Comments on: John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Godzilla

By: Dean

Dean — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:14:46 +0000

I bought the first 9 issues (or was it the complete run?) of Devil Dinosaur on eBay as a gag gift for a friend one year. I thought “Devil Dinosaur is hella dumb, Andy’ll get a kick out of it- and he loves Kirby.” Needless to say I read them first before I gave them away, but I was kind of bummed that I had run out of Devil Dinosaur issues!! I especially loved Kirby’s half-page essays on Philosophical Stuff- he had some of those in his Machine-Man series too.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 17:40:22 +0000

Devil Dinosaur had a weird team-up/fight with the Hulk a few years back. (Marvel refuses to give up on anything that could be squeezed for a few dollars more.)

By: David C

David C — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:16:20 +0000

I think it was West Coast Avengers that had a monster clearly intended to be Godzilla, but with the serial numbers filed off, in a storyline that had the return of a villain from Godzilla’s series, Dr. Demonicus.

By: Mr. Farrell

Mr. Farrell — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 11:09:58 +0000

I knew that there had been an in-continuity Godzilla comic when I was a kid, but don’t know that I ever read an issue. However when the X-Men returned from Secret Wars (in a Claremont/Romita Jr. issue), appearing in Japan with a giant dragon, a civil defense network operative dropped the line “Monster Island reports all monsters present and accounted for.” I loved what I took as a further acknowlegement that Big G was also folded into the Marvel Universe.

Of course when I later revisted my childhood love of Godzilla, and learned what he actually looked like when not on an 11″ B&W TV, I wasn’t so happy with the version that appeared in the comic. What the hell was that lumpy green thing, anyway?

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:56:46 +0000

Oh Lord, I need to buy this.

By: Rob Barrett

Rob Barrett — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:24:41 +0000

Bill, there was a Devil Dinosaur team-up. I really recommend getting a hold of the Essential Godzilla TPB. It’s crack-tastic.

By: TV's Grady

TV's Grady — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:15:45 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with Conor E’s comment- one of the more irritating things about being a hardcore Transformers fan is constantly having to put up with people outside the fandom blindly pooh-poohing the franchise’s more recent incarnations.

By: Bill Reed

Bill Reed — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:13:43 +0000

Did they ever do Godzilla vs. Devil Dinosaur? In the Savage Land? Because… why the hell not? Heh.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 01:03:43 +0000

Rob stole my thunder–when I read the comic, I had no idea who these Fantatic Four people were. I’m not sure if it alone drew me into other Marvel comics but it at least made them more inviting.

By: Conor E

Conor E — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:18:23 +0000

Ah, so nice to see a mainstream (that is, non-Transformers) site mention Beast Wars without maligning it.

By: DCD

DCD — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:55:24 +0000

Hey he’s back in Mighty Avengers so enjoy.

By: Rob Barrett

Rob Barrett — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:26:04 +0000

Great post on the Godzilla comic. This book was my vehicle into the mainstream Marvel universe–which I suppose would have been their strategy in setting Godzilla in the 616. All I can say about that final battle in New York is this: the Empire State Building schtick blew my little 8 year old mind.