Destroyer 14's Review of Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #5

Destroyer 14's Review of Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #5

I review the latest issue of Kingdom of Monsters. Does the series finally shape up? Come check out my in-depth review.

Review Opinion
By Destroyer14 - Jul 27, 2011 02:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Well, here we are again. The latest issue is out. If you've been reading my reviews for this series, you would know that with each issue, it gets worse and worse. Of course, we all saw King Ghidorah on this issue's variant's cover, and the summery promised "GIANT MONSTER FIGHTS!" So, this issue must have brought the series back on track.


NO.


This issue wasn't good, I could barely even call it okay. This is a dark comedy series, and the monsters are barely appearing on the panels. "GIANT MONSTER FIGHTS?" Lies.


The humans are painfully bad, the only good one is Steven Woods, who returns for the final two pages. And the last page? Not even a cliffhanger. I'm only reading this series because I'm a Godzilla fan, otherwise, not. This wouldn't be the best way to get in new fans.


I give them props for bringing back the Supersonic Hell Creature of the Sky: Rodan. He looks great in this issue, but the art is really bad. He looks more like a brown Gyaos.


The art isn't that great, some people look like stick figures, and Rodan.....you get the point.


There are some good scenes, like a head-shot of Godzilla looming down upon the traffic....but that's about it.


The fight between Godzilla and Anguirus is finished in the opening pages, and you can guess who won. So far, there has been only one fight, and it was short.


On another note, why are the Powell covers so boring compared to the variants? Also, I really hope they stop doing these awesome character covers but the character don't appear in the actual comic.


In closing, this might just be the worst issue yet. No, scratch that. It IS the worst issue yet. I'm very mad at IDW, Godzilla is my favorite franchise, and this comic series is not doing it justice at all.


I give this issue a 3/10.

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StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 7/27/2011, 3:36 PM
Wow....I'm surprised by this review, I thought you would be glad that they ditched the human elements that weighed down the prior issues and focused primarily on the monsters. They are trying to get this into the right direction. I don't see it as being really bad, I think if it doesn't hold up to fans with all the mail they get, I'm sure there will be a new writer and artist on board soon enough. IDW can make good stuff but this seems hard for them to grasp, which it shouldn't, making likable characters reeling with the horrors of living in a world with Giant Monsters. Rather than this series that pokes fun of our world that adds in these monsters.
Destroyer14
Destroyer14 - 7/27/2011, 4:38 PM
@CC87 Here's the thing, I was glad about that. But I don't like all this false advertising. "GIANT MONSTER FIGHTS!" was what they said, we got none of that. That cover with King Ghidorah, nope. The art is lazy too, Rodan doesn't look like Rodan. It might be a step in the right direction....a very tiny, tiny step. CC87, it's just that it feels like a low-quality $1.99 series rather than the $3.99 price. Gangsters and Goliaths is SO much better. The fan letters aren't doing much, their pretty much praising the series.
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 7/27/2011, 7:18 PM
I agree that the Advertising sucks and is misleading. I hope they learn their lesson and give us what we want
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