Rom 45 (Aug 1983) NM- (9.2)

Cry, the Mother Country!

Script: Bill Mantlo (credited)

Pencils: Sal Buscema (credited)

Inks: Ian Akin (credited as Akin); Brian Garvey (credited as Garvey)

Colors: Barry Grossman (credited as Ben Sean)

Letters: Janice Chiang (credited)

Characters: Soviet Super-Soldiers [Darkstar [Laynia Petrovna]; Major Ursus; Vanguard]; X-Men [Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (flashback) (cameo); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (flashback) (cameo); Kitty Pryde (flashback) (cameo); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (flashback) (cameo); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback) (cameo)]; Galactus [Galan] (flashback) (cameo); The Gremlin; Quasimodo (flashback) (cameo); Red Guardian [Tania Belinsky] (flashback) (cameo); Rom; Starshine; Dire Wraiths (cameo); Professor Phobos (cameo flashback); The Presence (cameo flashback)

Synopsis: Rom, Starshine and the Gremlin bury Rom's cloned human body. The Gremlin leads the Spaceknights to a Russian compound that has been taken over by Wraiths. Even though they no longer trust the government, the Soviet Super Soldiers agree to track down enemies of the state who have wreaked havoc in the Khystym region. They battle Rom and his allies until Rom realizes that they are mutants and not Wraiths. The two groups agree to unite against a common foe, just as the Wraiths attack.