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Issue: Godzilla #2

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Publication Date: September 1977

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Issues: #2 of 24 Issues (32 Printings)

Title:

Variant: 35¢

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand:

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group

On Sale Date: 05/31/1977

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: 0714860280409

Price: $0.35 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue

Editor(s):

Notes: On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #144, June 1977. A test market variant, with 35¢ cover price of a general distribution issue with 30¢ cover price.

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Format

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:

Variants2

Godzilla #2 [30¢]

Godzilla #2 [35¢]

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Content Items (3 total)

Seattle Under Siege!

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, science fiction

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Cover letters credit confirmed by Todd Klein in The Danny Crespi Files Part 12, posted 23 June 2017 on his blog (Todd Klein's Blog at Goodreads).

Thunder in the Darkness!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: horror, science fiction

Character(s): Frank Sidlauskas (cameo)

First Line: Seattle: Gateway to the Orient and Alaska, this chief city of the state of Washington is surrounded by great natural beauty...

Synopsis: Still in pain from being blasted by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s powerful laser cannon, Godzilla makes landfall in Seattle and goes on a rampage threatening to destroy the Space Needle. S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives and destroys the electrical plant putting the city into a blackout. S.H.I.E.L.D. then uses bright lights to lure Godzilla to the coast line and knock him into the sea with giant explosive blocks launched by catapults.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 17

Notes: In one sequence Dr. Takaguchi explains Godzilla's history with Japan and mentions that other giant monsters were awakened by the oceanic atomic bomb test alongside Godzilla. Godzilla destroyed most of these monsters with Rob Takaguchi explaining how Godzilla was a hero and saved Japan numerous times. Pictured is him battling a huge reptilian centipede-like monster and a giant eagle with a spiked tail.

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In-house Column on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: non-fiction

First Line: Hi gang! Before we get to the really heavy stuff, I just wanna say thanks to Gregg Marcus...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Stan talks about his recent visit to the University of Alabama, and also the return of Carmine Infantino to the Marvel Bullpen. Includes a small preview of the cover to Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #15.