Never in all my travels have I met anyone as insane as you and your comrade!
- -- ROM
Appearing in "Wraith, Color or Creed"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
ROM the Spaceknight
- Bob Diamond
- Misty Knight
- Colleen Wing
- Rafael Scarfe
- Bertha (Cameo)
- D.W. Griffith
- Harmony Young
- Jennie Royce
Antagonists:
- Dire Wraiths
- Polly Griffith (Death)
Other Characters:
- Solace
- Jim Hansen
- NYPD
- Neil
- Fantastic Four
- Jack of Hearts (Only in flashback)
- Scott Summers (Photo)
- Brandy Clark (Only in flashback)
- Steve Jackson (Only in flashback)
Locations:
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Heroes for Hire Building
- Baxter Building
- Times Square
- 42nd Street
- Riverside Drive
- Daniel Rand's Brownstone Apartment
- Manhattan
- Washington D.C. (Only in flashback)
- West Virginia (Only in flashback)
- Clairton (Only in flashback)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Wraith, Color or Creed"
Rom the Spaceknight has come to earth and is vaporizing any humans he detects as Dire Wraiths. This includes several citizens who appear human including Solace's friend Polly Laughton. Solace hires Luke Cage to find Rom. Luke and Iron Fist soon encounter Rom in an hispanic neighborhood. They battle Rom, but soon see the Spacekinght attacked by humans who reveal themselves to be Dire Wraiths. Luke and Iron Fist see Rom's purpose and his noble intentions and become allies.
Notes
- When Marvel Comics reprinted Power Man And Iron Fist issues 50-75 in Essential Power Man & Iron Fist Vol. 1 this issue was omitted due to the fact that Marvel no longer retains the rights to reprint stories featuring Rom the Spaceknight.
- Power Man, Iron Fist's and Rom's adventure continue in Rom #23.
- In this issue Colleen notes that Bob Diamond has won at least two Oscars.
- This issue also depicts D.W. Griffith as a "Film Student".
- No letters page is published this issue.
Trivia
- Showing this issue at the Gem Theatre: John Wayne Festival.
See Also
Footnotes
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- Comics
- 1981
- 1981, September
- Bronze-Age
- Power Man and Iron Fist Vol 1
- Jim Shooter/Editor-in-Chief
- Frank Miller/Cover Artist
- Mary Jo Duffy/Writer
- Greg LaRocque/Penciler
- Ricardo Villamonte/Inker
- Christie Scheele/Colourist
- Janice Chiang/Letterer
- Dennis O'Neil/Editor
- Rom (Earth-616)/Quotes
- Heroes for Hire (Power Man & Iron Fist) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Luke Cage (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Daniel Rand (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Rom (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Robert Diamond (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Mercedes Knight (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Colleen Wing (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Rafael Scarfe (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Bertha (Earth-616)/Appearances
- David Griffith (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Harmony Young (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jennifer Royce (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Dire Wraiths/Appearances
- Polly Griffith (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Solace (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jim Hansen (Reporter) (Earth-616)/Appearances
- New York City Police Department (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Fantastic Four (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Reed Richards (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Benjamin Grimm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jonathan Storm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Susan Storm (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Jonathan Hart (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Scott Summers (Earth-616)/Minor Appearances
- Brandy Clark (Earth-616)/Appearances
- Steve Jackson (Earth-616)/Appearances
- New York City/Appearances
- Manhattan/Appearances
- Baxter Building/Appearances
- Times Square/Appearances
- Gem Theater/Appearances
- Washington, D.C./Appearances
- West Virginia (State)/Appearances
- Clairton/Appearances
- Rom's Neutralizer/Appearances
- Rom's Energy Analyzer/Appearances
- Rom's Translator/Appearances
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