Godzilla (Marvel comic) issue 20
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Guest starring the Fantastic Four!
Men and monsters at the Metropolitan Museum! |
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— The issue's taglines |
"A Night at the Museum" is the 20th issue of Marvel Comics' Godzilla. It was published in March 1979.
Plot
Godzilla, now 20 feet tall, terrorizes motorists in Lower Manhattan. At the Riverfront Docks, Dum Dum Dugan laments losing the monster, only to nearly be trampled by the crowd fleeing from him. Tamara Hashioka and Jimmy Woo bring Rob Takiguchi back to the Behemoth, with Dr. Yuriko Takiguchi sternly admonishing the boy when he protests. Dugan sets off with Dr. Takiguchi, Gabe Jones, and paleontologist Gladstone Hawkins to find Godzilla.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. team soon finds Godzilla and despairs at his increased size. Gladstone suggests bringing Godzilla to the American Museum of Natural History as they originally planned, believing that the monster will pose no threat to the exhibits inside so long as they avoid provoking him. Recalling how they drew Godzilla away from Seattle with bright lights, Dugan proposes they repeat the trick. Using their flare-guns, he and Jones commence luring the monster. At the Baxter Building, home of the Fantastic Four, the Thing and Mr. Fantastic watch news coverage of Godzilla's rampage. They're surprised that the monster is much smaller than they heard, but agree that the team should fly to the museum to help S.H.I.E.L.D.
With the police holding back curious crowds, Jones's final flare convinces Godzilla to head inside the museum. Dugan is dismayed to hear the Fantastic Four is on the way, and immediately butts heads with the Thing when they arrive. Mr. Fantastic focuses them on the task at hand. As they follow Godzilla into the fossil hall, Dugan cautions the superheroes to avoid antagonizing Godzilla, only for the monster to launch a tail-whip at the Thing unprovoked. Enraged, the Thing charges him. Dugan, delighted to see someone else struggling with Godzilla for a change, stand back and watches them grapple. When Godzilla blasts the Thing with his radioactive breath, the Human Torch joins the fight. Their reckless battle soon sends Godzilla crashing into a Brontosaurus skeleton, to Gladstone's despair. Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Girl try a different strategy: he constricts Godzilla with his arms while she tries to cut off the monster's air supply by surrounding him with a force-field. But Godzilla overpowers them both, causing the Invisible Girl to collapse. The Thing follows Godzilla into the next room, only to be ambushed with another ray. The rest of the superheroes pick themselves back up and follow—but are too late to stop the Thing from knocking Godzilla into a tank full of sharks.
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Trivia
- The Thing complains about news coverage of Godzilla cutting into "my favorite program--the one based on that Hulk clown", referencing the 1977-1982 TV series The Incredible Hulk.
- Godzilla's destruction of a Brontosaurus skeleton in a New York City museum may be a reference to the climax of the 1938 screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby.
- At the end of the issue, the Thing declares to Godzilla, "An' don't think climbin' up those stairs will help ya--cuz I'll tail ya higher'n King Kong got!" The Thing will again reference Kong's climb up the Empire State Building when Godzilla attacks the structure in the series' final issue.
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