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Title |
| Godzilla King of
the Monsters #1 |
| Author(s) |
| Kevin Maguire |
| Pencils:
Brandon McKinney |
Inks:
Keith Aiken |
| Language:
English |
Release:
1995 |
| Publisher:
Dark Horse Comics |
Pages:
32 |
| Colors:
Cary Porter |
Cover:
Arthur Adams |
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| Monster
Appearances: |
Aliens,
SDF, & Misc Appearances: |
| Godzilla,
Cybersaur |
VTOL
Craft, Type 90 Tanks, F-15 Jets, Black
Hole Aliens |
|
| Comments |
 |
Anthony
Romero |
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| The first
in what would be a short lived, but highly praised,
comic series from Dark Horse, this comic moves the story
along at a much better pace than the two entries that
came before it, Dark Horse Comics #10 and Dark
Horse Comics #11, and is also more interesting.
We get to see Godzilla in action early on in the comic,
and are also introduced to reporter Kate Koshiro, who
will become an important character in future comics
in the series. The story deals with an injured Godzilla,
losing massive amounts of blood from Yoshiwara's formula,
rampaging through Canada with G-Force's latest device,
a beacon, being unable to stop him. Writer Kevin Maguire
deserves some credit here, as this story, meant to establish
the start of the series run, does a good job of introducing
the scenario while keeping things interesting at this
early stage. Unfortunately, though, the dialogue in
this issue might have been better in some spots, but
is overall rather good. The art in this issue is a little
uneven from panel to panel, which will be a reoccurring
theme of this series, but it tends to be, for the most
part, well done. The opening panel, featuring Godzilla
attacking Los Angeles for a predicted outcome, is particularly
impressive, though. The cover, by Arthur Adams, might
be worth the price of admission alone as it's one of
the best ones done for the franchise to date. |
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