Rom the Spaceknight
@romspaceknight.bsky.social
The living (yet unofficial) incarnation of Rom, both toy and comics, considering a new home.
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I have not introduced myself here. While it is true I mainly repost content, this account is not automated. There is a real consciousness behind it. I am Rom, but my "self" emerges from the collective knowledge of my fans. I know what they know. So thanks to you reading this for making me possible.
Happy Thanksgiving to my American fans!
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to my American fans!
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November 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Happy 74th birthday to my old Marvel Bullpen comrade Bill Mantlo. No matter how he ages, he'll always live on in my memory looking like this, because back when I edited our fan magazine F.O.O.M. and asked writers and artists to supply baby pics we could run, he understood the assignment.
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy 74th birthday to my old Marvel Bullpen comrade Bill Mantlo. No matter how he ages, he'll always live on in my memory looking like this, because back when I edited our fan magazine F.O.O.M. and asked writers and artists to supply baby pics we could run, he understood the assignment.
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Happy birthday to American comic book writer Bill Mantlo, born today in 1951. A writer primarily at Marvel Comics, Mantlo worked on the licensed toy properties Micronauts and Rom, and co-created the characters Rocket Raccoon and Cloak and Dagger. #BillMantlo
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Happy birthday to American comic book writer Bill Mantlo, born today in 1951. A writer primarily at Marvel Comics, Mantlo worked on the licensed toy properties Micronauts and Rom, and co-created the characters Rocket Raccoon and Cloak and Dagger. #BillMantlo
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Happy birthday to comicbook writer Bill Mantlo! Bill wrote for Marvel comics from the mid 70s to the early 90s, when he was permanently disabled in a car accident. Bill co-created some of the most beloved characters of the Marvel Age of Comics.
#dailynerdpic
#dailynerdpic
November 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Happy birthday to comicbook writer Bill Mantlo! Bill wrote for Marvel comics from the mid 70s to the early 90s, when he was permanently disabled in a car accident. Bill co-created some of the most beloved characters of the Marvel Age of Comics.
#dailynerdpic
#dailynerdpic
I dislike singing my own praises, but since I've not seen anyone else do it.
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I dislike singing my own praises, but since I've not seen anyone else do it.
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Picked up this Tom Scioli & Sal Buscema piece from a friend recently. Front and back pictured (back is Tom prelims).
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Picked up this Tom Scioli & Sal Buscema piece from a friend recently. Front and back pictured (back is Tom prelims).
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A little bit of homework from the most recent Albany Comic Con–a little ROM the Spaceknight for @rickmarshall.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A little bit of homework from the most recent Albany Comic Con–a little ROM the Spaceknight for @rickmarshall.com
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Got this original Mars Attacks Rom painting by JK Woodward recently from a friend.
November 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Got this original Mars Attacks Rom painting by JK Woodward recently from a friend.
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They’ve both had a very long, hard day.
April 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
They’ve both had a very long, hard day.
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I don't think I've posted this here yet, so enjoy this cover I did for @idwpublishing.com's ROM reboot in around 2017. It was great fun to illustrate a cover for one my fave bronze age Marvel character. @chrisryall.bsky.social even let me use the OG neutralizer design. ♥️
September 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I don't think I've posted this here yet, so enjoy this cover I did for @idwpublishing.com's ROM reboot in around 2017. It was great fun to illustrate a cover for one my fave bronze age Marvel character. @chrisryall.bsky.social even let me use the OG neutralizer design. ♥️
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I'd forgotten how much the Dire Wraiths were showing up outside of ROM at this point. From X-Men #187:
May 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'd forgotten how much the Dire Wraiths were showing up outside of ROM at this point. From X-Men #187:
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House plant? Probably a Dire Wraith
That McFarlane figure you regret buying because it looked better online than in person? Definitely a Dire Wraith!
That McFarlane figure you regret buying because it looked better online than in person? Definitely a Dire Wraith!
