- "Hide not in darkness, foul fiend, for even shrouded in shadows my energy analyzer will find your -- and my neutralizer will cut you down!"
- ―Rom
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| Rom | |
| Title: | "The Prodigal Son!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Cover price: | $1.00 |
| Cover date: | November, 1984 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jim Shooter |
| Writers: | Bill Mantlo |
| Pencilers: | Wm. Johnson |
| Inkers: | Ian Akin; Brian Garvey |
| Cover artists: | Bill Sienkiewicz |
| Cover inker: | Bill Sienkiewicz |
| Cover colorist: | Bill Sienkiewicz |
| Colorists: | Ben Sean |
| Letterers: | Phil Felix |
| Editors: | Mike Carlin |
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"The Prodigal Son!" is the third Annual edition of the ROM ongoing sci-fi/action comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Bill Mantlo with artwork by William Johnson and inks by Ian Akin & Brian Garvey. It was colored by Ben Sean and lettered by Phil Felix. The story was edited by Mike Carlin. This issue shipped in November, 1984 and carries a cover price of $1.00 per copy (US).
"The Prodigal Son!"[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Cannonball, Sam Guthrie
- Magik, Illyana Rasputin
- Magma, Amara Aquilla
- Merriwether Locklin
- Professor X, Charles Xavier
- Starshine, Brandy Clark
- Sunspot, Roberto da Costa
- Wolfsbane, Rahne Sinclair
Villains
Minor characters
- Jeb Guthrie
- Joelle Guthrie
- Josh Guthrie
- Kitty Pryde (As an afterthought only)
- Lucinda Guthrie
- Paige Guthrie
Organizations
- Guthrie family
- New Mutants
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Behind the scenes only)
- Spaceknights
- Wraith-Hunter Rangers
Races & Animals
Locations
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- Guthrie farmhouse
Items
Vehicles
Powers
- Life energy absorption
- Memory transference
- Pyrokinesis
- Shape-shifting
- Superhuman strength
- Telepathy
- Teleportation
- Thermal propulsion
Miscellaneous
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 Annual 3 redirects to this page.
- This issue shipped in both direct market and newsstand editions.
- This issue has a page count of 52 pages.
- Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter is credited as the Prime Director in this issue.
- Colorist Barry Grossman is credited as Ben Sean in this issue.
- The events of this issue take place in between ROM #60 and ROM #61.
Recommended Reading[]
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