I had the toy. It was a Christmas gift. It had super cheap lights that lit up his eyes and his "raygun". I was super young when I got it. The lights (remember this was 1979) blew my mind away. But I remember not being able to play with it and other other toys (it was an odd size). And the novelty wore off fast. And if I recall correctly, those lights stopped working pretty early on (batteries be damned).

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JLA Detroit was hobbled because Gerry Conway and Chuck Paterson aren't that talented to carry off such a radical shift. The League that came after was much better, even with using 2nd stringers

Are you willing to sell this?

Mike Zeck did Secret Wars, and Many issues of Captain America before this mini series. After that he did the fabolus Kraven s Last Hunt saga.

Yes it is a bit expensive still. I did however pickup the companion volume DC Universe by Len Wein at a reasonable price. Hopefully these stories will get into. DC Finest Batman volumes soon.

John Byrne also pencilled Avengers #164-166, #181-191, #233 and Annuals #14 and #18. what happened to that? the only reason to buy this book. what a rip off!!!

I had a totally butchered letter published on the letter's page of issue #29. I believe on the left side Mike M from Milwaukee, WI. All they used was my request to bring Nova back.

Rom #1 actually hit the stands Tuesday, Sept 11th, 1979. Ten days before my 18h birthday. Check out The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). The main character Klaatu a humanoid alien and his 8 foot tall robot bodyguard GORT. Actually, Gort was like universal police officer like the Green Lanterns. Writer Bill mantlo merged those two characters into Rom Rom was 7feet tall and 850Lbs.

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Knight Rider: The Complete Series Blu-ray delivers great video and decent audio in this enjoyable Blu-ray release

I love this run so much, I just finished 250 last night so I’m on to mantlo now but sterns run was my favorite so far, even more than englehart because he really utilizes Doc Sampson one of my favorite characters and starts to move Betty and Talbot away from eachother. Was a good run

i just started the video im hoping they some hawkman back ups in here. lets see then

I seem to recall that Buck Roger’s also appeared in Lookin as well

This way way back then when you had real writers in marvel .so definitely this is a must buy. It was so different back then Not like today. This is when marvel was at its peak the 70s and 80s thanks to writers that kept the stories fun for the whole family before comics became to dark and woke because leftist people just infiltrated the marvel comics industry . Without any supervision .at all . Bill mantlo was an awesome writer and full of great ideas 💡 that made sense .

This volume does not include the Brave & the Bold #200 as advertised in the back cover. Big mistake by DC. Great review by the way

As the Content Consultant and Feature Writer on these Comic Anthologies, I can explain that the reason we used the Italian comic and photostory magazine covers throughout was because the UFO strips were three pages for several months - two colour pages as a spread with a third in b/w. I wanted to retain each of the colour spreads rather than every other one being split. But it didn't work to have features split across the spare pages! I was writing features on the Italian comics and magazines and they had these glorious covers, so it made sense to use those pages as a running gallery for them. So there you go!

SHADO stood for Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation. And by the way, I'm the same Shaqui who put this together for Anderson Entertainment!

They're rereleasing these in the UK within a week. I think they are releasing 1) a box set containing seasons 1-2, 2) a box set containing only the later TV movies and 3) the ultimate set containing everything. The TV movie set has separate original artwork for every movie. I own this exact Shout! box already so I'll be getting only the TV movie set from the UK. I don't think Shout! ever released the TV movies in the USA

Rom's a nostalgic trip for me. I enjoyed the single issues back in the 80's, although not in sequence. It was a time when comic book distribution wasn't great and comic book shops didn't exist. Whether or not you want to pick up the 3rd volume is entirely up to you. How did you find the stories? Did you enjoy it enough to pique your curiosity to continue reading the subsequent stories? If so, then by all means get it. If not, then there's no point spending money on an omnibus. Even at discounted prices, they still cost a pretty penny.

I read these as a kid. In fact, I actually started getting the toys due to my love of the comic. It’s been over 40 years, so I can’t remember much of the story… but I do remember that I liked it enough to stay with it through both runs (which is saying something, considering my attention span). I bought the Omni but haven’t had a chance yet to sit down and read it.

