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zmull's review
4.0
This one was a big surprise. I really expected it to mediocre tie-in crapola, but it's not. The plotting is clever, the dialogue isn't quite as over-the-top as the rest of the Jr Stan's over at 1970s Marvel usually wrote, and the non-Godzilla characters are 3D and important to the story. Herb Trimpe's pencils get a little lazy in places, but he brings the heat on the splashes. I can't believe it myself, but I fully recommend this collection. This is a great example of what is so awesome about Marvel's Essentials series. This comics would have never seen the light of day again if there wasn't a cheap b&w comics market.
john_iv's review
4.0
Marvel's take on Big-G; lots of fun, though I wish it were color and omnibus quality.
Collected the originals as a kiddo on their first run in the 70s while thrilling to Godzilla's exploits on Saturday afternoon creature feature movie replays on TV. Loved all things big-G and still do! Currently out of print and only available from 3rd party or the auction site, this was a fun collection of somewhat uneven stories as Godzilla romps across the Marvel Universe pursued by Dum Dum Dugan on orders from Nick Fury. There were no other Toho kaiju licensed so we get a menagerie of B-listers like Batagron, Yetrigar, Red Ronin (a sad stand in for the wonderous Jet Jaguar, laugh). One of the better arcs though was Godzilla's battles with the Megamonsters sent to conquer the earth, I always liked the giant saucer headed monster Rhiahn and thought it was a pretty origial creation. Artist for these was Herb Trimpe, a third rate Kirby wannabe who I never cared for, but the inkers saved him a bit. Also, unfortunately, the Essential brand (cheapo newsprint plus black and white only) is the only way to get a collection of these stories if you don't want to bring the originals out of your mylar. I have to knock a star off for that, I tend to collect omnibuses these days and have gotten spoiled by the high quality reprints and page stock.
Collected the originals as a kiddo on their first run in the 70s while thrilling to Godzilla's exploits on Saturday afternoon creature feature movie replays on TV. Loved all things big-G and still do! Currently out of print and only available from 3rd party or the auction site, this was a fun collection of somewhat uneven stories as Godzilla romps across the Marvel Universe pursued by Dum Dum Dugan on orders from Nick Fury. There were no other Toho kaiju licensed so we get a menagerie of B-listers like Batagron, Yetrigar, Red Ronin (a sad stand in for the wonderous Jet Jaguar, laugh). One of the better arcs though was Godzilla's battles with the Megamonsters sent to conquer the earth, I always liked the giant saucer headed monster Rhiahn and thought it was a pretty origial creation. Artist for these was Herb Trimpe, a third rate Kirby wannabe who I never cared for, but the inkers saved him a bit. Also, unfortunately, the Essential brand (cheapo newsprint plus black and white only) is the only way to get a collection of these stories if you don't want to bring the originals out of your mylar. I have to knock a star off for that, I tend to collect omnibuses these days and have gotten spoiled by the high quality reprints and page stock.
devinr's review
3.0
This is nothing more and nothing less than cheesy Bronze Age Marvel goodness. I know the plots are preposterous and the dialogue overblown, but the art is dynamic and definitely worth looking at, and besides: it's just so darn fun! I mean, look at it this way: Godzilla vs. The Fantastic Four? Godzilla vs. Devil Dinosaur? Godzilla vs. Dastardly Cowboys? Godzilla AND Devil Dinosaur vs. Angry Cavemen? You won't hear me complaining about hokey dialogue when you have a Pym-particle-miniaturized six-inch-tall Godzilla fighting a sewer rat. That is GOLD. Definitely worth looking through once, at least, if you care even a little about Marvel Comics or Godzilla.
standardman's review
3.0
A fun collection of Marvel's strange in-universe take on Godzilla.
The majority of the collection features SHEILD and an increasingly annoyed Dum Dum Dugan following the big G as he knocks things over but we get some giant robot fun and one stand out issue in Vegas that is almost Vertigo-esque.
As fun as the stories are, the terrible binding in the Marvel Essential editions make the collection itself very hard to recommend. Mine had become detached from the binding after only a couple of reads.
The majority of the collection features SHEILD and an increasingly annoyed Dum Dum Dugan following the big G as he knocks things over but we get some giant robot fun and one stand out issue in Vegas that is almost Vertigo-esque.
As fun as the stories are, the terrible binding in the Marvel Essential editions make the collection itself very hard to recommend. Mine had become detached from the binding after only a couple of reads.
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