Rom (Earth-616)

ROM
Name	Rom
Aliases	Artour, Prime Director, First One, The Greatest of the Spaceknights
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Spaceknights (First Generation)
Relatives	Spouses: Brandy Clark (wife) Children: Balin (son); Tristan (son)
Marital Status	Married
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	6′1″ (1.85 m), 7′ (2.13 m) (as Spaceknight)
Weight	250 lbs (113.4 kg), 850 lbs (385.55 kg) (as Spacknight)
Eyes	Irises: Blue Red (as Spaceknight)
Hair	Black
Unusual Features	Cyborg has red sensors
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Galadorian Cyborg
Living Status	Deceased
Reality	Earth-616
Place of Birth	Galador
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Galadorian
Occupation	Spaceknight
Base of Operations	Galador
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Bill Mantlo, Sal Buscema
First	Rom #1 (September, 1979)
First	Rom #1 (September, 1979)
Death	Spaceknights #1 (August, 2000) (Mentioned)
Death	Spaceknights #1 (August, 2000) (Mentioned)

 Your words fill me with courage, Rom! Hearing you speak, i would believe that all is possible! That is why you are proclaimed the greatest of Spaceknights! Where others would submit to a seemingly implacable fate, you fight on! 

—Starshine

Rom (often stylized as ROM) was the first member of the Galadorian race to sacrifice his humanity to become a Spaceknight in order to defend his homeworld from an impending Dire Wraith invasion. He possessed genetic markers that allowed him to bond as one with his Plandanium armor, and his heroic qualities earned him the title not only of the first, but also the greatest of the Spaceknights.

History

Beginnings

Volunteering to become a Spaceknight.

Galador was a planet located at the heart of the Golden Galaxy. Its inhabitants were known for their wisdom and skill in trade, which earned them a warm welcome in other worlds. However, everything changed during a trade mission to the Dark Nebula, when the Galadorian fleet was brutally attacked and annihilated by the Dire Wraiths, a hostile species whose home planet, Wraithworld, was located at the center of that star system. After the massacre, the Wraiths orchestrated a coup with the intent to conquer the Golden Galaxy and eventually Galador. With their fleet destroyed, the Galadorians were left virtually defenseless and were forced to make extreme decisions. They called upon their people to sacrifice their humanity and undergo a surgical process that would transform them into cyborg warriors, the Spaceknights, capable of facing the Wraiths. Rom was the first to volunteer, and another thousand followed him. When the enemy arrived, an epic battle broke out in Galador’s orbit. Although the Dire Wraith fleet vastly outnumbered the newly-formed Spaceknights, the latter fought with fierce determination, driven by the desperation to defend their home and loved ones. Just as the Wraiths were losing ground, they invoked their most lethal weapon: a living creature known as Deathwing, born from the Black Sun of the Dark Nebula. The monster nearly turned the tide in favor of the Wraiths, but Rom, in a heroic act, managed to kill it. With no other options left, the Dire Wraiths retreated.

Wraith-kind was pursued all the way back to their homeworld where Rom himself dared alone to face the horrors of Wraithworld. As a last gasp defense, the Wraiths cast a spell that caused Rom to see wraiths everywhere allowing them time to escape and disperse throughout the universe. His fellow Spaceknights of the Spaceknight Squadron (Breaker; Pulsar; Scanner; Seeker; Trapper; & The Unseen) were able to break the spell Rom was under and rescue him from the now deserted Wraithworld. Rom then decided that the Dire Wraiths needed to be hunted down rather than be given time to regroup or harm other worlds.

Rom would work in concert with fellow Spaceknights Starshine and Terminator on a number of missions. On one such mission, Terminator in a fit of bloodlust slew the ruler of the Archons. Rom & Starshine bore witness at Terminator's trial on Galador where he was sentenced to be slain by Galador's Living Flame.

Adventures on Earth

200 years later, and now operating alone, his chase of Wraith-kind led Rom to Earth where at first his mission was mistaken as a marauding menace randomly killing humans. He initially came into contact with the Earth woman Brandy Clark who was skeptical at first but believed Rom after witnessing events proving the Wraith's existence in her hometown of Clairton, West Virginia where the Wraiths had established a secret stronghold. Later, Brandy's boyfriend Steve Jackson also became an ally. After capturing Steve Jackson, a Wraith assumed his form and was about to marry Brandy when Rom, who had developed feelings for her (and had no idea that Steve had been replaced), burst in to stop the wedding. Shortly thereafter, the real Steve Jackson entered the church and shot the Wraith impostor who turned to ash in front of the townspeople proving to all that the Wraiths were indeed real and had infested the town. From that point on the populace of Clairton became Rom's staunchest allies.