Someone in a comment on Amazon said Secret wars II issues were also in other Omnibuses, but so far, I saw was maybe in John Byrne Fascistic Omnibus. Definably not he John Byrn Alpha Fight Omnibus. I got the Hulk Tie in after reading the issue after that saying the Beyonder was there and later the Avengers one in the late 1980's. They later damaged in a flood, but replaced Hulk and more recently got the Epic collection.

The issue of Doctor Stange also had Eternity which you asked who his name was. I recognize him from Marvel Saga and an article that showed Dorminnu attacking him.

ROM is pretty cool 😎

I'm English and I had the Rom action figure, it was part of the Action Man range made by Palitoy in the UK. Also managed to pick up most of the comics from my local newsagent as they came out, not bad considering the patchy distribution that we got in the UK before comic shops were a thing!

I read these as a kid, but only up to issue 10 or so. Michael Golden was the best artist for this and when he left I began to lose interest. Would like to have seen the various artists pointed out after Golden, I saw some Howard Chakyn and I think Ditko? Pat Broderick was good also, but none of them had the aesthetic appeal of Golden's work. The Micronauts copied a lot from Star Wars but were also pretty original in some of the characters and concepts. Thanks for the review.

Sure, pick it up/ You can always trade or sell them later.

Ansioso para que sai no Brasil! A fased do Sal Buscema é a melhor! SalBuscema fase is better!!

I think the next volume will be the final one. I love Rom. It was one of my favorites as a kid. I long ago gave up on any hope of ever seeing it collected as Marvel’s licensed stuff from back then rarely is collected. These Omni’s are a dream come true.

Like you, I also didn't collect ROM comics or the toys. I think I do have a couple of issues, though. Likely some of the guest appearances. Regarding the omnibus size, however, I prefer these slimmer volumes as they are easier to handle and read. Monsters like the Fourth World books are just too unwieldy. These ROM books, Master of Kung-Fu, Micronauts, etc are far better for that, IMO.

It is at nice book I am at captain scarlet fan from the UK

funny how no matter what period, modern consumers tend to not value history.

I swear you’ve always got something I’m interested in. Your last 5 or 6 videos have been spot on. It’s got to be more than coincidence! Thanks!

You got the good cover... I didnt love this Omni.

Well Luke Cage and Daredevil were defenders in the book

I dislike slick paper, so I much prefer the paper in this volume.

What did I just watch?!?!?! I should have gotten a tax deduction for sitting through it!!! No opinions, no synopsis, no mention of Alan Davis , Mark Famer or how this came out of Mutant Massacre. What was the point????

It`s still my no.1 t.v series.

Wish they did another printing. It’s hard to find now even at marked up prices.

Great stuff. very different.

Great book and stories 👍🏻💯 i love comicbooks.

I own this one, it's an incredibly neat collection. You got a sweet deal for less than $60. I usually don't buy these kind of books hot off the press, I definitely wait for Black Friday discounts or big sales. Really love the George Perez art too! I don't think the team-up stories are not in here; like Marvel Team-Up with Spidey or Marvel-Two-in-One with Thing. I agree, it was awesome to see her on the big screen. I don't know if they'll ever team her up with Daredevil like they did in the comics.

Adventures Of The Outsiders continued the numbering from #33, May 1986 to #46, June 1987 and inevitable post-Batman cancellation. There've been intermittent revivals of Batman and the Outsiders since.

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Thank you! 🙂 Excellent review, as always! I also collected BatO at the time but stopped after the first dozen or so issues. Don't remember why. Your review of the first volume reignited my interested and now I'm on the hunt for all three omnibuses. Wish me luck!

Great review! Love that you go thru most of the pages so we can get a proper look through the contents. Thanks!

Jim Aparo is one of the BEST Batman artist ever ...imo.

Great review! I'd be interested in seeing reviews of vols 2 & 3... 🙂

The size is definitely a disadvantage with these monstrous omnibuses. I'd rather they split these into two or three volumes to make the reading experience more pleasant!