Rom the Space Knight #14 1985 Turkish Comic Turkey #59 #60 #61 #62

ROM – Issue #14 – Turkish Edition, Alfa Yayınları (1985)

Description:

This is Issue #14 of the ROM comic series published in Turkey by Alfa Yayınları in 1985. The series began publication in late 1984 and was released on a weekly basis, running for a total of 20 issues. All Turkish editions were printed in Turkish and in black and white, despite the original American series, titled Rom the Space Knight, being published in full color. The switch to black and white printing was a cost-reduction strategy commonly used by Turkish publishers during this period.

The cover of this issue features artwork taken from ROM #72 of the original U.S. series. However, the interior content does not include that story. Instead, this issue compiles several consecutive stories from an earlier section of the American run. The stories included are Savaşan Dünya from ROM (1979) #59, Çocuğun Gördükleri from ROM (1979) #60 (The Eyes of a Child), Sonun Başlangıcı from ROM (1979) #61, and Sonuç ve Gerçekler from ROM (1979) #62. This clear mismatch between cover and interior content reflects a very common sales-oriented practice in Turkish comic publishing of the 1980s, where eye-catching covers were selected independently to boost commercial appeal.

Narratively, the issue presents a continuous arc from the later phase of the ROM series, focusing on escalating conflicts, moral dilemmas, and the ongoing war against the Dire Wraiths. As a result, Issue #14 stands as a representative example of how Turkish editions often reshaped original American material into new compilations tailored for the local market, both editorially and economically.

Key Features:

• Series: ROM (Alfa Yayınları Turkish Edition, 1984–1985)

• Issue Number: Issue #14

• Publisher: Alfa Yayınları

• Publication Year: 1985

• Original U.S. Series: Rom the Space Knight (1979)

• Language: Turkish

• Format: Softcover comic

• Printing: Black and white (original U.S. editions were in color)

• Cover Source: ROM #72 (U.S. edition)

• Stories Included:
ROM (1979) #59 – Savaşan Dünya
ROM (1979) #60 – Çocuğun Gördükleri (The Eyes of a Child)
ROM (1979) #61 – Sonun Başlangıcı
ROM (1979) #62 – Sonuç ve Gerçekler

• Notable Detail: Cover and interior stories are not from the same original issue; a common Turkish publishing practice of the 1980s

• Series Scope in Turkey: 20 weekly issues