His first encounter with the X-men.

Rom would come into contact with several super-powered beings from Earth, among them the villains Space Phantom, Missing Link, Mad Thinker, Awesome Android, the Rocketeers (who were Dire Wraiths infiltrated), Plunderer, Serpenthyne, Metal Master, and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Likewise, he would encounter various heroes (often with initial hostilities in the wrong circumstances), including the X-Men, Jack of Hearts, Fantastic Four, Power Man & Iron Fist, and The Torpedo. After his initial encounter with the X-Men and Hybrid, Rom was trapped in Limbo when Sprite turned his own Neutralizer on him while he restrained Hybrid from getting her. There he encountered his best friend and fellow Spaceknight Karas (Firefall). Karas was able to return Rom to Earth but as he warned him about Galador the portal closed leaving Rom anxious about his homeworld's fate. Rom then sought to return to his homeworld of Galador and he 'deputized' Brock Jones (The Torpedo) to watch over the town of Clairton in his absence.

Returning to Galador

He was able to borrow a Skrull saucer from the Fantastic Four to aid him in his journey while his stardrive rocket pods were under auto-repair. The saucer exited hyperspace, but Galador was nowhere to be found. Shortly thereafter the Saucer was intercepted by Nova and the New Champions of Xandar. After a brief skirmish, they returned to Xandar just prior to a Skrull invasion. Rom and the New Champions thwarted the invasion and afterwards the Living Computers of Xandar were able to ascertain the location of Galador and transport Rom there.

Rom materialized on Galador to find the populace bowing at his presence. Perplexed, he proceeded to the Halls of Science to find their once plain doors emblazoned with his heroic exploits. He was then struck down by an exact mirror image of himself. He awakened to find himself contained in stasis tubes and being taunted by the evil Mentus. Also held captive was Galador's Prime Director who encouraged Rom and told him of his accidental creation of the renegade Spaceknight Mentus in his attempt to create Armor capable of being animated by the force of his will but that only his evil half had entered in. Mentus then faked the Prime Director's death and installed a puppet in Terminator that he had taken control of and reshaped his armor into a doppelganger of Rom including using the half of Rom's stored humanity from the Cryo-Vaults. Mentus had then begun to move Galador to the Dark Nebula to deliver it to the Dire Wraiths and seek to rule them as well. Rom was able to free himself and the Prime Director and they proceeded to a vault where other Spaceknights who had returned earlier had been frozen in suspended animation. Rom used his Neutralizer to free them and the assembled Spaceknights battled Terminator and Dire Wraiths meeting with Mentus. In the battle, Mentus fled but ran into the Prime Director who was able to reabsorb him. However, the strain was too much and both physically died but the reunited will was able to transcend into an energy form. As he felt himself drawn to a higher consciousness, the Prime Director warned Rom and the Spaceknights of the approach of Galactus.

Galactus

Terrax the Tamer preceded Galactus to the surface of Galador. He began to strike at the planet and was engaged by the Spaceknights who were able to subdue him. As Terminator was struck dead by Galactus, Rom entered his ship Taa II and was able to get the world eater's attention. Rom bargained with Galactus to spare Galador by promising to lead him to a world he could consume. Galactus commanded Terrax to raise a cairn for the fallen Terminator and even though grieved by the loss of his humanity with Terminator's death, Rom and the Spaceknights assembled aboard the giant starship with Rom leading the way to the Dark Nebula. They soon descended to the surface of Wraithworld which resisted Galactus and melted his energy converter before it could begin its destruction of the planet. As Rom and the Spaceknights watched, Galactus then attempted to feed directly upon the planet but was fed upon himself instead. In anger Galactus enlarged himself and turned his attention on the Black Sun itself. The Spaceknights retreated to the safety of the starship where the quaking Terrax pondered if the unthinkable had happened and his master had been destroyed. His question was soon answered when a wounded and weary Galactus reappeared and proclaimed he had finally encountered a world and an entire star system that he did not have the stomach to consume. The fearful Spaceknights awaited his next action with trepidation fearing for their homeworld. To their amazement, the world eater threw back his head and laughed at being outmaneuvered by Rom. Galactus kept his end of the bargain and relocated the Galadorian star system away from its collision course with the Dark Nebula to a new location unknown to the Spaceknights. He then left Rom and his companions on an asteroid.

