The final chapter!
It's insane
>>77544314
Literally was in the process of creating this thread.
Anyone planning on doing the full thing now that it's complete?
So what does /co/ think? Is this the pinnacle of the medium? Or at least the GOAT miniseries? I figure it has to be either this or Archie vs. Predator.
>>77544340
drip
>>77544325
Then care of /m/.
So is it better than Half-Century War? Seems interesting.
>>77544359
I'd say this and issue 1 live up to the hype. They're exactly what I was hoping for when the series was announced. Issues 2 to 4 are pretty good (2 is beautiful) but not quite as good imo.
>>77544359
Not really, but it's still fun.
>>77544359
Better?
In my opinion, no.
But it's a lot more varied than Half Century War to a degree that they're almost too dissimilar to compare.
>>77544314
Amazing cover.
>>77544387
DICK GOBLIN!
>>77544316
That logo actually looks better with the solid single tone font.
>>77544397
>repel has worn off
Just finished it, that was fucking mind blowing.
>>77544425
Alright, what the hell is that thing?
>>77544433
Oh fuck it's cthulu
>>77544447
Pretty fucking huge.
>>77544469
What
>>77544469
That's pretty metal.
>>77544359
YES! Believe it or not, this VASTLY eclipses that. BY FAR the GOAT thing ever done with the character INCLUDING the movies. And this is coming from a huge Godzilla fan since I was a little kid.
>>77544469
....
>>77544477
It's only a flesh wound.
>>77544495
WHAT
>>77544495
>Skree- Onnk
FUCK YES.
>>77544495
I KNEW IT!
>>77544509
Hahahha what the fuck?
I'm confused and scared
>>77544520
>Wait
>FUCK
>>77544469
Well, I suppose the Hymenopterist in me should have seen that coming, but still. Damn.
>>77544509
THAT'S really metal!
>>77544533
DEMON ZILLA ATOMIC SOUL BLAST!
FUCK YEAH
>>77544378
#3 is fucking fantastic on all fronts except for the art.
>>77544563
>>77544545
He did it, he literally beat Hell.
>>77544563
LET'S ROCK
>>77544387
oh fuck that is the most unsettling and disturbing page in the mini so far
>>77544563
It's been a fucking ride.
>>77544563
GO GO GODZILLA!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T65rW_SIzg0
>>77544563
Wow, so basically every time Godzilla dies he fucking crashes through hell and heads through a Torii and revives?
Well why not.
>>77544397
He just fucking vaporized those things.
>>77544572
>he
GODZILLA IN PURGATORY WHEN
GODZILLA IN PARADISE WHEN
I want my Godzilla and Crew facing off against the NGE-tier Heavenly Host, dammit.
>>77544603
Yes He. Captital H, e. Fucker has become one above all and then some.
>>77544603
Godzilla's gender identity is Godzilla.
Godzilla's preferred pronoun are Skre and Roonk.
>>77544603
>>77544641
>>77544628
in japanese godzilla is only referred to with gender neutral pronouns. calm down
>>77544425
WTF is that?
>>77544681
Skre doesn't care what those bigoted assholes think.
Just because their roonk daddy, doesn't mean they know roonk.
>>77544681
japan only has gendered first person pronouns
>>77544509
JESUS CHRIST
>>77544759
No.
Godzilla.
>>77544545
How did he conquer himself? He just fired atomic breath at like, everything
>>77544433
... the fuck?
>>77544397
>>77544450
Godzilla just does not give the slightest fuck about those things.
>>77544783
He understood the demons were angels, and lets them eat away his sins, so that he may ascend beyond himself.
>>77544459
OK, now that is fucked up.
>>77544783
You have to think about in context with the other issues.
Someone smarter and with more time can do a full break down, I'm sure.
>>77544783
Look at pages 12 and 13.
See the acceptance on his face, in his stance.
What exactly is being accepted, I'm not sure.
But allowing himself to be eaten allowed himself to transcend, and become something greater. Like Obi-Wan letting Vader kill him.
>>77544469
HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>77544397
>panel 2
>IHaveMadeAMistake.jpg
Fucking. Metal.
>>77544495
lol wtf?
>>77544509
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!
>>77544520
This is...
...
... huh...
>>77544563
What was buddhist about this? The message basically was "BE SO METAL YOU FUCK EVERYONE'S SHIT UP AND THEN SOME", which I'm more than okay with, but I would've chose a different quote.
>>77544469
Is this the most shocking single page in comics history?
