King of the Monsters #5

Godzilla #5
“The Isle of Lost Monsters”
Doug Moench and Tom Sutton

Plot Synopsis
It’s Godzilla versus three other monsters created by Demonicus!

Rolling Commentary
That’s a pretty damn cool opening page. But why is Dugan convinced it’s an American base?

Page 3. Yay! SHIELD does something not-dumb! Huzzah!

Page 4. Godzilla’s going to beat them all, I hope you realize that.

Page 5. Demonicus is already looking like a bit of a racist twit. Dudes! Jones just dropped through a giant glass dome. Sweet. And how is Dugan going to get out of this one?

Page 6. Meh. Humans fighting isn’t nearly as cool to watch as monsters fighting.

Page 7. Man, spy villains are always so dumb…

Page 9. Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb… but I guess he got his cosmic radiation, at least.

Page 11. He really is just down right stupid, isn’t he?

Page 13. Stop! Calling him! Black Man!

Page 14. Godzilla certainly seems to have a tender heart here. I’m not sure what to think of that.

Page 16. Godzilla Smash!

Post Mortem
Too much human fighting, not enough monster fighting. But otherwise, huzzah monster battles! I approve of the rampant destruction. I really do. But all the talk about how maybe Godzilla’s not such a bad guy seems a little… overdone. We get it, you know? We understand that. We don’t need to have it drilled into our head every single page.

Goddess, Dr. Demonicus is a little bitch, isn’t he? Man, I have a feeling we’re going to see his racist ass again, and I don’t care for him or his attitude. Maybe next time Godzilla will eat him. That would be funny.

And the Eskimos were rescued, which is a good thing. All in all, everyone ends up happy. Except for Demonicus. And he’s a jackass, so his opinions don’t count.