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Title |
| Godzilla King
of the Monsters #23 |
| Author(s) |
| Doug Moench |
| Pencils:
Herb Trimpe |
Inks:
Dan Green |
| Language:
English |
Release:
1979 |
| Publisher:
Marvel Comics |
Pages:
32 |
| Colors:
Ben Sean |
Cover:
N/A |
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| Monster
Appearances: |
Aliens,
SDF, & Misc Appearances: |
| Godzilla |
Iron
Man, Thor, Vision, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Human
Torch, Mr. Fantastic, Captain America, Scarlet
Witch, Behemoth |
|
| Comments |
 |
Anthony
Romero |
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Marvel
gets ready to take their Godzilla King of the Monsters
series out with a bang, as this issue before the last
in the comic's run continues Godzilla's rampage through
New York, this time to his full size after previously
being shrunk by Henry "Yellowjacket" Pym's
"pym particles". With the Fantastic Four
having already gone toe-to-toe with the behemoth when
he was human size, and SHIELD unable to thwart the
nuclear menace, the Avengers kick into action and
their exploits against Godzilla are covered in this
issue. To Marvel's credit, Godzilla is mostly unparalleled
by his adversaries, shrugging off the Avengers' respective
strikes, although panels alert the reader that the
King of the Monsters is often under tremendous pain
by attacks such as a blow from Thor's Mjolnir despite
that he retaliates in short order. As it turns out,
and the cover of the title suggests, only Wasp and
the Yellowjacket are able to make any sort of successful
attack against the creature, although even this is
a fairly minor victory that Godzilla still manages
to come back from and leave this issue on sort of
a cliffhanger.
In regards to how this comic fares, it's a decent
read. Anyone who is both a fan of Godzilla and Marvel
Comics will likely get a kick out of the huge melding
of the two properties, though, and all of the cameo's
within, such as one from J. Jonah Jameson. The art
by Herb Trimpe, however, is a bit mixed. He does a
very good job rendering the Avengers and other iconic
Marvel characters, which should come as no surprise
since he had previously worked on other series such
as Captain America and Iron Man, but
falters a little in regards to the title character
who looks uneven from panel to panel. This is a stable
complaint of the series as a whole, though, so nothing
new or particularly noteworthy about it in regards
to this particular issue. Overall, it's an enjoyable
read and probably the best showcase of Godzilla against
the Marvel Universe that the series has to offer. |
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