Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1

In "Arrival!", Rom lands on Earth and quickly finds himself face-to-face with a frightened Jo, who’s just returned home to Clairton. As the town descends into chaos, Rom reveals the truth behind his mission—facing shape-shifting Dire Wraiths who’ve infiltrated the community. With the national guard arriving to stop him, Rom must protect the innocent while proving he’s not the enemy.

In "Dog Day Afternoon!", Rom, Steve, and Brandy take refuge in Steve's garage in Clairton, trying to stay one step ahead of danger. When Wraith Hellhounds strike, Rom is forced to defend himself—only to lose his neutralizer in the chaos.

When Rom lies unconscious after his clash with Firefall, Brandy and Brent race to revive him as the Dire Wraiths unleash the relentless Thornoids to ensure he never wakes. In this tense, 17-page story from Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1, the fate of the galaxy hinges on whether Rom can be brought back in time.

When Rom crashes a Wraith funeral seeking clues about his missing neutralizer, the ritual goes violently wrong—summoning a monstrous Deathwing that sends him plunging through the earth into the hidden lair of Serpentyne.

In "The Stalker in the Night!", Rom finds himself trapped at the bottom of a mine shaft, where he confronts Serpentyne—a creature with a deep grudge against the Dire Wraiths and a mysterious past involving Ms. Marvel. With the sheriff closing in on Steve and Brandy, Rom must survive Serpentyne’s attack while uncovering the truth behind the alien’s hatred and his own power to banish the Wraiths for good.

In "Warrior over Washington!", Rom races to reclaim his neutralizer in Washington D.C., but his mission is thrown into chaos when he's ambushed by the U.S. Air Force and captured by Dr. Sweet—unaware that Steve, the man he rescued from jail, is no longer who he seems. The story unfolds with high-stakes action and a growing sense of unease as Rom’s trust is tested and his fight for truth takes flight.

In "Standoff!", Rom finds himself imprisoned at Project Safeguard, a facility under Dire Wraith control, where Dr. Sweet seeks to unravel his secrets. With the Wraiths closing in to execute him and Firefall, a fellow captive, the two must fight their way out—just as a final sacrifice opens the way for Rom to strike back.

In "Peril, Thy Name is Plunderer!", Rom—washed ashore in North Carolina with no memory—finds unexpected refuge with a young girl who leads him to a hidden cave. As he confronts the Plunderer, a relentless pirate targeting local boats in a quest for vibranium, a sudden blast from the Plunderer’s vibra-ray sparks a flood of forgotten memories.

In the quiet aftermath of the Wraith war, Rom faces a choice: return to his life with Ray-Na and reclaim his humanity, or answer the call to continue the fight. Torn between peace and duty, he chooses to remain a Spaceknight, stepping forward to pursue the Wraiths who still roam the stars.

In a tense spaceborne skirmish, Rom faces off against Wraiths only to learn their attack has reached the planet of his beloved, Ray-Na. With Starshine and Terminator at his side, Rom races to protect her, but the mission ends in tragedy when Ray-Na is lost in the chaos.

In "The Watchwraith!", reporter Mack Killburn digs into the rumors of a giant, killer robot in Clairton—only to find the townspeople laughing it off as a prank. But when two kids awaken an ancient robotic entity deep in a mine shaft, Rom must defend the town from the mechanical Watchwraith as it tears through the streets. As the battle rages, Mack’s skepticism is tested when the townspeople stand united behind Rom, leaving the reporter with more questions than answers.

In a tense stand against the Dire Wraiths, Rom and Starshine uncover a haunting truth: Terminator, once a human, has been consumed by the very plague he fought, leaving him without a body to return to—only a mission that may be his final act.

In "Hybrid!", Rom finds himself caught between two worlds when the X-Men arrive in Clairton, drawn by a mutant signal that leads them straight into a town where neighbors have been replaced by Dire Wraiths. As tensions rise and trust shatters, Rom must confront a monstrous hybrid born of love and deception—while the X-Men, seeing only a robot attacking a child, are quick to judge.

In "And a Child Shall Deceive Them!", the X-Men spring into action when they witness Rom confronting a human child—only to discover too late that the boy is a hybrid with the power to manipulate mutant abilities. As tensions rise and the truth unfolds, a desperate attempt to stop him sends Rom hurtling into Limbo, leaving the team reeling from their misjudgment.

