Comments on: Essential Godzilla

By: BULLETS, BROADS, BLACKMAIL & BOMBS >> Make Mine Marvel | Bookgasm

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:17:42 +0000

[...] REVIEWS OF THIS SERIES: • ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL GHOST RIDER: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL GODZILLA: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL IRON FIST: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL KILLRAVEN: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL MAN-THING: VOL. 1 • [...]

By: Craig D.

Craig D. — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:06:03 +0000

I think you get the best of both worlds with this comic: the traditional giant monster battles reminiscent of the movies, and Marvel going off in its own unique direction. And it only lasted for 24 issues, so the writers never had a chance to run out of ideas. (Although I think it would have been nice to have seen one of Marvel’s black and white magazines like DRACULA LIVES and RAMPAGING HULK devoted to Godzilla.) I would recommend to a Godzilla newcomer to check out a few of the movies before trying the comic, but this is easily the best non-Japanese interpretation of the character.

By: Essential Tales of the Zombie: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm

Essential Tales of the Zombie: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 12:25:39 +0000

[...] OTHER BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THIS SERIES: • ESSENTIAL DEFENDERS: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL GODZILLA: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL IRON FIST: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL KILLRAVEN: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL MOON KNIGHT: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL NOVA: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL SAVAGE SHE-HULK: VOL. 1 [...]

By: Essential Super-Villain Team-Up: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm

Essential Super-Villain Team-Up: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:22:22 +0000

By: Essential Savage She-Hulk: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm

Essential Savage She-Hulk: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:10:13 +0000

By: Essential Defenders: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm

Essential Defenders: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 12:39:25 +0000

[...] OTHER BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THIS SERIES: • ESSENTIAL GODZILLA: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL IRON FIST: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL KILLRAVEN: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL MOON KNIGHT: VOL. 1 • ESSENTIAL NOVA: VOL. 1 [...]

By: Marvel Monsters » Bookgasm

Marvel Monsters » Bookgasm — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:19:37 +0000

[...] Marvel Comics simultaneously pays tribute to and pokes fun at their monster books of the 1950s and 1960s with the must-have MARVEL MONSTERS collection. As befitting of that era, Marvel’s creatures were Godzilla-inspired, oversized creatures of the post-atomic age, brought to city-smashing life in tryout titles like WHERE MONSTERS DWELL, STRANGE TALES, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY and TALES TO ASTONISH (in contrast, DC’s monsters of the time were largely horror). [...]

By: Essential Killraven: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm

Essential Killraven: Vol. 1 » Bookgasm — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 13:15:47 +0000

[...] But the art is always good for the duration of the AMAZING ADVENTURES, with Neal Adams, Howard Chaykin, TOMB OF DRACULA’s Gene Colan and, most notably, Herb Trimpe, whose immense talents also lifted the work in ESSENTIAL GODZILLA. I cannot say the same for the 1983 KILLRAVEN graphic novel that’s also included. P. Craig Russell’s drawings look sloppy and rushed, and McGregor again drains the life out of it. To be fair, that was in the early stages of the graphic novel, before anyone really knew what to do with it, other than throw in some sex. And 2001’s attempt at reviving Killraven as part of the Marvel Knights line, though slick and polished, is dreadfully dull, little more than a two-person conversation, void of action. It ends this mediocre collection on a serious down note. –Rod Lott [...]