Reunion with Brandy

Starshine (Landra) used her Living Light powers to disperse the Spaceknights back on their quest and followed Rom to Earth because she was infatuated with him. Upon their return they were soon attacked by Dire Wraiths posing as the townspeople and Landra sacrificed herself by jumping in front of Wraith weapons to save Rom. She was then buried in the Clairton cemetery. Rom continued to fight the Wraiths on Earth and encounters more super-beings. While searching for the enemy in Russia, he encountered Quasimodo who offers Rom the chance to become human again through cloning. Rom accepted and awakened in human form and left the lab to enjoy the outside world until he happened upon the humans that had directed him to Quasimodo and found them quickly deteriorating and dying. Realizing his error he tried to return and found Starshine under the direction of the Wraith Warlock Doctor Dredd attacking his armor which Quasimodo had inhabited. Having seemingly slain her beloved Rom, Brandy Clark was released from the Wraith spell and found the quickly deteriorating Rom strangling the Warlock to death. Frantic, Starshine carried the clone and the armor back to the lab where they encountered the Gremlin, who was able to restore Rom's human remains from the stasis cube back into his Spaceknight armor.

Wraith War

The Dire Wraiths soon after escalated the war after the female Wraiths slayed their male Science Wraith counterparts forever renouncing Science in favor of Sorcery. Rom and Brandy Clark (Starshine) continued warring with the assistance of the Wraith-Hunter Rangers of the American military assigned to hunt down the enemy. In another battle with Hybrid, Brandy was stripped of the Starshine armor and returned to human form. All out war ensued and the mutant Forge was enlisted to provide replicas of Rom's Neutralizer for use against the Wraiths. Fearing that mutant haters like Agent Gyrich would use the weapons on mutantkind, Forge refused at first. But in a battle with Wraiths at his headquarters thwarted with the help of Rom, Forge devised a plan. The Dire Wraiths had expended almost all their magic to trigger a massive spell known as "Worldmerge" to summon their home Wraithworld to merge with the Earth ensuring their victory. Forge worked with the governments of Earth to construct a Neo-Neutralizer in space with the expressed purpose of eliminating every single Wraith on Earth. As the war raged to its fullest and Wraithworld approached causing violent cataclysms across the planet, Rom was caught in a Wraith trap and held immobilized unable to do anything but watch his impending defeat and Earth's destruction.

Leaving the Earth.

All the Dire Wraiths and their minions assembled at that location to mock the Spaceknight when all of Earth's Heroes summoned by Rick Jones and with the Wraith-Hunter Rangers came to Rom's rescue. Rom was freed from the enchantment and joined Forge in space at the Neo-Neutralizer. After an attempt by Gyrich to seize the weapon, Rom and Forge trained the Neo-Neutralizer away from Earth and upon Wraithworld where its dark magic was negated and finally banished to Limbo. Returning to Earth, the defeated Wraiths were rounded up and Rom banished every last Wraith on Earth to Limbo. With Earth cleansed, Rom announced his intention to return to Galador to the heartbreak of Brandy Clark. After tearful farewells, Rom headed back to the stars.

Recovering Galador

In his travels home Rom encountered his fellow Spaceknights Seeker and Scanner from the Spaceknight Squadron and they began to once again seek their lost homeworld. They come across a world of Wraiths who had lost their powers with the banishing of Wraithworld and were working as thralls to an 'Unseen God' who was found to be Unam the Unseen. After being shamed for his actions, Unam was forgiven by Rom and they all continued on their journey. They soon come to another world and joined Trapper in the defense of the native population against the Wraiths being led by the now renegade Breaker. Rom neutralizes Raak and banished him and his Wraith allies to Limbo. After an encounter with the Shi'ar where they discovered the fate of their comrade Pulsar, Rom and his comrades were transported to the Halls of Science on Galador only to find his love Brandy Clark and a number of Galadorians there threatening to destroy all the Spaceknights stored humanity. Stunned, they could only watch as one of the Second Generation Spaceknight lieutenants, Heatwave called Brandy's bluff and destroyed all the Cryo-Vaults. A fierce battle ensued with no quarter being given until at last every single human except Brandy was slain. Rom temporarily incapacitated the renegades allowing the First Generation Spaceknights to escape to the catacombs where Brandy explained what she had learned about Galadors fate from the human resistance. After the episode with Galactus, the undefended Galador had created a second more powerful generation of Spaceknights designed to be more powerful than the first by utilizing less of their humanity. When no threats occurred, these Spaceknights became corrupted by power and turned renegade seeking to eliminate what they perceived as the 'weak' humans. Rom led the Spaceknight Squadron on a mission to attack the renegade citadel of the Dark Tower in hopes of sending a locator signal out for their fellow First Generation Spaceknights to find their way home. Rom confronted the enemy leader Lord Dominor in single combat while his friends attacked the other renegades. Scanner was able to get the signal out just before they were all slain. Dominor demanded Rom give him Brandy so he could start a new race and Rom refused. Rom defeated Dominor eventually and the renegades sought to destroy the planet by forming a 'Ring of Power'. Once the ring was formed, a tremendous explosion destroyed the Dark Tower and the renegades instead.

