Anyone else reading the new Rom? It's just based on the licence from Hasbro, so, no Marvel universe. That means no Brandy Clark, no Firefall, no SHIELD, no Torpedo, Claireton, Galador, Hybrid, or any of the other trappings of the mythology Bill Mantlo created. On the other hand, we have GI Joe and Tranformers, and soon, MASK, so it's not exactly a virgin universe.
It's dedicated to Bill Mantlo and Sal Buscema, and has a variant cover by Sal, so the authors are certainly paying their respects to the old series.
So Rom now shares a universe with GI Joe, My Little Pony and Street Fighter?
I'm surprisingly OK with this.
Angel Torres
No guest script by Bill I'm guessing
Jacob Gonzalez
You know what else happened? Those trips
Jason Williams
I don't like the new weapons, but the next writer/artist can always remodel them. He might be able to get by without Brandy and Steve, but no Galador? That's a real big difference.
Henry Bailey
I've never read the old Rom books, what were they like?