>>77544931
>BE SO METAL YOU FUCK EVERYONE'S SHIT UP AND THEN SOME
I'm pretty sure that's what Buddhism is all about.
Probably.
>>77544520
>Great, the bat thingys are restless tonight.
>OH WAIT FU-
![nagasaki-1945[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/pMMoNnE.jpg "nagasaki-1945[1].jpg")
>>77544545
Hey it's that pillar that survived the Nagasaki bombing.
>>77544974
THE LORE DEEPENS
>>77544533
Oh shit this is insane.
>>77544563
I'm crying rigt now, I'm fucking crying with this epic shit
>>77544974
It's called a torii, they're at the entrance to shinto shrines in Japan, and passing through them is a symbolic passing from the material world to the spiritual, then back again on the way out.
>>77544563
This was INTENSE!
>>77545043
Oh thanks, that makes even more sense now.
>>77544603
Pretty sure the obvious female Godzilla was the... y'know... that one...
>>77544533
He has become SKREEONNK
>>77544783
Godzilla is just totally in control of everything. Unbeatable.
>>77544867
>In death, I have become more powerful than ever
At last, I truly see.
>>77544406
REACTION IMAGES!
>>77544425
>>77544469
[WAKE ME UP]
>>77544520
>>77544783
Last issue had him working with his enemies (which let him move on) instead of against them (which locked them in an endless, inane struggle).
It can be argued that the mini has him confronting his base appetites and going through a completely exhausting ordeal where he is dwarfed and oppressed by the vast cruelty of the underworld. Dino-Dante.
Is it meant to be ambiguous as to whether he was in Hell?
Most of the time he doesn't seem to even comprehend what's going on.
![[SKREEONK's internally].png](https://i.imgur.com/DRGcUNg.png "[SKREEONK's internally].png")
>this comic
>>77544355
You can't?
>>77545193
Maybe not specifically heaven, hell, purgatory or limbo.
Just...the afterlife.
>>77544495
G-cells. Not even once.
>>77545193
Issue one opens with him looking upon "ABANDON HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE" in letters twice his size.
That usually means you're in hell.
>>77545193
No, the title is very clear.
>>77545265
Why would Hell have that sign? Why would it be destructible?
Why would he even be in a hell with human words in it?
>>77545284
Do you not understand that this is a comic book?
>>77545284
Satan must be a big fan of Dante and decided to make a sign as a homage.
>>77545265
I love that he sees that, and while it's unlikely he can even read, he took offense to this giant imposing thing and just blasted it as if to say "NOBODY'S BIGGER THAN ME, NOBODY!SKREONK!"
>>77545304
Yeah, but most comics still have an internal logic to them. I'm trying to make sense of everything.
>>77544520
>what can be worse than a godzilla?!
>oh I know!
>A GODZILLA HIVEMIND MADE UP OF DEMONS
>>77544346
I hate to say it, but if you think either of those are the pinnacle of the medium you have a lot to read.
It's all visual metaphor.
>>77545329
Best part for him, his body is made up of mini-godzillas that can blast radiation externally.
>>77544387
Gigginox?
>>77545325
Hell is nonsensical by its very nature. That's the whole point.
The whole thing is a mix of symbolism and homages to Godzilla's past. It's more about art than logic.
How did he go there? How much of what we saw was even real? It's ambiguous, you can think of it what you wish.
>>77545383
>How did he go there?
Died fighting Space Godzilla and refused to fight for the Angels.
>>77544567
3 is definitely the weakest issue all around.
>>77545351
>this is the kind of faggot who likes Watchmen
>>77545410
better to fight in hell, than to serve in heaven.
>>77545323
W-why does the smoke text say lust?
>>77545417
When did I say anything about Watchmen? That's pretty far from the best the medium has to offer, too.
>>77545427
That was the theme of the issue. He meets another of his kind, and when he gets close, she turns into a monster that tries to devour him.
>>77545427
Because Godzilla meets his ideal mate, which is apparently a kaiju-esque Suicide girl clone of himself
>still would
>>77545284
>Why would Hell have that sign?
Ask Dante Alighieri.
>>77545475
Reminds me of my first dates.
>>77545454
From the way its hands are when waiting for Godzilla, she seems like a shy grill.
>>77545427
Because the issue was based on the circle of lust (the second circle of Hell and the first to feature true punishments) from Dante's depiction of Hell. He even walks through a storm of human bodies (the punishment for people in the circle of lust in Dante's Inferno was to be eternally blown around by violent winds).
