Godzilla Vol. 1 #3 "A Tale of Two Saviors" - Marvel Comics

​"Or have you forgotten how that stinkin' monster's already made us look like monkeys twice now -- an' that three strike's is all ya get in Papa Dugan's book?" - Dum Dum Dugan

Godzilla Vol 1 #3
Publisher: Marvel Comics
October, 1977
Editor-in-Chief: Archie Goodwin
Cover Artists: Herb Trimpe

"A Tale of Two Saviors"
Writers: Doug Moench
Pencilers: Herb Trimpe
Inkers: Tony DeZuniga
Colourists: Don Warfield
Letterers: Gaspar Saladino, Denise Wohl, Irv Watanabe
Editors: Archie Goodwin

Appearing in "A Tale of Two Saviors"
Featured Characters:
Godzilla
Supporting Characters:
Champions
Hercules
Black Widow
Angel
Iceman
S.H.I.E.L.D.
Agent Jensen
Godzilla Squad
Gabriel Jones
Jimmy Woo
Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan
Tony Stark
Other Characters:
San Francisco police
Robert Takiguchi
Tamara Hashioka
Dr. Yuriko Takiguchi
Locations:
California
Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco
San Francisco Bay
Los Angeles
Champions Headquarters
Michigan
Detroit
Stark Industries' Detroit plant
Washington State
Seattle
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Mentioned)
Items:
S.H.I.E.L.D. Flight Pack
Electro-nets
Vehicles:
S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
Champscraft

Synopsis for "A Tale of Two Saviors"
Godzilla arrives in San Francisco and begins tearing apart the Golden Gate Bridge. Police officers arrive on the scene, but are powerless to stop him. In Los Angeles, the Champions catch a news broadcast of the catastrophe and board the Champscraft, ready to help. When they arrive, Angel is the first one to soar out across San Francisco Bay, but Godzilla, unaware of his presence, swats him away with a mighty stroke of his tail. Iceman creates an ice-bridge to evacuate pedestrians off the Golden Gate. Godzilla marches onto dry land, where Hercules manages to get under his foot. With a mighty heave, he actually succeeds in toppling Godzilla over. Iceman encases Godzilla's head in a solid block of ice, but the monster bites through it. Dum Dum Dugan and other members of the Godzilla Squad fly over the scene in their flight packs and drop electro-nets onto Godzilla, but these too prove ineffective. Godzilla tears away a section of the bridge and heaves it at the Helicarrier, downing it. The Golden Gate Bridge has been destroyed! With nothing else to do, Godzilla turns and marches out to sea. 

Notes
Letters (story pages): Saladino (uncredited) page 1.
This issue is reprinted in Essential Godzilla, Volume 1.

Trivia
This issue was published with a .30 cents cover price and a .35 cents cover price.

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