A retrospective on the first 40 issues of the farreaching licensed comic about a cyborg who fights evil space wizards. Comic book published by marvel comics under license from parker. Spaceknight was just more icing on the cake that was the world of comics. A title that lasted longer than anyone could have predicted. The folger shakespeare library in washington, dc, is the single greatest documentary source of shakespeares works. Rom is now human again, but he soon learns there is a price to pay for this false humanity. The majority of these releases have been produced or coproduced by graphic imaging technology git, with most of.
Nov 26, 2015 volunteers to become powerful spaceknights. Spaceknight problem the writer and director of guardians of the galaxy vol. Spaceknight might be the best science fiction comic. Heres my mp writeup of everyones favorite dire wraith hunter. Rom becomes the most revered spaceknight of all and defeats the wraiths on there home world but they scatter to all ends of the galaxy. But now that rom has disappeared, its up to his two sons. Spaceknight, while the other two are far more recent creations and not much is yet known about them. After seeing rom deal with the wraiths firsthand, brandy comes to understand his mission and helps to hide rom from prying eyes. Idw now makes the rom comics with the hasbro license and for that reason, we. Rom spacenknight marvel comics also known as rom the space knight or rom.
Creepy appearance, exile from galador, from the living, mpi depression, spaceknight code, sih of dire wraiths, sia toward recovering his humanity, unluck, misc rom doesnt speak english, but his translator below makes that moot. Oct 09, 2015 and marvel recently announced a new comic book series featuring a new space knight to replace rom. Rom possessed the necessary genetic markers that allowed bonding to the plandanium armor and became the first. And the vile dire wraith warlock commands her to kill the man she has come to love, kill rom the spaceknight.
A galadorian spaceknight avowed to hunt down and banish to limbo the aliens that destroyed his home, rom won over the hearts of many comic book readers. Getcomics getcomics is an awesome place to download dc. Roms stuff is stored into a tesseract dimension that is two aps away from dimension616. Spaceknight was designed as a toy, and marvels comic about it was supposed to be a throwaway marketing gimmick. Haha hes like buzz lightyears robot assistant early marvel toy tiein based on the helder m statue. The betterknown group is a core concept of the 1980s comic book rom. Read and download free comics online, largest website have more than 10 million image updated daily. Rom 1979 comic read rom 1979 comic online in high quality. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. It had a small but loyal following, mostly due to the writing of bill mantlo, who excelled in creating epic science fiction and fantasy sagas, and used his comics to expand the.
Sal buscema was the series original artist and he pencilled the majority of the series. An unparalleled collection of early modern books, manuscripts, and artwork connected to shakespeare, the folgers holdings have been consulted extensively in the preparation of these texts. Rom spacenknight 1979 marvel comics, rom comics, rare. On a related note, i received the following photo from a former coworker who, upon seeing this romthemed art table in his local comics shop. Rom was later licensed to marvel comics where hes most wellknown for. Spaceknights is a name used by at least three distinct groups of fictional characters appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Art and images from and inspired by the 1979 rom parker brothers toy and 1979 marvel rom spaceknight comics rom, the space knight by john gallagher rom the space knight is a cyborg from a utopian society on the planet galador. The hulk and bruce banner marvel comics 1st appearance 6 inch funko. Rom asks brandy to hide, as he tries to talk to the military. Chris ryall and christos gage spoke with cbr about transforming their love for the classic character into allnew starspanning comic book adventures.
Sometime early in 1979, marvel comics president jim galton called me to his office to discuss an opportunity to license a toy propertyrom, the spaceknight. Christos gage, chris ryall, and david messina kick off the wildest new series of the year as roms war with the dire wraiths hits close to home in earthfall, part 1. Rom the spaceknight was created for parker brothers, a subsidiary of hasbro. Cover for rom marvel, january newsstand edition rom. Rom destroys the creature and the surviving ships retreat quickly. Rom arrives on earth 200 years later, and it is at this point that the rom series begins. Technically, rom was a licensed comic book using the likeness of some obscure action figure. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Brett breeding, bronze age, captain america, charlton comics, comedy. Nothing should have worked with rom rom spaceknights head looks like a toaster. A cover gallery for the comic book rom spaceknight.
