Hi everyone,
Today I'll be writing about the sixty-sixth issue of Marvel's ROM: Spaceknight series. The cover (drawn by Philip Craig Russell) shows the titular character leaving Earth's atmosphere, as the faces of many humans, including a few superheroes, are shown in the background. The story was called "The Day After!" The issue had a cover date of May 1985.
The tale began in the aftermath of the wraith war on Earth. ROM stood with his friends and fellow heroes, several of whom stood watch over surviving Dire Wraiths. The silver Spaceknight began to speak about the decades-long conflict, which began 200 years ago in his home galaxy. His planet, Galador, first faced the wraith threat, and ROM eventually journeyed to this world to prevent their infiltration. The giant neutralizer that was spearheaded by the mutant Forge was successful in preventing the worldmerge and eliminating Wraithworld forever.
As with any war, there were heavy costs, including the loss of several heroes and ROM's own chances of regaining his humanity. He opted to send the remaining wraiths to limbo, thereby ending their presence on Earth once and for all. While the heroes cheered the silver Spaceknight, back in space, Peter Henry Gyrich cursed his inability to control the superweapon that could have allowed him to get rid of superpowers altogether.
The superheroes then went their separate ways, leaving ROM with General Locklin, who offered his sincerest thanks, and Rick Jones, Cindy Adams, and Brandy Clark. ROM's friends were a bit surprised by his announcement of his intentions to leave Earth. Clark took the news especially hard. She still loved the Galadorian and talked about how important it was for her to be close to him that she voluntarily gave up her own humanity to merge with the Starshine Spaceknight armor (which was stripped from her by the evil Hybrid in ROM Annual #3).
ROM observed how the trio of humans before him (Clark, Jones, and Adams) had, in essence, formed a family by themselves in recent months. The silver Spaceknight wasn't quite sure where he would go at first. He took one last longing look at the atmosphere around him before trying to reassure Clark, who was crying. Brandy told him that she wasn't crying out of pity, but because she loved ROM and would continue to do so. This news made the Galadorian happy. He promised to take that happiness with him, wherever he should journey in outer space.
There wasn't much action in this issue, but there really wasn't a need for it. It was a bridge between story arcs, and I understood how, after such a momentous battle in the previous issue, there probably wouldn't be much left for ROM or the other superheroes to do in the aftermath. It also set up the rest of the series nicely.
Well, that's all for now. Next time, I'll write about the sixty-seventh issue of Marvel's ROM: Spaceknight monthly mag. In that issue, we'll learn what's next for the human friends that the Galadorian left on Earth. We'll also find out where ROM goes after leaving our planet. Until then, have a great week and don't forget to be kind to one another.
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