There’s two more volumes coming. That’s why it isn’t bigger. This was one of my favorites as a kid. It’s been in limbo for ages because Hasbro owns the rights to Rom while Marvel owns the rights to the supporting characters created in the series. This is the first time it’s been collected. Very happy to see you cover it! Hope you enjoy it.
The original Rom figure wasn’t so much an action figure like most of us think of. It was like a robot doll with some gimmicks like lights and noises I think. I’ve never seen one in person. It’s pretty expensive now.
I'm glad you reviewed this one. What a big break from other omnibi in format, such as the table of contents. I never had the ROM action figure but did read the comic back when I was 12 till about 13 or 14. I enjoyed it at the time but looking back--ugh. Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema were hacks who could churn out reams if books. Just seeing Sal's work as you flipped pages just deflated me. So many stock poses, trapezoid mouths. When I finally saw THE INVADERS television show I began suspecting from where ROM's concept was swiped; that and the 1975 Ghostbusters show with Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch. Rom's gun was a lot like their Ghost Dematerializer. I'll be hard passing on ROM, though may spring for Mantlo's Micronauts with that Michael Golden artwork. PS: I appreciate that you buy your own books and give honest reviews. Two other popular UA-cam "critics" O and KF get freebies and fall over themselves thanking their benefactors at Marvel before gushing over literally every book they get. That shameless hucksterism wears thin fast.
Thanks for your thoughts. Yeah, I wasn’t that happy with the artwork either. I don’t think I will be getting the upcoming volumes. No freebies for me. I purchase all my stuff myself. Glad to hear that the fair and honest review is coming through!
There’s two more volumes coming. That’s why it isn’t bigger. This was one of my favorites as a kid. It’s been in limbo for ages because Hasbro owns the rights to Rom while Marvel owns the rights to the supporting characters created in the series. This is the first time it’s been collected. Very happy to see you cover it! Hope you enjoy it.
The original Rom figure wasn’t so much an action figure like most of us think of. It was like a robot doll with some gimmicks like lights and noises I think. I’ve never seen one in person. It’s pretty expensive now.
I'm glad you reviewed this one. What a big break from other omnibi in format, such as the table of contents. I never had the ROM action figure but did read the comic back when I was 12 till about 13 or 14. I enjoyed it at the time but looking back--ugh. Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema were hacks who could churn out reams if books. Just seeing Sal's work as you flipped pages just deflated me. So many stock poses, trapezoid mouths. When I finally saw THE INVADERS television show I began suspecting from where ROM's concept was swiped; that and the 1975 Ghostbusters show with Forrest Tucker and Larry Storch. Rom's gun was a lot like their Ghost Dematerializer. I'll be hard passing on ROM, though may spring for Mantlo's Micronauts with that Michael Golden artwork.
PS: I appreciate that you buy your own books and give honest reviews. Two other popular UA-cam "critics" O and KF get freebies and fall over themselves thanking their benefactors at Marvel before gushing over literally every book they get. That shameless hucksterism wears thin fast.
Thanks for your thoughts. Yeah, I wasn’t that happy with the artwork either. I don’t think I will be getting the upcoming volumes. No freebies for me. I purchase all my stuff myself. Glad to hear that the fair and honest review is coming through!