Friday, March 6, 2026

Grape Ape Vs. Godzilla

 


This cover comes about as the result of a suggestion from Tom Brennan, a Patron of this blog.  I have to say that I surprised that this was never a real thing back in the day.  Well, better late than never! Thanks, Tom!

23 comments:

  1. ... plus, an exciting backup feature: Beegle Beagle vs. Godzooky!

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    1. @Anon715: I think Godzooky is ineligible due to being underage.

      @Ross: For a second, I thought this was a rematch! But, then, I did some back-tracking. And their prior "face-off" turned out to be merely a promotional logo. As to why they never clashed (even by mistake) on real-world Saturday mornings? Simple: Grape Ape was on ABC and H-B's Godzilla was on NBC! And those networks didn't do crossovers, back then. Not till David E. Kelley did it with "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice."

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    2. Carycomic, think $6 Million Dollar Man on ABC & Bionic Woman on NBC with Oscar on both at the same time.

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    3. I mean, "Return of the Fembots"? Please!

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  2. In any event, a brilliant and imaginative combo. Bravo (to both you and Tom Brennan)!

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    1. Semi-rhetorical question; if you had your own TV network on which to show your versions of all these classic Saturday morning animated cartoons, would the call letters be WSTF or KSTF?

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  3. Ross always delivers! Great cover, better than I imagined.

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    1. Nah! He was off fighting the Toho-ho Green Giant.

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    1. On the Planet of the Apes, stomping the banana sherbet out of Dr. Zaius.

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  6. What about Apache Chief or Giganta?

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    1. Apache Chief already had his turn against Big G (see STF #1458 back @ 4/10/2016).

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    2. Whereas Giganta has apparently yet to even debut, here!

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  7. Cary, That's Giganta's arm on this cover: https://braveandboldlost.blogspot.com/2023/11/wonder-woman-and-nighthawk.html

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  8. ^ LOL! Agreed. This blog needs more Giganta. Also the 1970s cartoon Toyman too. Maybe he can fight the Transformers or the Micronauts. Rom or G.I. Joe would work too.

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    1. In the meantime, however, it's nice to see that Wyatt Wingfoot's debut, here, comes with an official search link.

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  10. Beagley Beagley better find out who framed his pal for trashing the Callico. Because Grape Ape comes up about 260 feet short on this one.

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