The series ran for 24 guest-star-stuffed issues between August 1977 and July 1979. They boldly broke with tradition by dropping him solidly into real-time contemporary company continuity.
Comic companies have always sought licensed properties to bolster their market-share and in 1977 Marvel truly landed the big one with a 2-year run of one of the world’s most recognisable characters. What’s big and green and leaves your front room a complete mess? No, not a Christmas tree, but (arguably) the world’s most famous monster.īack in 1976 manga and anime were only starting to creep into global consciousness and the most well-known popular culture Japanese export was a colossal radioactive dinosaur who regularly rampaged through the East, destroying cities and fighting monsters even more bizarre and scary than he was.Īt this time Marvel was well on the way to becoming the multi-media corporate colossus of today and was looking to increase its international profile.
By Doug Moench, Herb Trimpe, Tom Sutton & various (Marvel)
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