Jun 19, 2011 3 0 the highest point of the battle is the fight of rom against deathwing. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Rom the space knight was an action figure sold in 1979 by the toy company parker brothers. Rom, marvels first spaceknight, spent years banishing the evil dire wraiths from earth. Jump to navigation jump to search initial visibility. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Marvel built the world surrounding rom, from allies and villains, to a complete origin story and villains namely the dire wraiths, but can no longer use rom. Celebrating our commitment to all things spaceknight idw is giving us a new rom comic book. The comic book price guide for great britain rom spaceknight. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Rom is the first to give up his humanity and join the program. Apr 05, 2018 heres my mp writeup of everyones favorite dire wraith hunter. Rom the spaceknight coming to the idw transformers universe. Doing searches for spaceknight on usenet and ebay has revealed to me that rom has appeared or been mentioned in other media outside of comic books and toys.
Rom has been hunting them down ever since, and earth is apparently infested with them. Spaceknight is a fictional character, a cosmic superhero in the marvel comics universe. The exciting concept of a heroic alien, stationed on our planet to wipe out an evil alien race living right under our noses. Marvel comics developed the tale of rom spaceknight. Spaceknights 2000 comic read spaceknights 2000 comic. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. While the toy itself soon faded into obscurity, its comic book tiein series, put out by marvel comics, lasted until 1986. I love looking through the old issues, seeing the different combinations of characters, the wide variety of writers and artists, and the different styles of comics. From the depths of outer space, the spaceknights return. Plus, brandy, now grafted to the starshines spaceknight armor arrives under the control of dr. Spaceknight might be the best science fiction comic of. Three characters have assumed the mantle and armor of starshine, all have been spaceknights, allies and at least one a love interest to their fellow spaceknight rom, in his fight against the dire. But now that rom has disappeared, its up to his two sons, tristan, the liberator, and balin, also known as terminator, to carry on his legacy.
Mccoy for parker brothers, currently a subsidiary of hasbro. Rom the spaceknightstateautocollapse shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a navbar, a sidebar, or some other table on. Mantlo is also known for his work on alpha flight, the incredible hulk, micronauts, and the spectacular spiderman. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. Getcomics is an awesome place to download dc, marvel, image, dark horse, dynamite, idw, oni, valiant, zenescope and many more comics only on getcomics. Tristan, the liberator, and balin, also known as terminator. Rom comic books 1979 series also called rom spaceknight show covers only.
He was the first to volunteer to sacrifice his humanity to become a spaceknight to defend galador from an impending invasion by the dire wraiths. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. The brave spaceknights of galador defeated the evil sorcery and superscience of the dire wraiths and scattered them to the furthest reaches of the galaxy. The best panel of alltime at ny comic con, idw announced more details about the return of rom and micronauts, the holy grails of. Art french marvel anniversary portfolio in 1995, semic, who then had the license to publish marvel comics in france, produced a portfolio of 25 prints. Rom spaceknight marvel comics 1980 in very fine to near mint condition. But writer bill mantlo created a space opera about duty and sacrifice, made.
Finally successful, the gleaming guardian returned home to become the king of his homeworld, galador. Back in 1980, its mix of superheroic action, sciencefiction times and especially horror tropes with a strong invasion of the body snatchers vibe was an unusual one. Spaceknight december 1979 february 1986 by bill mantlo and sal buscema, and published by marvel comics. Please only report missing issues after attempting a thorough search, and do not submit false information. Comic book published by marvel comics under license from parker brothers. Landing near the fictional town of clairton, in west virginia, usa, rom encounters a young woman named brandy clark. Comic reflections a podcast dedicated to regular talk about silver and bronze age comic books menu skip to content. But it took place squarely in the marvel universe, and turned out to be memorable. Pages in category rom the spaceknight the following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
The entire 75 issue plus four annual run of rom was written by bill mantlo. Rom the space knight is a character and cosmic superhero created by scott dankman, richard c. Meanwhile in present day,the licenced characters and name belong to hasbro, mostofthe background and developtmed of the character belongs to marvel comics. In july 2015, idw publishing began publishing a new rom comic book.
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