Godzilla: King of the Monsters #5 (December 1977) – MCC032
More rompin’, stompin’ monster mayhem in Marvel’s Godzilla!
More rompin’, stompin’ monster mayhem in Marvel’s Godzilla!
Daniel finishes Manhunter’s first solo arc in Ostrander and Yale’s Manhunter #4, “Through the Mask.” Dumas and Manhunter battle for what may be the final time and Mark learns a massive secret about Olivia Vancroft. Daniel mulls over his thoughts on this first arc, masks in the Vancroft collection and …
As the movie adaptation ends, the movie PARODY makes its appearance in Crazy Magazine, Marvel’s answer to Mad Magazine.
Cover date December of ’77 begins with the FINAL installment of Marvel’s adaptation of the first movie!
Rounding out our coverage of cover date November 1977 is John Carter #6, continuing the excellent original story “Air Pirates of Mars”!
Peter Benchley, mastermind behind the novel Jaws, rode a wave of popularity that caused studios to go after more from him. In their deep dive for blockbuster treasure, they made The Deep, based on his novel of the same name, and Marvel comics was right there to help them promote the movie with a comic book adaptation!
Marvel’s new Star Wars comic has started, and we read it! Luke, Han, Leia, Chewie, R2-D2, and C-3PO are together again for the first time! This is our shortest trip back in time! Was it worth it? Find out here!
For the third issue, does The Human Fly get better? Or is it a nose dive off a cliff riding a mechanical bird?
Marvel’s Godzilla finally takes on a conflict that feels like an actual Toho movie!
The penultimate chapter of the story from the first Star Wars movie!
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