>>77545193
Him and his fellow monsters are all pretty much animals.
But they've created death on such a massive scale that the powers that be would feel obliged to send them to a place of punishment despite their minds being too simple to comprehend the existential awfulness of their situation outside of basic pain and frustration.
>>77545510
>You will never know the feeling of your date trying to eat you when you try to initiate necking
>>77545430
>this is the kind of c.uck that likes maus
Well done, IDW. Honestly, after Marvel's output today, I was pretty much this close to taking a break from comics in general. It's good to get hyped about something again.
>>77544533
BAH GAWD
>>77545543
Maybe if you keep trying you'll get it right, but if that's the best you can do you have a lot to read.
>>77545570
>>77545601
I like his optimism.
>>77544533
WITNESSED
>>77544455
Yog-Sothoth knows the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the gate. Yog-Sothoth is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Yog-Sothoth. He knows where the Old Ones broke through of old, and where They shall break through again. He knows where They have trod earth's fields, and where They still tread them, and why no one can behold Them as They tread.
—H. P. Lovecraft, "The Dunwich Horror"
>>77545622
>this is the kind of faggot who reads Vertigo and Image
>>77544335
This, I was hoping to just get around to reading it all at once in the span of 4-5 days.
Damn, this was awesome.
And this is coming from someone for which this is the ONLY Godzilla-related media I've seen.
I'm a sucker for these types of stories, what can I say?
>>77545770
>He hasn't watched Godzilla
What's wrong with you? Do you not want to see Japan getting nuked again, except this time the nuke is a dinosaur?
So...where do they take the license from here?
>>77545791Make that a she hasn't watched Godzilla
I have a fucking huge backlog of stuff I haven't seen, man. If you can give me somewhere I can see them, I'll just add it to the pile.
IDW is pretty fucking good.
I hope the sales for Godzilla issues are better now than they used to be some time ago.
>>77545823
SPACE!
Godzilla Destroys the Universe.
>>77545823
Write a Jet Jaguar book.
>>77545823
Don't know if they've ever done it, but a Godzilla vs. Transformers crossover would be pretty fucking neato.IDW does love them their crossovers.
>>77545847
In my house. With me. In between bouts of lesbian sex.
But seriously, you can probably find everything online or on torrents with minimal googling.
>>77545937
Have an "essentials" pic or something? Like a top 5 for Godzilla?
Damn that was good. I think I missed issue 4 but I still got the gist of it. So every time Godzilla dies he just wills himself back into existence? As other anons have put it, that's just downright metal.
>>77545965
>>77545943
>IHaveMadeAMistake
lol.
>>77545998
Thanks much
>>77545965
It depends on what you want out of them, they kinda are all over the place in tone and content. You can see somber allegories on the arrogance of man or see Godzilla framed for a crime he didn't commit perpetuated bya robot duplicate in a rubber mask controlled by space apes.
But start with the original.
>>77545965
Everything on here is above average or better.
>>77546022
This list needs Cataclysm and Rulers of Earth.
>>77545998
Pretty good. And yes the first two of the Millennium series were pretty generic but Godzilla had a cool design.
>>77545937
>>77545847
Speaking of torrents there used to be a huge torrent of kaiju movies including all of the Godzilla movies floating around. Not sure if its still seeded, but it shouldn't be too hard to find.
>>77546028
>Cataclysm
Garbage. GTFO of here.
>Rulers of Earth
Borderline.
>>77546022
Cataclysm should be on there. Rulers of Earth too.
>>77546022
No it isn't. That chart recommends every issue of Legends.
>>77546039
Cataclysm had Biolante being plot relevant and Rulers had monsters as actual characters.
>>77546028
Oh, yes. Those were good. And RoE had the best balance between length and good art. Also lots of monsters and good setting. I want more of that. More cool action after things like Cataclysm and Hell.
Compare that to the ongoing or Kingdom of Monsters. Especially the latter was just so bad. And even worse when it got political.
>>77545998
This is a pretty great chart, but needs GMK.
>>77544509
and hell is now FUCKED!!!!
>>77546031
Yeah, I found the subbed Varan and fucking Space Amoeba on that thing.
>>77546091
It's the "magic" one. It's pretty much it tbqh.I still think it was fine.
>>77544533
TRIPLE DUBS!!! behold the FUTURE!!!
>>77546123
Oh, I somehow missed that. Nevermind. Chart is perfect.
