King of the Monsters #2
Godzilla #2
“Thunder in the Darkness!”
Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe
Plot Synopsis
Godzilla makes his way to Seattle, but SHIELD’s ready with a whole new plan to stop him.
Rolling Commentary
Page 1. Apparently Godzilla just skipped over destroying the western seaboard of Canada and skipped right to the US. He must really hate Americans.
Page 2. I am not entire sure I am comfortable with the camera angle of Panel 3.
Page 4. I know I haven’t seen every Godzilla movie (yet), but who exactly are all of these guys Godzilla is fighting?
Page 8. Yes, I’m sure flying right by Godzilla’s face seemed like a good idea at the time.
Page 10. Topple the Space Needle. Come on. Do it.
Page 11. They blew up a power plant! Crazy!
Page 12. No, Godzilla! Don’t be distracted from our goal! Destroy the Needle!! Sigh. He’s not going to do it, is he?
Page 14. Come on, Godzilla, don’t fall for it!
Page 16. It’s a trap!
Page 17. Takiguchi’s grandson is vaguely cryptic, isn’t he?
Post Mortem
This issue was still really fun, and violently destructive. How did this book pass the comics code? It’s horrifically violent, really. Godzilla lit the Space Needle aflame! SHIELD agents dropped bombs on American soil and blew up a power plant!
I really love how gloriously destructive this series is right now. And the SHIELD stuff is just exciting enough to stay interesting without becoming horribly distracting while Godzilla breaks stuff. Moench isn’t trying to write From Hell here; he seems to understand his source material, and he knows what his target audience is here for. He’s keeping exposition and characterization of SHIELD officers down to a minimum. In most books, that would be annoying. But all we really care about here is Godzilla, so it works well.
And Moench is smart enough to work Godzilla into the Marvel Universe in a way that makes sense for both Godzilla and the rest of the universe. Fact is, Marvel characters, whether the Fantastic Four or the Avengers, have fought Godzilla-esque monsters plenty of times. But somehow Godzilla is convincingly scarier than Fin-Fang-Foom or the Googam, Son of Goom. Maybe its has to do with his inability to speak, maybe he’s just scary as hell because he’s Godzilla, but whatever it is, it works. Here’s to future success.
“Thunder in the Darkness!”
Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe
Plot Synopsis
Godzilla makes his way to Seattle, but SHIELD’s ready with a whole new plan to stop him.
Rolling Commentary
Page 1. Apparently Godzilla just skipped over destroying the western seaboard of Canada and skipped right to the US. He must really hate Americans.
Page 2. I am not entire sure I am comfortable with the camera angle of Panel 3.
Page 4. I know I haven’t seen every Godzilla movie (yet), but who exactly are all of these guys Godzilla is fighting?
Page 8. Yes, I’m sure flying right by Godzilla’s face seemed like a good idea at the time.
Page 10. Topple the Space Needle. Come on. Do it.
Page 11. They blew up a power plant! Crazy!
Page 12. No, Godzilla! Don’t be distracted from our goal! Destroy the Needle!! Sigh. He’s not going to do it, is he?
Page 14. Come on, Godzilla, don’t fall for it!
Page 16. It’s a trap!
Page 17. Takiguchi’s grandson is vaguely cryptic, isn’t he?
Post Mortem
This issue was still really fun, and violently destructive. How did this book pass the comics code? It’s horrifically violent, really. Godzilla lit the Space Needle aflame! SHIELD agents dropped bombs on American soil and blew up a power plant!
I really love how gloriously destructive this series is right now. And the SHIELD stuff is just exciting enough to stay interesting without becoming horribly distracting while Godzilla breaks stuff. Moench isn’t trying to write From Hell here; he seems to understand his source material, and he knows what his target audience is here for. He’s keeping exposition and characterization of SHIELD officers down to a minimum. In most books, that would be annoying. But all we really care about here is Godzilla, so it works well.
And Moench is smart enough to work Godzilla into the Marvel Universe in a way that makes sense for both Godzilla and the rest of the universe. Fact is, Marvel characters, whether the Fantastic Four or the Avengers, have fought Godzilla-esque monsters plenty of times. But somehow Godzilla is convincingly scarier than Fin-Fang-Foom or the Googam, Son of Goom. Maybe its has to do with his inability to speak, maybe he’s just scary as hell because he’s Godzilla, but whatever it is, it works. Here’s to future success.
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