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Review: Micronauts #2

Fleeing through a breech in the Spacewall, the renegade Micronauts find themselves facing greater peril … on Earth! Writer Bill Mantlo delivers a stronger story for this second outing, and continues to get great art support from the team of Michael Golden and Joe Rubinstein.

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Review: Micronauts #1

Arcturus Rann returns from a millennium of exploration to find the Microverse under siege by the evil Baron Karza. Writer Bill Mantlo’s story is both derivative and a lot to take in, but exceptional art from the team of Michael Golden and Joe Rubinstein make this debut issue a winner.

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Review: Justice Machine Annual #1

The Justice Machine teams with the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents to battle General Von Geist’s super-powered, “ultrablitz” stormtroopers. This lead feature by William Messner-Loebs and Bill Reinhold is a bit of an afterthought thanks to this issue’s backup story: the outstanding debut of Bill Willingham’s Elementals.

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Review: X-Men Annual #7

The Impossible Man’s family scavenger hunt brings him into direct conflict with the X-Men – and almost starts an intergalactic war! Writer Chris Claremont, penciller Michael Golden and a virtual horde of inkers team on this slight, silly tale.

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Review: Rom #19

Banished to Limbo by his Neutralizer, Rom discovers another trapped spaceknight and faces off with Space Phantom. This issue features a subpar pair of tales from the regular Rom creative team of Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema.

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Review: Rom #12

Rom encounters his first superhero since coming to Earth; unfortunately, Jack of Hearts thinks the spaceknight is a killer! A generally solid issue from Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema gets bogged down by back story and exposition.

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Review: Rom #11

Rom finds himself captive within Project Safeguard, a national alien-research facility secretly under the control of the Dire Wraith! Another above-average story from writer Bill Mantlo, though the art from Sal Buscema isn’t as strong.

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Review: Rom #10

Rom heads to Washington, D.C., in a desperate effort to rescue his neutralizer from a Dire Wraith conspiracy! This transitional issue by the regular Rom team of Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema is a solid read, but hints of better things to come.

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Review: Rom #9

The last survivor of a race of mutated reptiles massacred by the Dire Wraiths battles should-be-ally Rom. A surprisingly poignant piece of retconning from regular scribe Bill Mantlo, with typically solid support from “Our Pal” Sal Buscema.

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Review: Rom #8

With his Earth alliances fraying and his neutralizer in Wraith hands, Rom must face a dreaded deathwing! A return to sci-fi basics makes for a stronger issue from the creative team of Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema.

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