Godzilla Vol 1 #10 "Godzilla Vs Yetrigar" - Marvel Comics

​"Don't just stand there helpless, ya lamebrained yahoos! Least ya can do is start cussin', like me!" - "Dum Dum" Dugan

​Godzilla Vol 1 #10
May, 1978
Editor-in-Chief: Archie Goodwin
Cover Artists: Herb Trimpe

"Godzilla Vs Yetrigar"
Writers: Doug Moench
Pencilers: Herb Trimpe
Inkers: Fred Kida
Colourists: Mary Titus
Letterers: John Costanza
Editors: Archie Goodwin

Appearing in "Godzilla Vs Yetrigar"
Featured Characters:
Godzilla
Supporting Characters:
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Godzilla Squad
Gabriel Jones
Jimmy Woo
Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan
Antagonists:
Yetrigar (First appearance)
Other Characters:
Robert Takiguchi
Tamara Hashioka
Jeff
Jillian
Johnny
Mary
Ron
Locations:
Arizona
Grand Canyon
Canada
Alberta
Items:
Red Ronin
Vehicles:
S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier

Synopsis for "Godzilla Vs Yetrigar"
Three months ago 
An underground nuclear test is conducted by the US Department of Defense in Arizona, but yields some unforeseen side-effects. The radiation from the test is channeled into an underground rift, a subterranean passage stretching from Arizona to Alberta, Canada. In Alberta, the radiation comes to fill an ice cave, within which a hairy, near-human creature is encased in a glacial tomb, one of the legendary Sasquatch. The Sasquatch is freed from the ice by the radioactivity and revived. The newly revived monster is pained by the continuing effects of the radiation on his body. His mind filled with rage, the bigfoot turns south, towards where he instinctively senses the source of his affliction originates. As he strides southward, however, the radiation begins to make the man-monster start to grow.

​The present 
The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier follows the trail of Godzilla from Las Vegas, Nevada to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Gabe Jones has reservations about using S.H.I.E.L.D. ordnance in the canyon, but Dugan scoffs, calling him a monster-lover. They finally locate Godzilla, but when they do, they also witness the gigantic Big Foot known as a Yetrigar. 

Hurling a huge boulder at the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, Behemoth, Yetrigar takes S.H.I.E.L.D. out of the action. On the bridge of the Helicarrier, Robbie Takiguchi sneaks past the scrambling S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and gains access to the Red Ronin battlesuit. He hopes to intervene on Godzilla's behalf in his battle against Yetrigar.

Yetrigar ambushes Godzilla at the rim of the Grand Canyon, causing both monsters to topple into the natural wonder. The fall doesn't give them pause however, and they continue clawing and biting at one another. Godzilla blasts Yetrigar with his flame breath, but Yetrigar deflects it with a giant boulder. Godzilla maintains the upper hand though as he batters Yetrigar with his tail, then chomps down on his arm. Yetrigar frees his arm then punches Godzilla across the snout. The battle soon escalates when Red Ronin arrives to prevent the monsters from killing each other. 

Notes
This issue is reprinted in Essential Godzilla, Volume 1.
First appearance of Yetrigar. Yetrigar appears next in Godzilla #11.

Trivia
The tagline for this issue is "Here Comes Yetrigar! The Biggest Big Foot of them All!"
The name "Yetrigar" is taken from Japanese folklore and refers to a mythological race of Yeti.

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