Urban Legends issue 1

Urban Legends #1 Author(s) Arthur Adams ("King Kong vs. Godzilla") Edited by Sung Koo, Bob Schreck Cover by Dan Clowes Publisher Dark Horse Publish date June 1993

Urban Legends #1 is an anthology comic book published by Dark Horse in June 1993. It contains short, illustrated accounts of fictional but believable tales invented by, or relevant to, their various authors. One such entry is "King Kong vs. Godzilla", a one-page comic by Arthur Adams debunking a famous rumor that Godzilla defeats King Kong in the eponymous 1962 film's Japanese version, and vice versa in its U.S. version. Though the issue was planned as the first in a two-issue miniseries, a second issue never materialized.

Description

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This talent-packed humor anthology brings to life all of those gloriously twisted tales that could only have happened to your sister's boyfriend's brother! Thrill to the adventures of the Microwave Baby, the Mexican Pet, and the Stolen Kidney in this bizarre collection of all-new material assembling what's got to be the widest array of the medium's finest storytellers... ever! Contributors include: Peter Bagge, Paul Guinan, Mitch O'Connell, Scott Musgrove, Richard Sala, Alex Wald, Ivan Bruenetti, Sung Koo, Dan Clowes (cover), Paul Nitsche, Lenin Delsol, Carole Sobocinski, Matt Wagner, Mike Allred, Terry LaBan, Bernie Mireault, Hilary Barta, Warren Prindle, Bill Reinhold, Gary Leib, Mark Ricketts, Stewart Grais, Evan Dorkin, John Kurtz, and Arthur Adams! You'll laugh so hard your rib cage will pierce your body cavity!

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Contents

• "The Gator Gourmet" by Alex Wald (p. 1)
• "Quivering Cactus" by Carole Sobocinski (p. 2)
• "Stuck in the High Branches" by Gary Leib (p. 4)
• "King Kong vs. Godzilla" by Arthur Adams (p. 5)
• "Spider in the Hairdo" by Mitch O'Connell (p. 6)
• "Horny Li'l Sumbitch" by Ivan Brunetti (p. 8)
• "Cocksucker Blues" by Peter Bagge (p. 9)
• "After the Injection" by Paul Nitsche (p. 10)
• "The Vanishing Hitchhiker" by Sung Koo & Lenin Delsol (p. 12)
• "The Winning Ticket" by Hilary Barta (p. 13)
• "Babysitter and the Psycho Caller" by Richard Sala (p. 14)
• "A True Urban Legend" by Sung Koo & Paul Guinan (p. 16)
• "Earwig" by Mike Allred (p. 18)
• "Stairmaster, Ohh!" by Matt Wagner (p. 19)
• "Burnman" by Sung Koo & Mark Ricketts (p. 20)
• "The Wrong Place at the Right Time" by Warren Prindle & Bill Reinhold (p. 22)
• "How Sweet it Is" by Sung Koo & John Kurtz (p. 24)
• "The Dog" by Bernie Mireault (p. 26)
• "Baby in the Microwave" by Evan Dorkin (p. 28)
• "Biting Horses" by Stuart Grais (p. 30)
• "The Turkey Neck" by Terry Laban (p. 31)
• "A Very Private Hell" by Scott Musgrove (p. 32)

"King Kong vs. Godzilla" transcript

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Subject: King Kong vs. Godzilla In the United States it is widely believed that there were two different conclusions shot for this fine film. One for the U.S. in which Kong was victorious, and another for Japan in which Godzilla won the battle. This is not true! It is true that there were many changes made to the U.S. release (alterations made by American producer John Beck), with much of the original soundtrack replaced by "Creature from the Black Lagoon's" score. And, yes, great chunks of the film were hacked out, and replaced with lame news coverage. The conclusions were basically identical -- Kong swimming for home. But, if these two titans were actually to clash in a duel to the death, who would win? Who can know?!

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"King Kong vs. Godzilla" appearances

Monsters

• Godzilla
• King Kong

Gallery

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  "Kentucky Fried Rat" cover by Dan Clowes

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  The entirety of Arthur Adams' "King Kong vs. Godzilla"

Trivia

• "Earwig" author Mike Allred is the husband of colorist Laura Allred, who did colors for the Art Adams' Creature Features reprint of the Godzilla comic "Trampling Tokyo."

References

This is a list of references for Urban Legends issue 1. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: ^[1]

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