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Godzilla #17 (1978) · The Collector

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Godzilla (1977)
#17

Marvel#17

Godzilla

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Godzilla #17

Of Lizards, Great and Small

Publisher: Marvel
Cover date: December 1978
On sale: Sep 5, 1978
Cover price: $0.35
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Key issue

1st appearance of Gladstone Hawkins

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Grand Comics Database issue 32853

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While discussing Godzilla onboard the Behemoth, Dugan gets the idea to shrink Godzilla to a more manageable size. He tells Gabe to go meet with Hank Pym (aka Yellowjacket) to ask him for some of his shrinking gas. When the gas is procured, S.H.I.E.L.D. approaches a sleeping Godzilla and blast him with the gas shrinking him down to the size of a small dog. He is then captured and taken to New York City for study.

Credits

Writer: Doug Moench
Penciller: Herb Trimpe
Inker: Dan Green
Colorist: Barry Grossman
Letterer: Bruce Patterson
Covers: Herb Trimpe, Bob Layton
Editor: Bob Hall
Editor in chief: Jim Shooter

Characters

Gladstone Hawkins· 1st appearance
Dum Dum Dugan
Gabe Jones
Godzilla
Hank Pym
Hugh Howards
Janet Van Dyne
Jimmy Woo
Red Ronin
Rob Takiguchi
Tamara Hashioka
Yuriko Takiguchi

Teams: S.H.I.E.L.D.

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