Rom#43
Cover: Ian Akin & Brian Garvey
Rom #43
“Rom -- Spaceman”
writer Bill Mantlo · artist Sal Buscema · inker Akin · inker Garvey · colorist Ben Sean · letterer Janice Chiang · cover Ian Akin, Brian Garvey
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Cast · 3 characters
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writer Bill Mantlo
artist Sal Buscema
inker Akin
inker Garvey
colorist Ben Sean
letterer Janice Chiang
cover pencils Ian Akin
cover inks Brian Garvey
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Quasimodo has cloned a copy of Rom's human body and turned him into a man once again. Rom is thrilled until his new body begins to rapidly deteriorate. Quasimodo possesses Rom's vacant space armor and turns on the Wraiths he was allied with. Dr. Dredd and Starshine show up and begin to battle Rom, not realizing it is now someone else inside of the armor. Starshine drives Quasimodo from Rom's body as the dying human Rom chokes out Dredd. Brandy (who is now in the Starshine armor), recognizes the decaying human as Rom just as he collapses in the throes of death.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).