ROM, Cilt 1: Dünya'nın Düşüşü

ROM (IDW collected editions) #1

by Chris Ryall, Christos Gage, David Messina

Uzaklardaki başka bir galakside, adaletin ve gerçeğin savunucuları Solstar Birliği şövalyeleri, Habis İfritler tarafından tuzağa düşürüldüler. Ancak galip gelmeyi başardılar. Şövalyelerden biri, bozguna uğrayan Habis İfritlerin izini
dünyamıza kadar sürdü. O, İfritlerin en çok korktuğu,
onları yeryüzünden tümüyle silip atabilecek tek şövalye.

Onun adı ROM.

Solstar Birliği’nin lideri.

İfrit celladı!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2017

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

ROM's back!!!

For those of you who don't remember (most of you are probably too young... sigh...) ROM was a toy released at the very tail-end of the '70s which Marvel comics developed into a comicbook series that ran for much of the '80s. Being a Brit, I was completely unaware of the toy at the time; to me, ROM was just another Marvel hero. His book even crossed over with Secret Wars II... Hell, ROM even attended Rick Jones' wedding! I only learned he was based on a toy when Marvel lost the rights to use him and he disappeared from the Marvel universe. I was a bit miffed; ROM had never been my favourite character but I liked him enough to buy his book.

Fast forward quarter of a century and IDW have picked up the rights to the character and launched a whole new ROM book! When I saw it advertised, I couldn't resist picking it up.

It was OK. The artwork is nothing special but it's decent enough and tells the story. The story itself does a pretty good job of introducing ROM, his archenemies the Dire Wraiths and some new supporting cast. To be honest, I'd probably have given this four stars if it weren't for the fact that one issue ends with a big dramatic moment where the GI Joe team are sent after ROM... which is completely forgotten about in the following issues other than a passing remark from an army officer who says they've been reassigned or words to that effect. It was very anticlimactic and more than a little weird.

I certainly enjoyed this enough to read the next volume, though. I'm hoping the story will ramp up now the introductions are out of the way.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

ROM the Spaceknight is back! For those of you that didn't grow up in the 70's, ROM was a very cool toy. Marvel licensed the character for their comics and ROM tromped through the Marvel U fighting Dire Wraiths throughout the 80's. All of the core concepts of the Bill Mantlo series are here and David Messina's art is solid. The plot clumsily jumps around at times, but all in all, a sound rebirth of a cool character.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rom-tastic fun!! Cool story and good artwork. I like how they treated Rom as an absolute character, here's Rom kicking wraith but and taking names. I am not so sure about Rom being part of a larger IDW world so soon, but we will see. Definitely worth reading and continuing.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is not your dad's ROM. No, instead it's a dull and somewhat incoherent mess.

Part of the problem is that this ROM misses its predecessors excellent premise of having ROM really settle in somewhere and interact with the people of a town. Oh, he gets two sidekicks here, but there's no settling. Instead ROM fights and fights. And it's dull fighting, because we know he's not going to lose and be killed. You know, because he's the title character and all?

Beyond that, the plotting is really jerky, introducing and then dropping people before reintroducing them again. Jumping the action without really explaining what's going on. At least part of the problem is that the ROM series seems to be intertwined with some "ROM: Revolution" event, and this collection does have all those stories, but the "ROM: Revolution" story or stories are out-of-narrative order, so we get to try and make sense of them at the end.

Overall, by the end of this volume I didn't care enough about anyone to read another volume, which is a shame. Could we please get a reprint of Bill Mantlo's ROM from the '80s now?

[David Poon · Rating 3 out of 5]

ROM's a character from the Marvel comics, a kind of Space Knight although I'd always thought he was a robot... Anyway he's back through IDW and other than the nostalgia, the stories pretty bland... The artowork is pretty good though, especially the action scenes.

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I bought this book I was hoping for a good sci-fi adventure; unfortunately, this book did not deliver that. It reads like an 80's cartoon adventure show. Think G.I. Joe or transformers where some peril is created on a weekly basis and then resolved quickly and, usually, violently. There are two characters that provide some human elements and save a day or two but they do little to draw me in. The book lacks any tension to make the peril real and the lack of humor or emotions make this a forgettable read. The artwork is good but the sci-fi is uninspired and the ROM character doesn't grab me in any way. This book does have some epic potential but suffers from a small screen reality despite the many villains and sci-fi overtures. As I said it is a 1980s cartoon translated into a graphic novel.

[Dave Geary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worthy successor

Thanks to the vagaries of IP law,. It had looked like the Micronauts and ROM series would never be updated. However, the acquisition of the Hasbro license by IDW resurrected them. It's a reimagining of some of the best 70s space Opera tales and while the epic declamations of Mali have given way to more modern and restrained prose, Bunn seems to "get it", and evoke a modern take of the stories of the noble and powerful Space Knight and his ear against the wraiths.

[Serkan · Rating 1 out of 5]

ROM benim çocukluğum kahramanıdır. Kurtarmak için geldiği Dünya'da bir türlü anlaşılamamanın acısını çeker. Canlı, acı çeken bir karakterdir. Şövalye ruhludur, çoğunluğun iyiliği için kendini feda eder. Eski serinin hayranıydım çünkü hem çizimler hem de öykü çok iyiydi. Yeni seriyi duyunca hemen aldım fakat büyük hayal kırıklığı oldu benim için. Alışık olduğum ROM bulamadım. Çizimler de çok kötüydü. Bu dizi, ROM hatırasına ihanet gibi sanki.

[Trae Stratton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the original so I have a lingering affection for the character. This take has nice art and reads well, but I wish they would have updated his weapons and gadgets which look and sound jarringly juvenile in this era.

[Carl Grider · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Rom was a childhood favorite toy. I read a few of the comics as a child as well. So glad that the character is back and hope some day for a movie or even better a series.

[Yuiko · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like it

[Jorge · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not worth the time to read it

[Kevin Morrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was awesome!!!

[Knight Of · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish I could get the original Rom comics. But as this one is it is decent enough with plenty of action and a cliffhanger.

[B.J. Fantine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Standout issues: #1, #4

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked Rom as a kid, so I was glad to see him finally return to comics. This book certainly suffers by not having the Marvel Universe of supporting characters as the last series did, but there is still potential for a good sci-fi series here.
The art is nothing special, but does have some good moments.

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

This series goes nowhere. The plot does not make me care about the characters. The dialogue is impossible to parse (the high-tech but medieval knight dialect used by the Order is like an alien imitating Sir Mallory). The art is inconsistent (though occasionally quite good).

I recommend reading the crossovers and annual but not the main series.