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Issue: Godzilla #1
Publication Date: August 1977
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Issues: #1 of 24 Issues (32 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 30¢
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 05/03/1977
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 0714860280408
Price: $0.30 CAD
$0.30 USD
$0.35 USD Variant edition
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 23 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #143, May 1977.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagEssential Godzilla #[nn] published January 2006 as Godzilla #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Some/all of Issue reprinted as/in another Issue:
FlagGodzilla: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2024
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Godzilla #[nn] published January 2006
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Fun Tricks Free Things!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on the inside front cover.
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The Coming!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
Character(s): Johnny; Frank
First Line: Alaska! The mildest winter in 200 years gives way to an even warmer spring...
Synopsis: Godzilla lands on American soil by bursting out of an iceberg off the coast of Alaska, and proceeds to attack an oil pipeline. S.H.I.E.L.D. (led by Dugan and Woo) arrive and try to stop Godzilla with a powerful laser cannon but fail. Godzilla eventually leaves just as Nick Fury arrives with a Japanese scientist (along with his assistant and his grandson) who might have the answer to stop Godzilla.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEssential Godzilla #[nn] published January 2006
as The Coming! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Disclose Notes: Godzilla's origin is explained using 1956 as the year of his awakening via an oceanic atomic bomb test. This uses the U.S release of the first film as reference since the movie was released in the U.S in 1956 while it was released in Japan in 1954.
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Classified Ads

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears after page 3 of the main story.
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Let Joe Wider Build You a Better Body for Just $7.98

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears before page 4 of the main story.
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Classified Ads

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears after page 5 of the main story.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Make money customizing cars, vans, cycles, inside & out!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears before page 6 of the main story.
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Return of Get it On!

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears after page 7 of the main story.
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At Last You Can Fly Spider-Man

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Sky Heroes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Advertisement for gliders with super hero images printed on them. Appears before page 8 of the main story.
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He's Coming Your Way!

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for Godzilla King of the Monsters #1, appears after page 12 of the main story at the top of the page.
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[untitled]

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First Line: Let the cry ring out -- don't succumb, read -- Foom!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for a subscription to FOOM.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, science fiction
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letter page editorial introducing Godzilla.

This page contains two panels of original art. One where Godzilla is battling a squadron of fighter jets, and another depicting a humorous cartoon of Godzilla stepping on the Hulk.
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Superheroes Assemble!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Reprinting
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo ad for a subscription to current Marvel titles.
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What to Sink Your Teeth Into When You're Hungry and You're not a Werewolf

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Appears before page 13 of the main story.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Make money and win neat prizes too!
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Pages: 0.5
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Classified Ads

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Disclose Notes: Appears after page 14 of the main story.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: I'll make you a master of karate
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Pages: 0.5
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Star Trek Lives!

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears before page 15 of the main story.
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Hi, Believers! Hey, I finally found a way to get myself off the hook with you!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Stan talks about his appearance on the radio show "Focus on Youth". Also an announcement on the death of Artist Bob Brown.
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Spider-Man and Madam Web!

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Madam Web
First Line: Everyone thinks I'm to blame.
Synopsis: After Spider-Man rejected her love, Madam Web blocks the harbor and makes everyone think that Spidey is to blame.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears before page 16 of the main story. Ad for Hostess Twinkies.
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Super Bodybuilding Course
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Pages: 1
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3 Complete Fishing Outfits

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on the inside back cover.
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Street Ball

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on the back cover.

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