In "null," the Spaceknights land on Thuvria to purge a Dire Wraith infestation, but when Terminator kills a native in a fit of rage, Rom takes a hard stand—deciding to bring him back to Galador for trial. The story unfolds with quiet tension, exploring the cost of justice and the weight of command in the aftermath of battle.

In "Mindgames," Rom returns to Clairton after his time in Limbo, greeted with warmth by friends like Brandy—but his mind is haunted by the Wraiths’ chilling vision of Galador’s destruction. Sent by the Wraiths, agents posing as Starshine and Terminator twist the knife, feeding him unsettling rumors about his homeworld. Though desperate to return to Galador and uncover the truth, Rom struggles to leave Brandy and the others vulnerable in his absence.

In "The Trial of Terminator," the Spaceknights hold a tribunal over the android warrior after he executes the ruler of a world plagued by Dire Wraiths. Choosing death over exile, Terminator faces the Glowing Globe of Power—only to vanish at the last moment, spirited away by the malevolent Mentus. Shattered by the loss, Rom departs Galador, determined to confront the Wraiths alone.

When Brock Jones relocates to Clairton with his family to escape the Rocketeers hunting his secret identity as the Torpedo, he’s startled to see Rom soaring overhead—mistaking the armored alien for a threat. After a clash that ends in mutual respect, Rom enlists the newly arrived Torpedo in a fight against the ever-looming Dire Wraiths.

In "Great Rocketeers Revival!", Rom faces a sudden assault on Clairton as the Wraith Rocketeers close in, but it's Torpedo’s bold defense that earns Rom’s respect. Impressed by the young hero’s skill and courage, Rom makes a bold choice: he’ll leave Brock behind to safeguard the town while he journeys back to Galador.

In "Wraith, Color or Creed," Rom’s sudden rampage through Times Square sends shockwaves through New York, prompting a reluctant Solace to hire Luke and Danny to track him down. As the Heroes for Hire uncover a web of deception spun by a disguised Reed Richards, they realize Rom isn’t the mindless killer he appears to be—but a machine caught in a deeper, more dangerous conspiracy.

When a killer alien robot terrorizes New York, Power Man and Iron Fist go on a high-stakes mission to get Rom to the Baxter Building, dodging both citywide panic and the building’s defenses. Once inside, they rally the Fantastic Four—Reed Richards, in particular, takes charge, sending Rom on a ship bound for his home planet, Galador. Meanwhile, the Wraiths return to Clairton, their presence a quiet but ominous echo of what’s to come.

In "Galador!", Rom returns to his long-abandoned homeworld after two centuries only to be greeted as a god-king—his people now worship an impostor who wears his face and claims the Wraith War has ended. Captured as a fraud, Rom uncovers a shocking truth: the real enemy has been manipulating Galador from within, using the Spaceknight Terminator as an unwitting pawn. With the planet hurtling toward Wraith World and his fellow Spaceknights imprisoned, Rom must reclaim his name and stop the conspiracy before it’s too late.

In a pulse-pounding tale from Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1, Galactus descends upon Galador, threatening to consume the planet whole. As the Spaceknights clash with Terrax, Rom and Terminator make a desperate stand against the World Eater, leading to a high-stakes gambit where Rom offers Galactus a new target—the lifeless Dark Nebula of the Dire Wraiths. Meanwhile, on Earth, the Dire Wraiths begin their sinister infiltration, seizing Clairton and wearing the faces of its people.

In "Turnabout Is Fair Play!", Rom outsmarts Galactus by luring him to the Dark Nebula and challenging him to devour the Wraith's home universe—only to trap him in a planet too toxic to consume. With Galactus furious but oddly impressed, Rom and his allies survive, but at a cost: Galador is ripped from its home and cast into an unknown corner of space, leaving the Spaceknights stranded with no way back.

In "Earthward Bound!", Rom returns to Earth with Starshine after being stranded with the Spaceknights, only to find Clairton plunged into chaos as townsfolk vanish through rifts in the ground. With the help of an unlikely ally, Rom and Starshine dive into a hidden mine complex beneath the town, uncovering a web of deception where the Mole Man has been secretly sheltering the missing — but not before a deadly ambush by Wraiths claims Starshine’s life.