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- "I have held back, Hybrid -- hoping for the sake of that humanity yet alive in you, that you might repent and be redeemed. Though you are progeny of wraith and human parentis, it is the wraith evil that has gained ascendancy in you!"
- ―Rom
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| ROM | |
| Title: | "Hybrid!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 17 |
| Cover price: | .50 |
| Cover date: | April, 1981 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | Bill Mantlo |
| Pencilers: | Sal Buscema |
| Inkers: | Sal Buscema |
| Cover artists: | Frank Miller |
| Cover inker: | Al Milgrom |
| Colorists: | Ben Sean |
| Letterers: | Michael Higgins |
| Editors: | Jo Duffy; Allen Milgrom |
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"Hybrid!" is the seventeenth issue of the science fiction/fantasy ongoing comic book series ROM, published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Bill Mantlo with artwork & inks by Sal Buscema. It was colored by Ben Sean and lettered by Michael Higgins. The story was edited by Jo Duffy. This issue shipped with an April, 1981 cover date and carries a cover price of .50 cents per copy.
"Hybrid!"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Brandy Clark
- Colossus, Peter Rasputin
- Nightcrawler, Kurt Wagner
- Professor X, Charles Xavier
- Sprite, Kitty Pryde
- Storm, Ororo Munroe
- Wolverine, Logan
Villains
- Dire Wraiths
- Hybrid, Jimmy Marks (1st appearance)
- Jacob Marks
Minor characters
- Jonathan Clark
- Marjorie Marks
- Sarah Clark
- Silas Lane
- Steve Jackson (In flashback only)
Organizations
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
- Cerebro
- Handgun (In flashback only)
- Pitchfork
- ROM's analyzer
- ROM's neutralizer
- Wheelchair
Vehicles
- Drakillar fighter-craft (In flashback only)
- Snowmobiles
Powers
Miscellaneous
- 1940s
- 1940
- Alien parasites
- Alien subversion
- Church (In flashback only)
- Dead animals
- Disintegration
- Flashbacks
- Impalement
- Smoking
- Wedding (In flashback only)
Notes & Trivia[]
- Rom was created by Scott Dankman, Richard C. Levy and Bryan L. McCoy as an action figure developed by Parker Bros, which later became an asset for Hasbro. It was a developed further as a comic book character for Marvel Comics by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Sal Buscema. ROM first appeared in Rom #1 in December, 1979 in a story called "Arrival!"
- ROM 17 redirects to this page.
- This issue carries the approval stamp of the Comics Code Authority.
- This issue is UPC bar code number 0714860232304.
- Editor Mary Jo Duffy is credited as Jo Duffy in this issue.
- Al Milgrom is credited on the letters column only. He is credited as Allen Milgrom.
- Colorist Barry Grossman is credited as Ben Sean in this issue.
- Chris Claremont, writer of Uncanny X-Men at the time, is credited as a consultant on this issue.
- The X-Men were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby. They first appeared in The X-Men, Volume 1 #1 in September, 1963. The title eventually evolved to include the "All-New, All-Different" X-Men, after which the series became a runaway hit, ultimately changing its title to Uncanny X-Men. Since then, this outcast team of mutant misadventurers have appeared in numerous comic book titles that have since been adapted into several cartoon programs, feature films, and video games; not to mention copious amounts of merchandising ranging from toys to apparel.
Recommended Reading[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- ROM, Volume 1 #17 at MDP
- ROM, Volume 1 #17 at LOCG
- ROM, Volume 1 #17 at Comics.org
- ROM, Volume 1 #17 at Comic Vine
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