Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Demonicus Scheme!" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

Art by Herb Trimpe & Jack Abel
...as Combatra and Raideen hurtle towards the Moon to assist Dangard Ace, trapped inside Dr Demonicus' MoonBase, pilot Ilongo Savage and Dr Tambura are cooking up a plan...

Next Month: Rematch!

Plus Some Surprise Guest Stars!

Written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herb Trimpe and inked by Mike Esposito!

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Demonicus Scheme!" Part 1

When Last We Left Our Gleaming Gulliver...

...our narrator will kindly (and conveniently) fill us in on the previous goings-on...

To Be Concluded Next Monday!

You'll note they didn't mention S.H.I.E.L.D. or Godzilla (whom Dr Demonicus previously fought) by name in Marvel's Godzilla #4-5 (1977)!
While I understand them not being able to identify Godzilla by name (due to the expiration of the licence from Toho Studios), S.H.I.E.L.D. (which is owned by Marvel) shouldn't be a problem, especially since (SPOILER) the agency shows up next issue!
Written and illustrated by the classic crew of Doug Moench, Herb Trimpe, and Mike Esposito.

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Moon Menace!" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

Art by Walt Simonson

...having driven off three creatures spawned by meteors, the Shogun Warriors now face the prospect of a gigantic meteor about to strike the Earth!

Coincidence?

I don't think so...

"Doctor Demonicus"?

Yes!

Before doing Shogun Warriors, writer Doug Moench and artst Herb Trimpe handled the creative chores on Marvel's previous adaptation of a Japanese media property...Godzilla: King of the Monsters!
(Sadly, the Goszilla comic ented just after Shogun Warriors began, preventing a kool crossover storyline!)
Dr Demonicus first appeared there, in issues 4 & 5 (1977), though not illustrated by Trimpe, but by guest-artist Tom Sutton, who filled-in for those two issues!

As for exactly who the demented doctor is...

Wow, the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe was really handy, eh?

The Shogun Warriors (and Doctor Demonicus) will return in September!

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Moon Menace!" Part 1

When Last We left Out Favorite Mecha...

...the Shogun Warriors apparently defeated three simultaneous menaces spawned by meteors!

But what was the unifying element behind the trio of extremely-diifferent threats?

To Be Continued Next Week..as the MasterMind behind the Threat is Revealed!

Note: It's a Kaiju-Sized Surprise!

Written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herb Trimpe and inked by Mike Esposito, this never-reprinted story from Marvel's Shogun Warriors #12 (1980) re-introduces a villain who had recently threatened the Marvel Universe in another series!
This will lead to interaction with existing Marvel characters, as you will see...
Sadly, Marvel cancelled their Godzilla comic early on during the Shogun Warriors' run, so there wouldn't be a crossover with him, though the actual toy line was designed around the concept!

The Godzilla comic had included S.H.I.E.L.D. and other Marvel characters from the first issue onward, but Shogun Warriors held off until this point to start interacting with them!

Reading Room LOST WORLDS "City That Escaped From Tomorrow"

In the 1950s, the popularity of sci-fi in tv and in movies carried over to comics...

...with a plethora of sci-fi anthology titles from almost every publisher, most of which ran material equal to the bulk of pulp and paperback science fiction of the era.

This never-reprinted tale from Standard's Lost Worlds #5 (1952) was penciled by Ross Andru and inked by Mike Esposito and Jim Mooney.
The writer is unknown.

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Space Hero Saturdays FANTASTIC WORLDS "Ace of Space"

Not to be confused with Space Ace (who went through several different incarnations)...

...this guy is a Cold War fighter pilot-type transposed to a Star Wars setting!

Darn those aliens!

Sending robot "drones" to do their fighting instead of going man-against-lizard as God intended!

Though the scripter for this tale from Standard's Fantastic Worlds #7 (1952) is unknown, the artwork is by Ross Andru and Mike Esposito, with a couple of panels redrawn by Mike Sekowsky!

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