After decades of demand by fans, Rom: Space Knight is returning to Marvel Comics - at least for reprints of the character's classic Marvel title of the '70s and '80s.
Based on a Hasbro toyline, Marvel's Rom comics incorporated the sci-fi hero into the Marvel Universe proper, including appearances by the character in other heroes' titles which themselves have yet to be reprinted.
In this case, the classic Rom: Space Knight title will be reprinted by Marvel in Rom: The Original Years Omnibus, with vol. 1 containing Rom #1-29 as well as the character's guest appearance in Power Man and Iron Fist #73.
The omnibus' cover reprints legendary artist Frank Miller's cover for 1979's Rom: Space Knight #1 as well as a variant by Rom series artist Sal Buscema, a variant featuring art of Rom and the X-Men also by Miller, and a rare drawing of Rom from late artist George Pérez's archives. Rom: Space Knight #1 will also receive a Facsimile Edition reprint.
Here's a gallery of the covers, along with some interior art by Buscema:
The cult favorite title ended in 1986 after 75 issues and several annuals, with Rom making his final on-panel Marvel Universe appearance - in his unarmored humanoid form only, thanks to Marvel losing the Hasbro license - in 1994's Incredible Hulk #418.
The Space Knights themselves continued to appear over the years, though with the slightly altered naming of 'Spaceknights,' including an eponymous 2000 limited series which featured a character named 'Artour' who was meant to be a license-friendly version of Rom under a different alias. And a 2015 series titled Venom: Space Knight brought Venom Flash Thompson into the Space Knight fold.
Now, Rom finally returns to Marvel after a stint as part of IDW Publishing's
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