Rom and Brandy heading towards a new future.

Dominor explained to Rom that the Ring was a failsafe he had installed to ensure his power and once again demands Rom give him Brandy to save Galador because his humanity had been hidden in his throne. Rom pointed to the destroyed throne and in despair Dominor attacks Rom for his Neutralizer incapacitating him and turning it upon himself, committing suicide. Rom awakened to find that the lost Spaceknights had returned though not in time to save the Spaceknight Squadron. There also was Brandy who had found that Rom's humanity had been stored in a glowing orb by Galactus. Rom reclaimed his human form and the Spaceknights headed back to the stars pledging to protect the couple in rebuilding Galador. Rom and Brandy started their new life on Galador becoming the progenitors of a new Galadorian race. Their last known visit to Earth was for the marriage of Rick Jones.

Death

Rom, now known as Prime Director Artour, was the leader of Galador and had two sons with Brandy. Rom led a diplomatic mission aboard his starship Excalibur (Codenamed Praxis 6) when the vessel came under attack. Everyone aboard the vessel were rendered unconscious except for the Spaceknight Val who came under attack from a new enemy, a Wraithknight. The ship exploded and Rom was presumed dead though his body was ever found. Although his death was still uncertain, many accepted his death including his sons and the empire. However, his wife, while being controlled by Volx, tried to create a large threat in order to convince him to return and prove he was still alive. However, this failed, and Rom did not return even when Galador was destroyed, confirming his death.

Attributes

Powers

• Cybernetic Enhancements: As a Spaceknight, Rom's 'Plandanium' armor gives him several superhuman abilities.
  • Superhuman Strength: Rom is superhumanly strong and can lift up to 15 tons.
  • Superhuman Stamina: Rom's cybernetic body was powered by a battery with enough energy to last 500 years.
  • Superhuman Durability: Rom is invulnerable to conventional forms of damage. His armor is hermetically sealed, vacuum-tight amd cam withstand temperatures ranging from 8000°F to -350°F, anti-tank weaponry and overpressure of up to 40 pounds per square inch.
  • Flight: Rom is capable of safely flying up to Mach 4 while in an atmosphere but he can reach escape velocity while out of atmosphere.
  • Self Sustenance: He does not need to eat, breathe, or sleep in this form.
  • Self-Repair: An auto-repair system heals injuries to his cyborg parts.
  • Superhuman Senses: Rom's cybernetic body contains sensor capable of locating space warps.

Paraphernalia

Equipment

• Rom's Energy Analyzer: A device used by Rom to detect Dire Wraiths. It was able to penetrate their sorcerous shape-shifting ability to reveal them as they were to Rom's video receptors. This device was able to track energy trails and immediately provide Rom with an analysis of any thing or person that he trained it upon.
• Rom's Translator: This translator is a complex Galadorian computer originally programmed with the linguistics of all languages known to Galadorian scientists. It allows Rom to quickly learn new languages after it collects enough samples of the language used.

Weapons

• Primary:
  • Rom's Neutralizer: The level of power is adjustable: It is most often used to banish Dire Wraiths to Limbo. It can cancel out harmful radiation. The weapon is keyed to Rom so that others cannot use it against him.
• Secondary:
  • Power Siphoning - Rom's armor was able to absorb energy on contact.
  • Rom's armor stored a "Solar Charge" that could be used as an offensive/defensive weapon.

Transportation

Rom can travel vast distances in his Spaceknight form.

Notes

 Marvel owns the story from the comics; Hasbro owns the character. 

