Godzilla 1977 #4 - reader copy - $3.00
Batragon (a huge bat/Komodo dragon hybrid) sinks an oil tanker in the North Pacific. Godzilla engages him in battle and follows him to an Aleutian Island. This turns out to be the lair of Dr. Demonicus; a mad geneticist wearing a purple demon skeleton costume. Demonicus is using the radiation of a meteor to mutate animals into giant monsters. Godzilla fights Batragon and kills it by smashing its head against the ground. Meanwhile S.H.I.E.L.D. arrives and thinking Godzilla is attacking a secret U.S military base, attacks him.
Spider-Man foils the theft of the Bill of Rights.
On sale date from the Comic Reader #146.
- The Coming of Batragon! - 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).
- Godzilla versus Batragon! - In one sequence Jimmy Woo (who's wooing Dr. Takaguchi's assistant Tamara) asks her on a date to go see Star Wars.
- - Stan talks about his new book The Superhero Women, The new 1978 Marvel calendar, the upcoming new live-action Spider-Man TV series, and the upcoming new mag Pizzazz. There's also an apology on the page for increasing the price of comics from 30 cents to 35 cents. Includes a montage of current comic covers.
- Spider-Man in Legal Eagle - Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes.
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