ i KEEP FIRING! WE'VE GoT )4 19 DRAW THE MONSTER WAY FROM THE RETREATING TANK CREWS £ARRGI " ~- WELDED BY YM nif A, WRAITH IN ee eR atti en . Gute? a : my au ae ae \3 ween ISA UTH YOU WILL NEVER LIVE TO ie vou eee Mets Tae st 4 b> ) WRAITH S@uT EVEN AS ROM ADVANCE. HOLD THE MR. JENKS! ] MERELY TOWARD TH DRAW Wid, TROOPS, Bf GARR DECIDES WHICH SIDE S| is Onl THE WEAPON THAT GI ATTACKED ROM WITH, IT'S LIKE NO GUN I'VE EVER SEEN ON EARTH ! T-THE 1 DESTROYED YOU HAVE DONE oe AS awe RIGHT, HUMAN-- Sai Pr HAVE I FOR YOUR I THE RIGHT THING 7 NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING WE DID, MAYOR, 1 ASSURE YOU ! THE NEWS YES. I KNOW. ALL OUR: PEOPLE FROM CLAIRTON MUST BE WARNED THAT ROM TRAVELS FAST... HAS ARRIVED ON EARTH, BUT MY USEFULNESS HERE IN CLAIRTON (S AT AN ENDS I CAN _BEST SERVE MY WRAITH LORDS / IN ANOTHER