King of the Monsters #10

Godzilla #10
“Godzilla VS Yetrigar”
Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe

Plot Synopsis
A crazy wannabe Big Foot from thousands of years ago is awoken by nuclear testing and mutates. Then it gets pissed off and decides to fight Godzilla.

Rolling Commentary
The Abominable Snowman?

Page 2. “Who knows what all the testing’ll do down there…” Foreshadowing, anyone? I think so too.

Page 3. Wow, we wasted no time with the fulfillment of that foreshadowing, did we?

Page 6. Can I nominate Agent James Woo for worst SHIRLD Agent of the Year? Please?

Page 8. That’s two Helicarriers down in less than a year. That’s pretty impressive, really.

Page 9. Oh good, now the kid is turning into a robot hook-up junkie. Lovely.

Page 10. Gah! Seriously! Now that little shit just destroyed an airplane and a hangar on a military base! When will this insanity end?!?!?

Page 13. Even in his moment of pseudo-defeat, Godzilla causes his opponent to suffer the same fate.

Page 14. Bah. Civilians.

Page 16. Ahh…. narrationless panels during a fight scene. Good stuff.

Post Mortem
Why wasn’t that child locked in a cell in the first place! Gah! Annoying children!!!!!!

Ahem. Maybe he’ll get what’s coming to him yet. We’ll see. In the meantime, let’s all look at the nice and brutal monster battle instead. I actually think this is the most brutal fight scene yet in the book, and I certainly approve. Yetrigar’s origin may seem a little flimsy, but hey, Godzilla’s origin is less than clear itself. So that’s okay with me.

Now, if SHIELD would just learn how to sedate that blasted kid…