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Jason Abbadon · 11-15-2012, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by trebleshot

That's up to Hasbro, since they bought Parker Bros. and would presumably now hold all rights to the character.

But considering their working relationship with Marvel, it's a good possibility - if they can get a toy line off the ground. Personally, I'd love to see it return, along with the Dire Wraiths. Maybe even an Excalibur reunion/crossover.

Marvel can make Dire Wraiths and any of the other spaceknights whenever it wants- they have the copyright on everything except Rom.
There was even a Dire Wraith figure prototyped for the silver Surfer line in the 90's but the line tanked and it never gor made...it really was not a good likeness anyway, IMHO.

But a 4" Rom would be a dream come true...I've planned on making a custom of him to go with my collection anyway.

Really, resolving the Rom copyright issue is decades overdue- Rom's series touched so many parts of Marvel contunity- it was where Rogue first considered leaving Mystique and going straight...and where Storm lost her powers for several years when Henry Gyrich used a Forge-created copy of Rom's Neutralizer on her!

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Originally Posted by TomsToyChest

Marvel ran a comic series in the early '80's for several years and I think it ended in 1986. It had some interesting storylines with the Dire Wraith villains which, if memory serves, were related to the Skrulls and shared their shape-shifting characteristics.

Dire Wraiths are Deviant Skrulls- much like how the Deviants and Eternals of earth are related to humans but are seperate little Celestial experiments.
Dire Wraiths come inn two flavors- the males which had full shape changing abilitiesand were technology masters and the females with sorcerery.
Females eventually got tired of the males failure and....killed them all!

Females can only assume a person's form after they use their probiscus toungue to drill into a victim's skull and suck that person's brain out, gaining all of that person's memories and skills- and allowing that Wraith to assume that person's form.

Lastly there's Hybrid (most recently seen in Avengers Academy) - a crossbreed between a Wraith father and a unsuspecting human mother, this monster had telepathy on par with Professor X and telekenisis and shapeshifting!
Hybrid's goals are to enslave a bunch of super powered women and inpregnate them to create a new race of monsters like himself.

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Jason Abbadon Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 5,490	Quote: Originally Posted by trebleshot That's up to Hasbro, since they bought Parker Bros. and would presumably now hold all rights to the character. But considering their working relationship with Marvel, it's a good possibility - if they can get a toy line off the ground. Personally, I'd love to see it return, along with the Dire Wraiths. Maybe even an Excalibur reunion/crossover. Marvel can make Dire Wraiths and any of the other spaceknights whenever it wants- they have the copyright on everything except Rom. There was even a Dire Wraith figure prototyped for the silver Surfer line in the 90's but the line tanked and it never gor made...it really was not a good likeness anyway, IMHO. But a 4" Rom would be a dream come true...I've planned on making a custom of him to go with my collection anyway. Really, resolving the Rom copyright issue is decades overdue- Rom's series touched so many parts of Marvel contunity- it was where Rogue first considered leaving Mystique and going straight...and where Storm lost her powers for several years when Henry Gyrich used a Forge-created copy of Rom's Neutralizer on her! Quote: Originally Posted by TomsToyChest Marvel ran a comic series in the early '80's for several years and I think it ended in 1986. It had some interesting storylines with the Dire Wraith villains which, if memory serves, were related to the Skrulls and shared their shape-shifting characteristics. Dire Wraiths are Deviant Skrulls- much like how the Deviants and Eternals of earth are related to humans but are seperate little Celestial experiments. Dire Wraiths come inn two flavors- the males which had full shape changing abilitiesand were technology masters and the females with sorcerery. Females eventually got tired of the males failure and....killed them all! Females can only assume a person's form after they use their probiscus toungue to drill into a victim's skull and suck that person's brain out, gaining all of that person's memories and skills- and allowing that Wraith to assume that person's form. Lastly there's *Hybrid* (most recently seen in Avengers Academy) - a crossbreed between a Wraith father and a unsuspecting human mother, this monster had telepathy on par with Professor X and telekenisis and shapeshifting! Hybrid's goals are to enslave a bunch of super powered women and inpregnate them to create a new race of monsters like himself. __________________ Last edited by Jason Abbadon; 11-15-2012 at 02:08 AM..