Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years #1
Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years #1 (2025) kicks off with the explosive story "Arrival!" as the X-Men are dispatched to Clairton after Cerebro detects a new mutant signal. Written by Bill Mantlo, Chris Claremont, and Sal Buscema, with art by Sal Buscema and inks by Sal Buscema, the issue plunges readers into a town where neighbors are secretly Dire Wraiths, and Rom finds himself at odds with the X-Men when they witness a terrifying confrontation at the Marks' farm—where a human/Wraith hybrid lies dying and Rom fights to stop him. The cover by Frank Miller and Joe Rubinstein captures the moment of tension with striking clarity.
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Cerebro detects a powerful new mutant and Professor X sends the X-Men to investigate. Their destination is the town of Clairton where Rom and the town folk are just discovering that many of their friends and neighbors are Dire Wraith's in disguise. They head to the Marks' farm where Jacob confesses that he is a Wraith but is in love with his human wife whom their son, a human/Wraith hybrid has drained almost to death. Rom battles the monstrous Hybrid but, when the X-Men show up and see a killer robot beating on what appears to be a little boy, they decide that Rom is the bad guy.
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