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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 |
 |
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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