Godzilla vs. Hulk #1
Chad Burdette
Recap
Marvel Comics and Toho International, the Japanese studio’s U.S.-based subsidiary that has brought global sensation Godzilla to life, began an exciting new collaboration that resulted in a hit Godzilla variant cover program and long-awaited reprints and collections of Godzilla’s original Marvel comic series.
The GODZILLA VS. one-shots mix Godzilla lore with the Marvel mythos, twisting history as icons like the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Hulk, the X-Men and Thor face off against the King of the Monsters! A milestone pop culture event like this calls forth the industry’s greatest contemporary talents
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General Ross has no tolerance for monsters in any form. With the Thunderbolts, his anti-kaiju taskforce, he’s taken down or imprisoned the biggest and baddest monsters on the planet: Fin Fang Foom, Mothra, Kumonga, even the Hulk.
Now all that’s left is his biggest hunt of all… GODZILLA. But the Thunderbolts’ efforts to bring their last monster to heel may just result in the most destructive battle royale to ever rock the earth. It’s time to figure out who’s really the strongest there is!
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It’s time for Round 2 as The Jade Giant faces The King Of Monsters in Godzilla vs. Hulk #1
Review
Godzilla vs. Hulk #1 steps back into the 70s continuity for the second encounter between Godzilla and friends and the Marvel Universe heroes. This encounter finds the Incredible Hulk, ever so briefly, teaming up with the King of the Kaiju, to face a threat created by Dr. Demonicus, from the Marvel Comics Godzilla series from 1977 – 1979.
Duggan does a great job of setting the scene of Thunderbolt Ross as a Monster Hunter, having killed Fin Fang Foom and supposedly the Hulk, and subjugation other Godzilla regulars like Kumonga to do his bidding and aid his war on the monsters. The creative team pulls heavily and deftly on many of the Godzilla tropes and characters, and makes their appearances in the story feel organic, not forced and just for show. Godzilla and Hedorah feel like valid threats although the resolution to how the story resolves itself feels similar to how the Fantastic Four/Godzilla issues was solved and at times feels exposition heavy but doesn’t get to bogged down. It was a nice touch to show that Hulk, and subsequently Banner, is not invincible and does suffer some damage following the climactic encounter with Godzilla before the two “team up” to solve the larger threat of Hedorah.
It was also a nice touch that Duggan’s final panel of the issue issue leaves an open-ended finish and not a hard “the story is over.”
The artwork and color by Blee has the feel of the time period in which the story is paying homage to and the style of Hulk looks like the 70s version of the character.
Final Thoughts
Godzilla vs. Hulk #1 is a love letter to both the 70s version of the Hulk and Godzilla characters and tells a seamless story bringing the two franchises together to tell a full and exciting story
Godzilla vs. Hulk #1:Round 2 – The Rumble In The Desert
- Writing - 9/109/10
- Storyline - 8/108/10
- Art - 9/109/10
- Color - 9/109/10
- Cover Art - 10/1010/10
