Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Volume 1

author: Chris Mowry

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.44

book published: 2013

rating: 2

read at: 2014/03/21

date added: 2014/03/21

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

Godzilla: Rulers Of Earth Volume 1 feels like a very long prologue. There is a fair amount of fighting, but when it's all said and done, I felt like saying "And?" Then the book ended.



Along with feeling like a prologue, though, it kind of dumps you in the middle of the story. Godzilla is back as well as a whole host of the regular gang (the smog monster, Zilla, and other big kaiju). There is also a new threat from outer space. A group of specialized soldiers fighting these monsters are largely outclassed and given crappy dialogue. There is a group of specialists that are meeting, but by the end of the book, they aren't given much to do. The monster fights are what you are really here for and they are large and fairly impressive, if you like that sort of thing. It all kind of feels like a setup for the next volume.



Story by Chris Mowry leaves the character development a little flat. Perhaps that's not really important in a comic about giant fighting monsters. Art by Matt Frank is impressive with the monsters and fairly uneven with the humans. It's clear that the creators and audience are purely focused on the monster fights and the rest of the book is left as uninteresting filler.



I was given a review copy of this graphic novel by Diamond Book Distributors and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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