Rom #3 - First Appearance of Firefall, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Rom (Marvel, 1979 series)
Issue: #3
Publication date: February 1980
Key date: February 1980
On-sale date: November 6, 1979
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.40
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Firefall - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Rom.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Alone against the Wraith Horde!	cover	1	pencils: Frank Miller; inks: Terry Austin	Rom
1	Firefall!	comic story	17	script: Bill Mantlo; pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Sal Buscema; colors: Ben Sean; letters: Tom Orzechowski	Brandy Clark, Firefall First, Rom Origin
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
4	A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up	illustration	1	pencils: Al Milgrom; inks: Al Milgrom	Rom

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.12 GBP
Newsstand	barcode 0714860232302

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Rom: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-95671-4	2023	On eBay ›
Rom Epic Collection: The Original Marvel Years #1 ISBN 978-1-302-96108-4	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #23 of 75#4 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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