—James Gunn summarizes it all.

Original toy

Original 1979 ROM: The Space Knight toy

• The original ROM comic book was produced to complement ROM: The Space Knight, a toy robot released by the Parker Brothers company in 1979. The comic was successful enough to continue publishing even after the failure and the subsequent discontinuation of the toy it was ironically intended to advertise. In 1985, Parker Brothers merged with Kenner Products, forming Kenner Parker Toys, Inc. Kenner Parker was acquired by Tonka in 1987, which in turn was eventually purchased by Hasbro in 1991, placing the Rom character under its ownership.
  • Since they were created exclusively for the comic, several key elements of ROM's lore, such as Galador and almost all members of the Spaceknights (except Rom himself), are the sole property of Marvel.
    • The Dire Wraiths (at least in concept) were first mentioned in a commercial for the toy, therefore, they do not fall into this category. Marvel was unaware of this, so it continued to use them illicitly for years even after losing the Rom license, and filed a legal opposition against Hasbro for trademarking them for use in IDW Publishing’s 2016 ROM comic. Finally, it was shown who the true owners of the Dire Wraiths were, which forced Marvel to give up. Despite this, the publisher still retains power over its designs for the Wraiths, since, as previously stated, the commercial mentioned them, but did not show them. Also for this reason, IDW’s Dire Wraiths are physically very different from the originals.
• Rom was described as a "Space Knight" (two words) on his original toy packaging (see above). On the other hand, in the comics, they opted for the spelling "Spaceknight" (one word). Unintentionally, this allowed Marvel to retain the Spaceknights trademark even without Rom's rights, as long as they continued to write it the same way. Hasbro can also use the concept without needing to ask Marvel for permission, but as expected, they must write it as two separate words, and may not use any character created by the publisher.
• In toy commercials, Rom was mentioned as a member of a heroic interstellar organization known as the Solstar Order. Bill Mantlo decided not to use this element in his comics and replaced it with Galador. Thirty-seven years later, the Solstar Order was finally used in Rom stories published by IDW.

License Issues

"Lawyer-Friendly Cameos"

• As mentioned above, Marvel lost the Rom license at some unspecified point (possibly in 1987, with the purchase of Tonka from Kenner Parker). This forced later appearances of the character to devise ways to circumvent the copyright:
  • Incredible Hulk #418 (April, 1994): Rom and Brandy Clark are among the guests at the wedding of Marlo Chandler and Rick Jones, however, Rom does not wear his armor (despite this, he is identified by his real name).
  • Silver Surfer Episode 5 (March, 1998): Rom makes cameos as a background character in a couple of scenes. In them, most of his armor is seen to be colored black instead of white, presumably to evade copyright protection.
  • Spaceknights (2000): He is referred to as “Artour”, “First One”, and “Prime Director” throughout the book. His only physical appearance is in the prologue of the first issue, where he is portrayed as an opaque white silhouette with red eyes and a halo on his head.
  • Universe X #3 (October, 2000): An alternate version of Rom is identified only as “The Greatest of the Spaceknights”, and the only pieces of armor he wears are his neutralizer and his breastplate, which he now wields as a shield.
  • Captain Marvel #26 (December, 2001): Rom (shown only from the waist up) is among the characters that Rick Jones hallucinates seconds before attempting suicide. His eyes are shown as yellow instead of red, and his neutralizer is entirely silver.
  • Annihilators #2 (April, 2011): A photograph of Rom (obscured, wearing different armor and with his face partially covered by a railing) is seen in Brandy Clark's Galadorian throne room. He is named to as “Brandy's husband” throughout.
  • Marvel 75th Anniversary Celebration (Octuber, 2014): Rom participated in the Licensed Contest of Champions, however, his figure (as well as all the other contestants) is crossed out for comedy purposes.

Reprint omissions

• Rom made a few notable appearances in issues outside of his own solo series. After losing the rights to the character, Marvel was forced to exclude him from future reprints of those comics:
  • Power Man and Iron Fist #73: Omitted from Essential Series: Power Man and Iron Fist #1 and Epic Collection: Power Man and Iron Fist #2.
  • Marvel Two-In-One #99: Omitted from Essential Series: Marvel Two-In-One #4.
  • Incredible Hulk #296: While not omitted, the issue is heavily censored in The Incredible Hulk: Regression to not show Rom.
• Despite being part of the Secret Wars II event, Rom #72 was omitted from its Omnibus.
• Since most of the Wraith War takes place in the ROM issues, the complete event has never been reprinted in a collected format—at least, not yet.
• Some issues with less prominent Rom appearances (such as Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2, Secret Wars II #4, What If? #36, Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1 and #3, Incredible Hulk #319 and #418, Web of Spider-Man #7, and Uncanny X-Men #187) were able to be reprinted without complications.

