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ROM #49
Issue(s): ROM #49
Cover Date: Dec 83
Title: "Massacre!"
Credits:
Bill Mantlo - Writer
Sal Buscema - Penciler
Ian Akin & Brian Garvey - Inker
Ralph Macchio - Editor
Review/plot:
Unlike the male Dire Wraiths, when females take on human shapes, they do so by injecting their tongue into their victims brain, killing them.
A group of Wraiths descend upon Clairton, the setting for much of this series to date, and massacre nearly the entire town.
Click to Wraith swarm-size
When ROM and Starshine show up, they are ambushed.
Meanwhile, a group of Skrull saucers land on the outskirts of town...
The past few issues - a revamp to the Skrulls, wiping out Clairton - seem to be a deliberate attempt at creating a new, darker direction for this book.
Quality Rating: C
Historical Significance Rating: 1
Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A
References:
- Brandy Clark became Starshine in ROM #40. She was under the service of "Dr. Dredd" in ROM #41.
- ROM originally cleared Clairton of Dire Wraiths in ROM #30.
Crossover: N/A
Continuity Insert? N
My Reprint: N/A
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Comments
Even a jerk of a character like Steve Jackson earns a moment of pathos when he's murdered. Plus the design of the female Wraiths is impressively hideous for a Code-approved comic.
