Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years #4

In "Renunciation! Or: What Happens When a Spaceknight's Had Enough!", Rom grapples with the weight of his alien existence, his doubts echoing through the silence of space. When a sudden shift in the Dire Wraiths’ plans forces a reckoning with their own ambitions, Rom finds himself at a crossroads—just as Starshine steps in with quiet resolve, reminding him that even in isolation, there’s still a reason to fight.

In "Massacre!", Brandy and Starshine return to Clairton expecting reunion, only to find their home shattered—familiar faces gone, replaced by the cold, shifting forms of Wraiths. Trapped in a twisted dimension, the two must survive the Wraiths' escalating scheme before the invasion reaches the real world.

In "The Extraterrestrials!", Starshine dons a new suit and a sharper edge as the Skrulls descend on Earth to confront the Dire Wraiths. With Rom and Starshine joining the fray, the Skrulls reveal a startling truth: the Wraiths are twisted remnants of their own people.

In "Gloves Off!", Rom and Brandy attend the solemn funeral for the destroyed town of Clairton, a moment charged with grief and memory. As reporters descend on the event, Rom makes a bold choice—revealing his true identity to the world and sounding the alarm about the ever-present danger of the shapeshifting Dire Wraiths.

In "Total War," Rom faces a global crisis after exposing the Dire Wraiths to the world, triggering relentless assaults across Earth. With Starshine and General Locklin’s Project Wraithwatch, Rom must navigate a growing threat where enemies hide in plain sight—among the very forces meant to stop them.

In "Paranoia Strikes Deep!", the Dire Wraiths launch a surprise assault on the SHIELD helicarrier, forcing the U.S. government to finally heed Rom’s warnings of an alien invasion. With Earth’s heroes absent—engaged in a hidden battle elsewhere—President Reagan declares war on the Wraiths, and Ron officially names Rom an ally in the fight.

In "To Kill or Cure!", Jo faces a terrifying transformation when Max Hammer is turned into a monster by Bruce Banner's gamma cure, forcing the Hulk into a brutal, mindless rage. Rom arrives seeking Dire Wraiths, only to find victims of the gamma experiment dying—so he uses his neutralizer to heal them, but even his powerful alien tech can't cure the Hulk’s worsening condition.

In "The Blood-Trail!", Rom and Starshine race to stop a hidden network of Wraiths preying on humans, their sinister attacks forcing Dr. Strange to intervene and fortify SHIELD’s Esper agents. With the agents guiding Rom to a hospital where the Wraiths are gathering in force, a desperate race begins—just as Rick Jones prepares for his first blood transfusion, unaware the life-saving blood is already poisoned.

In "Clear Waters Remembered!", Rom and Starshine track a mysterious energy surge to the remote mining town of Beaver Falls, where the frozen waters of Beaver Lake hide a growing threat. As Alpha Flight arrives to assist, the Spaceknights face off against Wraithcreatures rising from the poisoned lake, only to be met with a devastating tidal wave unleashed by the Dire Wraiths themselves—using the dammed waters as a weapon.

In "A Plague of Insects!", Rom and Alpha Flight face the aftermath of a devastating tidal wave in Beaver Falls, only to uncover a deeper threat: a mysterious corruption spreading through Canada’s soil. With Ant-Man’s help, Rom and Starshine shrink down to confront the source, diving into an ant hill to expose the Wraith’s sinister influence. As the battle escalates, they prepare to go even smaller—entering the molecular realm to stop the plague before it consumes the land.

In "The Eyes of a Child!" from Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years #4, Rom, Brandy, and Rick stumble upon a train filled with the dead—its passengers slain by Dire Wraiths. The only survivor, a young girl named Cindy, carries a haunting curse: her mind is now host to the trapped consciousness of a Wraith, its voice and memories echoing behind her eyes.

In "The Prodigal Son!", Rom and Starshine race to protect a children's daycare from young Dire Wraiths, only to see a dangerous new threat emerge when Hybrid slips through a rift and takes refuge in a Kentucky church. As Rom and Starshine track him to the baptism service where he’s been taken in, the mutant Wraith turns his focus on Brandy, threatening to claim her and their future. With the New Mutants unexpectedly drawn into the chaos, the wedding becomes a battlefield — and only Magik’s Soulsword may stand between Hybrid and the fate of the couple.