Synopsis for "Roam on the Range"
Godzilla finds itself in the mid-west where the King of Monsters is believed to be the cause of John Hawk's missing cattle. As the area is terrorized by the monster, Hawk sends a posse to try and stop the monster. However, they ultimately fail and Godzilla ends up smashing Hawk's home. Notes Leferman is credited as Shelley Lefferman.
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Synopsis for "Mega-Monsters Part III: The Super-Beasts"
With the Red Ronin robot destroyed, Godzilla is the only force capable of stopping the now super-powered Mega-Monsters. The SHIELD Godzilla Squad provides Godzilla with support while Jimmy Woo recovers the unconscious Rob from the head of the Red Ronin robot. While aboard their base on the moon, the dying Betans watch the battle rage on. In order to maintain their life support as long as possible, they lower their base into the moon's surface, however all the Betans die except one. As the battle rages on, Godzilla is able to destroy Rhiahn with his flame blast, save Dum Dum from Krollar, burn Triax from the inside out with his flame breath, and then use Krollar's own bio-blade to behead the creature. With the Mega-Monsters destroyed, the lone Betan rejoices over Godzilla's victory while the Megans decide to cease their war against the Betans. On Earth, the Godzilla Squad decides to let Godzilla go, vowing to capture him at a later date. Notes Leferman is credited as S. Lefferman. This issue is reprinted in Essential Godzilla, Volume 1.
Synopsis for "The Mega-Monsters from Beyond! Part II: Triax"
With the arrival of Triax on Earth, Robert in the Red Ronin and Godzilla team up to battle the monster; however, when Triax is overpowered, the Megans send down their other two monsters, Rhiahn and Krollar, to aid their fellow Mega-Monster. As the battle rages on, the Megans attack the Betan's base on the moon while, and the SHIELD Godzilla squad tries to coordinate the military counter attack against the monsters. During the course of the battle, the Betan's dome is breached, exposing them to the vacuum of space, and the Megans charge their monsters with an energy beam that makes them stronger than ever. To make matters worse, Rhiahn is able to chop off the head of the Red Ronin robot, deactivating it and knocking Robert unconscious, leaving Godzilla to battle the super-powered monsters alone.
Synopsis for "Arena for Three!"
As Godzilla and Yetrigar's battle rages on in the Grand Canyon, Robert arrives in the Red Ronin robot to try and stop the two beasts from fighting each other. While Robert has the Ronin protect some rafters from falling rocks, the two monsters battle on. While elsewhere, the SHIELD Godzilla squad continues to make repairs to their damaged helicarrier and Dum Dum and Gabriel travel in a ship to try and keep track of Godzilla. While back at the Grand Canyon, Robert is unable to make the two monsters stop fighting, and in order to prevent Yetrigar's rampage from escalating, he is forced to use the Red Ronin robot to kill Yetrigar by burying the beast in an avalanche. During the confusion, Robert allows Godzilla to slip away, however the fact that he had to kill in order to protect Godzilla weighs heavily on the boy. Notes This issue is reprinted in Essential Godzilla, Volume 1. Yetrigar appears next in West Coast Avengers v.2 #32.
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.
Synopsis for "The Fate of Las Vegas"
Godzilla has just arrived outside of Las Vegas and has attacked Boulder Dam, the torrent washing Godzilla towards the city of sin, which entices the creature with its shiney lights. While in the city, Winslow Beddit, has only one dime left and a choice: use it to call his wife or put it in the slots in hopes of winning riches which may pay for medical treatment for his mother. As Winslow's luck begins to change and he actually starts winning Godzilla strikes the city, and the Godzilla Squad prepares to mobilize out to the area. Soon the rest of Boulder Dam cracks open, causing a torrential flood that decimates the city, causing Winslow to lose his riches. While Godzilla leaves the city for a more peaceful local, Winslow's riches have been washed away except for one last dime. This time he chooses to call his wife, who as we find out had left him three years prior AFTER his mother had died.
Synopsis for "Titan Times Two!"
With only the Red Ronin, piloted by Robert Takiguchi standing between Godzilla and the San Diego militaries nuclear stock pile, the SHIELD Godzilla Squad wonders what to do next. Robert attacks Godzilla to try to keep him away, and tries to come to grips with the notion that to save everyone he must kill his beloved Godzilla. However, when the SHIELD helicarrier is about to attack Godzilla, Robert comes up with another idea and using cables droped from the Red Ronin's feet, Robert harnesses Godzilla and flies him away from the missiles. Godzilla however, breaks free and begins to rampage along the San Diego shore line, forcing SHIELD to take action, however, Robert keeps them at bay with the Red Ronins weapons, and points out to sea, Godzilla taking the boys meaning leaves the scene. Afterwards, Robert believes that Godzilla is now his friend.
Synopsis for "Birth of a Warrior!"
As Godzilla rampages through a San Diego military base, the situation becomes more serious when Gabriel informs Dum Dum that the monster is slowly moving towards the base's nuclear missile stockpile. While in Detroit, Jimmy is upset for jumping the gun trying to start a romance with Tamara when she rushes in to tell him that she hasn't seen Robert all day. At that moment the Red Ronin robot comes to life and starts walking towards a fuel tank. Jimmy has himself lifted up to the robots head and finds the unconscious Robert inside, removing him from the robots control helmet causes its rampage to stop. When a call comes in for them to use the Red Ronin, Jimmy finds that he cannot pilot the device as it is unresponsive to his mental commands. While Robert awakens, he sneaks aboard the robot while technicians work on the device. Finding it responds to his mental commands just fine, he commands it to fly him to Godzilla, where it arrives just as the monster reaches the nuclear missile stock pile and is the only thing standing in its way. Notes This issue is reprinted in Essential Godzilla, Volume 1.
Synopsis for "A Monster Enslaved!"
With a new helicarrier specially designed for capturing Godzilla, SHIELD becomes aware that the monster is sleeping in a cave nearby. While at the Stark plant, Yuriko Takiguchi puts the final touches on his SJ3RX mecha robot, and Jimmy Woo and Tamara Hashioka begin a romance. While young Robert believes that the "Red Ronin" mecha shouldn't be used against Godzilla, but for the creatures benefit decides to do something about the situation. SHIELD locates the cave where Godzilla is sleeping and fills it with sufficient knockout gas to put the monster out cold, and allows them to load up the creature in the helicarriers' holding container. Meanwhile, Robert enters the Red Ronin armor and puts on its control helmet, the feedback from the device knocks the boy unconscious. While aboard the helicarrier, Godzilla awakens and begins breaking out of the ship. Notes This issue is reprinted in Essential Godzilla, Volume 1. Herb Trimpe returns as the regular artist for the series. Issues #4-5 were pencilled by Tom Sutton. SJ3 RX will become better known as "Red Ronin" beginning with issue #7. |
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