Thursday, January 05, 2023

I need revenge on these mammoth forces of nature; so I'd better start with the smallest, cutest one.

Kinda like if Moby Dick had a couple chapters on trout fishing, working its way up to all that whaling jazz. From 2012, Godzilla #2, "Giant Monsters Are the Disease" Written by Duane Swierczynski, art by Simon Gane. 

The monsters have returned, and are up to their usual antics: this issue opens with a tattooed hipster in Pittsburgh getting some great pix before getting buried in rubble by Godzilla. A border patrol agent texts (while driving!) the need to deport Kumonga back to Mexico, although I'm pretty sure it wasn't a native there; and Edinburgh is getting smashed by Anguirus. Maybe these monsters hate burghs?
But after taking a second personal loss to Godzilla, former British Special Forces soldier Boxer has decided to not take this lying down, even if it means disregarding orders, laws, social mores...He's put together a crew of specialists, all of whom have lost somebody to the monsters, and stolen a ton of weapons both mundane and exotic. Boxer may not be entirely on the side of the angels, as he does make a call to the local government to extort seven billion pounds, although that could be start-up money for his Godzilla-killing enterprise. Anguirus doesn't just roll over either, though; knocking over their armored truck, and setting up next issue's fight...
I like Anguirus circa Destroy All Monsters, where he's like Godzilla's pal, brave and loyal. Was this the first Godzilla comic I've read with other monsters from the movies, as opposed to new homemade ones? Maybe!

2 comments:

  1. So how did it all end? I'm guessing Boxer & his crew weren't too successful in the end.

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  2. I don't know yet; only picked up this random one.

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