Return to Marvel

• Hasbro finally returned the license to publish stories of the character to Marvel at the beginning of 2023, which led to the release of:
  • An Omnibus reprinting original ROM comics.
  • A special compilation dedicated solely to recapping his adventures with the X-men.
  • A series of six variant covers in which Rom interacts with other characters from the publisher (Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Thanos, Jubilee, Spider-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy). They were first revealed in October 2023 via Marvel's official website, and went on sale between January and February 2024. Later that year, textless versions were reprinted as bonus material in the third volume of the omnibus.
  • His first Marvel Legends action figure.

Trivia

In her 4th appearance, Rogue kisses Rom.

• Indirectly, Rom was responsible for Rogue becoming a hero. In Rom #32, the mutant (who at this point was still a villain) kisses the Spaceknight in an attempt to steal his powers, but ends up accidentally absorbing his nobility and courage, turning her into his ally for the rest of the issue. Of course, the effect is temporary; however, experiencing these feelings (perhaps for the first time) was one of the major turning points that led to Rogue righting her path and eventually joining the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men #171.
  • It is known that writers Bill Mantlo and Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-Men) collaborated frequently during the 80s, but it's unclear whether Mantlo was the first to propose the idea of redeeming Rogue and then Claremont played along, or if, on the contrary, it was Claremont who had already conceived the concept beforehand, and Mantlo, knowing about it, simply decided to implement the first hints in the pages of ROM.
  • Although the issue makes clear the mutual feelings between Rom and Rogue, and the final panel explicitly states that they both want to see each other again, the romance between them was never revisited.
• Rick Jones used to own an unfinished statue of Rom in his apartment.
• During the 2010s, and prior to making the decision to return the license to Marvel, Hasbro attempted on its own to resurrect the ROM franchise in multiple ways:
  • They planned to release a figure of Rom (reimagined as a Transformers character) in the Bot Shots toyline. A prototype was presented at Toy Fair 2013, but it was never officially released.
  • A Mighty Mugg Rom toy (not under the Marvel brand) was released as an exclusive at San Diego Comic-Con 2014.
  • In December 2015, Hasbro Studios (now known as Allspark) announced it was working in collaboration with Paramount Pictures to produce a Rom movie, set in a shared universe derived from the first live-action G.I. Joe saga. Two years later, it was announced that Zak Penn had signed on as a screenwriter. However, the project ultimately ended up in "development hell", seemingly canceled.
  • Published by IDW Publishing, a new ROM comic book series arrived in 2016. This one was set within Hasbro's shared comic book universe, which allowed the character to interact with other toy franchises that also once had a Marvel-licensed title, such as G.I. Joe, Inhumanoids, Visionaries, Transformers, and the Micronauts (the latter also by Bill Mantlo). In addition to his main series, Rom starred in three other miniseries through 2020 (ROM vs. Transformers: Shining Armor, ROM & The Micronauts, and ROM: Dire Wraiths), and had involvement during the Revolution, Revolutionaries, First Strike, and Unicron events.
• Both in 2017 and 2021, James Gunn (a big Rom fan) was asked if he would be interested in directing a project related to the character, or if he would introduce him in one of the Guardians of the Galaxy films. Gunn responded that he would be delighted, but the situation with the character's rights (at that time) would prevent him from doing so.
• Thomas Perkins, character designer for Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, created an illustration of Rom (accompanied by Hawkeye) in 2012. It shows what the character might have looked like had he appeared in the series.

See Also

• 89 appearance(s) of Rom (Earth-616)
• 5 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Rom (Earth-616)
• 8 minor appearance(s) of Rom (Earth-616)
• 13 mention(s) of Rom (Earth-616)
• 9 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Rom (Earth-616)
• 131 image(s) of Rom (Earth-616)
• 6 quotation(s) by or about Rom (Earth-616)
• 5 item(s) used/owned by Rom (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Rom on Wikipedia.org
• Rom on IDW Hasbro Wiki
• Rom on Transformers Wiki
• Rom original Toy Commercial
• Rom Fansite