tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24706348.post5307883009796655662..comments2022-10-10T16:12:00.672-05:00Comments on Franklin Harris' Culture Shock: It's all Godzilla's faultFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03568838227109581160noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24706348.post-67057852146514964812006-02-19T17:37:00.000-06:002006-02-19T17:37:00.000-06:00The first four issues of Marvel's Transformers...The first four issues of Marvel's Transformers comic book were some of my earliest, and they also took place in the Marvel Universe. Well, for one issue, anyway (#3). I remember being mystified by Spider-Man's black costume (I was only familiar with the old red and blue one, and I couldn't figure out how the black costume could materialize out of "nowhere"). I picked up the comics bug and learned all about Spidey's alien costume and a thousand other Marvel factoids soon enough. <br><br>One villain from the Godzilla comic book later popped up in an issue of Avengers West Coast in the ealy 90's. His past with the giant lizard was hinted at, but the name Godzilla wasn't used (for legal reasons? Can Toho Studios sue over a name drop?)<br><br>--<br><br>JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24706348.post-47488512841659631172006-02-19T19:56:00.000-06:002006-02-19T19:56:00.000-06:00Name drops are apparently taboo, because they avoi...Name drops are apparently taboo, because they avoid them both in the case of the big G and with Rom, who had a long 75 issue run set well in the Marvel U.The Estate of Tim O'Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815842488966694944noreply@blogger.com