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Title |
| Godzilla King
of the Monsters #5 |
| Author(s) |
| Doug Moench |
| Pencils:
Tom Sutton |
Inks:
Klaus Janson |
| Language:
English |
Release:
1977 |
| Publisher:
Marvel Comics |
Pages:
32 |
| Colors:
Phil Rachelson |
Cover:
Herb Trimpe |
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| Monster
Appearances: |
Aliens,
SDF, & Misc Appearances: |
| Godzilla,
Ghilaron, Lepirax, Centipor, Batragon |
Doctor
Demonicus |
|
| Comments |
 |
Anthony
Romero |
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This
is the second half to the Doctor Demonicus story,
which features Godzilla raiding the madman's lair
and fighting off his army of beasts. These monsters
include Ghilaron, Lepirax, and Centipor, the latter
of which suffers a lethal blast from Godzilla's ray
rather early in the battle. None of the three pose
much of a threat to Godzilla, although Lepirax manages
to terrorize "Dum Dum" Dugan of SHIELD before
Godzilla finishes the creature off. With their defeat,
SHIELD cleans up, taking away Demonicus and shutting
down his operation.
Overall, it's a standard "knockdown" issue.
It does briefly cover the history of Demonicus though,
which might be interesting to some considering what
the character would come to represent in Iron
Man #193 and that he would resurface as a bit
player in the Marvel Universe in 2008 as part of Hood's
team of players in Secret Invasion. Story aside,
the art here leaves a lot to be desired sadly. Rather
than being handled by series regular Herb Trimpe,
who only does the cover for this issue, the art is
done by Tom Sutton. Sadly, Sutton is lacking. He does
a really good Lepirax, but that's all that can be
said, and his Godzilla in particular looks horrendous.
Thankfully Trimpe would return to pencil duties after
this issue, for #6,
and would remain the main artist until the series'
closure in 1979. |
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