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This guy has kind of an early 70s Super Robot anime/Japanese live action superhero vibe "HOW does he transform from a robot bird into a robot dude? He just does!"

New "Rom and the Mystery of the Giant House" post coming tomorrow (It actually takes me almost no time to set these up. I've just been busy)

@comicfoil.bsky.social @newwarriorstalk.bsky.social This was my first very brief exposure to Nova. I was fascinated as a little kid by any superhero that didn't have a cartoon, movie, or live action show. It would be years before I'd track down some Nova issues at a used book store

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Carrion has a very cool design and power set

Wasn't Big M eventually revealed to be Whitney Frost aka Madame Masque?

Fabian Nicieza @fabiannicieza.bsky.social · 7h

The first comics I owned were the Superman vs Shazam Treasury, an issue of Justice League, an issue of Amazing Spidey guest starring Captain America, and this issue #BillMantlo December 1978

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He has spent twenty years perfecting the technology to reclaim the memories he lost as a teenager. He will soon learn some things are best left forgotten... A psychological thriller with a dash of mystery and a sprinkle of SF. COMING MAY 2027 FROM MINOTAUR BOOKS us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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The Memory Catcher

From Fabian Nicieza, Edgar Award finalist and co-creator of Deadpool, comes a psychological horror-thriller about one man's darkest secrets and the terrible ...

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 8h

I have a weird relationship with my beard. I like to keep it short, but I'm getting white patches in it that just make it look like I have holes in it

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 8h

I told her "It's the team Captain America is on" Grandma heard "team" and "America" so she somehow found about a half dozen Team America comics and brought them to me They were...not my favorite I appreciated the effort though

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 8h

When I was a little kid in the early 80s I really liked Captain America but could almost never find any Avengers comics. My Country Grandma (as opposed to my Suburb Grandma) was coming to visit me and asked what comics I wanted. I told her "The Avengers". She asked me "What's the Avengers?"

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 12h

Silvestri is an artist whose work I both enjoy and find uncomfortable

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 17h

I'm not saying I'm rushing online to get his Marvel Legends figure, but if I ever find him at an Ollie's on something....

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 18h

Heck yeah Hypno Hustler! #BillMantlo November 1978

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 19h

Doctor Prometheus of the H.E.L.L. Institute did NOT disappoint! May 1979

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When I typed "vs" my phone auto suggested "Dracula" and Rom vs Dracula is ABSOLUTELY something I'd love to see Written by @gerryduggan.bsky.social

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Perhaps counterintuitively, when I think about what I'd like to see if Marvel got the rights back to publish new Rom stories it doesn't involve many cosmic characters, but I have to admit "Rom vs Thanos" would be pretty interesting

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This thread is very inspired by the antics of @serpymatt.bsky.social and @fakeeyes.bsky.social, though I'm just using my phone camera and probably putting much less effort into the setup

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Or, following the Logan/Laura clone dynamic, is Stryfe Cable's son?

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I'm pretty sure Rom and Karas were more than just friends Rom #4 - March 1980

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

It'll take me a couple of days to get things set up for the next post, but feel free to enjoy (?) the story so far of Rom and the Mystery of the Giant House

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Doctor Prometheus of the H.E.L.L. Institute? This ought to be amazing Micronauts #4 - April 1979

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Have the Dire Wraiths gained the ability to transform themselves into mechanical devices? No matter Two quick blasts of his Neutralizer return the demented devices to their dormant state. They aren't banished to Limbo though. More is clearly afoot then would first seem

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Reading Micronauts and Rom has really put me in a mood for Bill Mantlo, especially when paired with Sal Buscema. I have very little interest in Spider-Man, but I thought Razorback was some goofy fun in Byrne's She-Hulk December 1977

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The devices attack! What madness is this?!!!

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Using his rocket pod, Rom flies to a higher vantage point, taking point near a pair of human caffeine distribution devices

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

(Seriously though this is the new best figure in my collection. Not only does it look perfect, but the joints are smooth, the flexibility is great, and putting the ab hinge low on the torso and the swivel hinge high solves for the problem of the blocky chest armor and backpack)

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Thanks! 😁 I'm not entirely sure where I'm going with it, but I'm leaning toward a riff on the plot of IDW's "Rom & the Micronauts" mini, with a little of the concept of Takara's Microman/ Micro Change line thrown in, but I'll see where it goes

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If the lead character's boyfriend turns out to have a secret past as a badass government operative it'd be a slam dunk

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I'm watching Disclosure Day and it reminds me a lot of a Dean Koontz novel (in a good way) - strong female lead - initially unexplained powers/phenomea - protagonist computer hacker - shadowy psuedo government agency

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Looking Up Emily Blunt

ALT: Looking Up Emily Blunt

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I hope you guys enjoy this dumb little thing I'm doing I'm honestly just entertaining myself

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The only issue I had with Rom was an issue of Marvel Two In One, where Rom and the Thing fight the ghost or something or Firefall. I could tell Firefall was supposed to be a big deal, but I didn't have the context, so it's fun to see his first appearance Rom #3 - Feb 1980 (cover date)

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It appears to be a gigantic..... house? An Earth human dwelling to be specific But is the domicile really gargantuan in scale? Or has Rom been shrunken?

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Rom frees himself from the suspension chamber, but....where is he? And why has he been cast back into the inhuman form of a Spaceknight?

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Following the destruction of Galador, Rom, once the greatest of Spaceknights and later the planet's Prime Director, awakens inside a suspension chamber. To his horror, he realizes that he has been returned to the cyborg body

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Among the handful of things I'd like to see if Marvel got the rights to publish new Rom and Micronauts stories is the retcon that Rom's Limbo and Illynana's Limbo are one and the same

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Right there with you I highly recommend Below on Netflix as a good horror/suspense alternative

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

What the hell! Don't shoot at the dog you clownbags!

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Okay I guess Steve gets a pass For now

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

At this point the internal conflict between the male and female Wraiths hadn't been established I like how quickly the extent of the Wraith infiltration is shown, with Wraiths in the Senate, SHIELD, and high ranking offices of the military

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'm guessing that if Steve isn't a Dire Wraith, he'll get replaced by one soon (🤫 Don't spoil it for me)

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I could almost never find issues of Rom as a kid, but my best friend was a huge X-Men fan, so most of what I knew about the Dire Wraiths came from that one issue of Uncanny. It's wild to see them as just literal wraiths in early Rom issues

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I kind of love how Rom has the most humane weapon in comics, basically putting the Wraiths in a cosmic time our corner, while looking absolutely devastating

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Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Actually nevermind my other reply. The hip joints are wrong for 90s ToyBiz Iron Man

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The size, body sculpt, and joints looks like a 90s ToyBiz Marvel figure, and the peg holes in the front of the calves specifically remind me of the Iron Man line. The accessories look like the deep sea or subterranean armors Is it a kitbash?

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I tried getting into Rom a couple of years ago. I bought the facimile of issue 1, plus a handful of other issues, and they were fine, but I wasn't feeling it I just reread issue 1 in the digital collection, and it was awesome I think my old man eyes just can't handle physical media

Comic Book Coping @comicsarelife.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Interestingly, this came out only a couple of months before the start of the Dark Phoenix Saga