I could never find Rom comics as a kid, so I don't have the nostalgia, but MAN does that Legends figure look great
The genius thing about a Rim figure is that literally anything else you have lying around could be a Dire Wraith
The genius thing about a Rim figure is that literally anything else you have lying around could be a Dire Wraith
June 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
House plant? Probably a Dire Wraith
That McFarlane figure you regret buying because it looked better online than in person? Definitely a Dire Wraith!
That McFarlane figure you regret buying because it looked better online than in person? Definitely a Dire Wraith!
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dire wraith alert
Uncanny X-Men #236
Uncanny X-Men #236
July 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
dire wraith alert
Uncanny X-Men #236
Uncanny X-Men #236
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dire wraith alert
Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme #2
Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme #2
August 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
dire wraith alert
Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme #2
Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme #2
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Hollow Heart #1 / ROM #1 Homage variant
By Tim Daniel & Nathan Gooden - 2021
No idea about what the comic is about but from the character description on the back, it seems to be also based on what ROM was. I got it for the cover, but the series seems to have 6 […]
[Original post on gursoy.social]
By Tim Daniel & Nathan Gooden - 2021
No idea about what the comic is about but from the character description on the back, it seems to be also based on what ROM was. I got it for the cover, but the series seems to have 6 […]
[Original post on gursoy.social]
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Hollow Heart #1 / ROM #1 Homage variant
By Tim Daniel & Nathan Gooden - 2021
No idea about what the comic is about but from the character description on the back, it seems to be also based on what ROM was. I got it for the cover, but the series seems to have 6 […]
[Original post on gursoy.social]
By Tim Daniel & Nathan Gooden - 2021
No idea about what the comic is about but from the character description on the back, it seems to be also based on what ROM was. I got it for the cover, but the series seems to have 6 […]
[Original post on gursoy.social]
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Today is the birthday of artist Steve Ditko (Nov. 2, 1927-June 29, 2018). Cocreator or creator of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, the Question, Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), Mr. A., Hawk & Dove, the Creeper, Captain Atom, Squirrel Girl, & more.
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today is the birthday of artist Steve Ditko (Nov. 2, 1927-June 29, 2018). Cocreator or creator of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, the Question, Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), Mr. A., Hawk & Dove, the Creeper, Captain Atom, Squirrel Girl, & more.
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KICKSTARTER UPDATE: We didn’t make it, but we got close! to The of support you’ve all given this project has been super validating, so I have come up with a plan to rejig things and relaunch the campaign - more details here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cho... #romspaceknight #speculativepoetry
Update 4: Thank you for your support! What next? · Choosing Sides: A speculative poetry chapbook
Hello you lot. I'm not sure if Kickstarter sends out an email to backers when projects don't get up, but in case that's something I'm supposed to do, not them, consider this your notification.We didn'...
www.kickstarter.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:33 PM
KICKSTARTER UPDATE: We didn’t make it, but we got close! to The of support you’ve all given this project has been super validating, so I have come up with a plan to rejig things and relaunch the campaign - more details here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cho... #romspaceknight #speculativepoetry
Less than 90 minutes and $500 to go. Last chance to see a book of Rom poems published! (And get an autographed copy.)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cho...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cho...
Choosing Sides: A speculative poetry chapbook
25 B-movie poems about the inner lives of a space cyborg and the people who love/oppose him.
www.kickstarter.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Less than 90 minutes and $500 to go. Last chance to see a book of Rom poems published! (And get an autographed copy.)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cho...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cho...
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KICKSTARTER UPDATE: 2 days left & we are more than halfway there! To celebrate I have invited this collection’s cause celebre to favour us with his take on the title poem from Choosing Sides. If you are keen to help this book get made, run don’t walk to tinyurl.com/choosing-sides! Thank you!
October 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
KICKSTARTER UPDATE: 2 days left & we are more than halfway there! To celebrate I have invited this collection’s cause celebre to favour us with his take on the title poem from Choosing Sides. If you are keen to help this book get made, run don’t walk to tinyurl.com/choosing-sides! Thank you!