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Title |
| Godzilla versus
Hero Zero |
| Author(s) |
| Michael Eury |
| Pencils:
Tatsuya Ishida |
Inks:
Mike Miller |
| Language:
English |
Release:
1995 |
| Publisher:
Dark Horse Comics |
Pages:
32 |
| Colors:
Pamela Rambo |
Cover:
Arthur Adams |
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| Monster
Appearances: |
Aliens,
SDF, & Misc Appearances: |
| Godzilla |
Hero
Zero, F-15 Jets, DD-122 Hatsuyuki Class Destroyer |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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The King
of the Monsters fights one of Dark Horse's homebrewed
Super Heroes in the first, but not last, Godzilla crossover
from Dark Horse. Hero Zero makes for an interesting opponent
for the nuclear menace, but not a particularly memorable
one. Hero Zero has the powers of flight and is able to
alter his own size—it's most likely
a coincidence that he and Jet Jaguar have the exact
same powers—his true identity is a teenager called
David. As far as the actual story goes, it's nothing
really special: David, his Dad, and friend Billy are
going to the San Diego Comic Convention when Godzilla
attacks (lured there when Hero Zero flew over Godzilla,
who was underwater, toward San Diego). The two behemoths
fight and both appear to be pretty evenly matched; however,
much to Hero Zero's dismay their confrontation causes
untold casualties in San Diego, one of which is David's
friend Billy, a tragedy which also causes David's Dad
to realize Hero Zero's secret identity. Billy’s
death prompts Hero Zero to fight Godzilla in a fit of
rage and he is able to subdue the creature by dropping
him off at sea. Sadly, the dialogue in this comic is
pretty bad, and is cause for some unintentional laughs.
For example, the part where Godzilla confronts a fleet
of battleships in a, short, four panel segment goes
as follows: "Lord, would you look at that thing!"
"Don't let his size intimidate you, men. It's up
to us to keep this monster from reaching the city."
*Firing, Godzilla destroys a carrier* "Holy--!
Radio in tell them we just can't stop Godzilla..."
Perhaps if this part wasn't so rushed it might have
been better, but with only four panels dedicated to
it (which takes up roughly 2/3 of a page) the dialogue
comes off as comical. As for the art, it's pretty nice,
except for Godzilla who ranges from looking good to
decent from panel to panel. The, once again, excellent
cover is done by Arthur Adams, and is probably the
best part about this comic.
It should be noted that Dark
Horse printed another version of this comic that featured
a slightly altered cover. On this other version, the
bar code is gone and in its place is a red oval with
the text, "It's
a must have double-bag item when the two BIGGEST characters
in comics crash the SAN DIEGO COMIC CON". Other
than the added word bubble, and removal of the bar
code, both printings of the comic are the same. Click
here to see the alternate cover. |
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