The Godzilla stages of dying:
Anger
Anger
Anger
Anger
Angry acceptance
>>77544610
purgatory was in three, he never bothered with heaven.
>>77546116
Really? I have a few such big torrents saved but I don't know if they still work.
I can't find some of these movies in their original Japanese version (they're usually longer).
I have the original Varan but I had to edit it myself because it was in three parts and then add and embed subtitles. Same with the original Half Human (aka Toho's lost movie and the reason why Honda didn't make GRA).
But I can't find either Dogora or King Kong Escapes. It's impossible and it's driving me nuts.
>>77546158
I'll try to find a link to it.
>>77546154
Is Godzilla sinful and deserves to go to Hell or is he just beyond morals and he can go whenever he wants?
>>77545193
there was nothing ambiguous about it. the first two issues were literally Dante's (the favorite source for the place) version of hell.
>>77544533
Godzilla too op pls nerf.
>>77545427
level one has the words abandon all hope near the entrance. past that is level two where those who's primary sin was LUST are punished.
Dante actually had an issue where he lusted after the wife of a benefactor, so he wrote a "relatively easy" punishment for himself. he does the same in the purgatory arc as well.
>>77546158
Here's where I found Varan.
https://kat.cr/sci-fi-annuals-1958a-t6992696.html
And here's a big nasty fucker.
https://tpbmirror.xyz/torrent/6564824/Monster_Kaiju_Pack__Godzilla_Gamera_Mothra_____PhattPack
>>77546299
Yeah I have this one. I still hope that one day it will be possible to find the original version of these two movies. I believe all other movies are there.
>>77544425
>I have no mouth but I must SKREEEEONK
>>77545935
there's an image floating around of Godzilla fighting the old megazord from power rangers.
and it's in my archives. YAY!!!
>>77544469
Woah.
>>77544509
A MILLION OUTTA TEN
>>77544520
Holy shit this is amazing
>>77544563
UP FROM THE DEPTHS
...I didn't like it.
This issue, the issue where he gets angels and demons on his side because he's so metal and the first issue were good, but I can't ignore that there was no connection between issues.
HCW is way better
>>77546540
That'sa totally valid way to feel.
>>77544459
>>77544469
>>77544563
Godzilla got tired of Mothra and Gamera hogging all the Jesus Allegory Kaiju status and decided to do it himself
>>77546540
>no connection
He's traveling through levels of hell. How hard is that to understand? Have you never read Dante's Inferno before or even seen an adaptation or retelling of the concept?
>>77546665
>an adaptation or retelling of the concept
There really aren't that many, I think.
The only one I know of is a puppet show.
>>77546540
>>77546665
This. He literally leaves each level at the end of an issue and reaches the next one at the beginning of the next. They're literally all directly connected from the final page of each issue to the first page of the very next issue after it.
>>77546665
It WAS Dante's Inferno at first, but that concept was just shaken off by the other writers who made an entire issue of just "How did the big G die?"
>>77546692
Inferno has been retold either in direct adaptations or (more often) analogues/homages about a zillion times. There is almost no possible way you have never seen a version of the story unless you've never consumed any entertainment media in your entire life except comics.
>>77546726
>an entire issue of just "How did the big G die?"
Which issue was that? One that never happened?
>>77546148
Hyperfurious rebirth
>>77546745
I think they mean issue 3? Where G and Space G destroy the earth in what could have been a G Dream.
>>77544783
He had a desire for destruction. He stopped himself and chose death. He beat his desire.
...but he went on to destroy Cthulhu basically, so I dunno.
>>77546728
I still can't think of any other than the puppet show and the video game that hardly counts.
Sure, there's countless references all over the place, but I can't think of any direct adaptations or stories where the protagonist is guided through nine levels of hell.
And absolutely none that touch on Purgatory and Paradise.
What I'm saying is, name two or three for me.
>>77546540
3 was meant to be a flashback. He died and arrived at purgatory and then fell into hell when fighting Space Godzilla.
The whirlpool Ghidorah dragged Godzilla into in 2 lead him to the battlefield in 4. Then the blank void from the end of 4 lead to the mountain in 5.
>>77546702
You literally don't seem to be able to count. Inferno literally had 9 circles of hell. So if we take what you literally say and literally apply it then we can literally see that literally Godzilla skipped over 3 layers since there is literally only 5 issues. I literally say only 3 layers because I am literally giving you the benefit of a doubt and not literally counting limbo since the first issue literally skips it to literally go straight to lust.
>>77546899
No one said he visited every level. No one said it's EXACTLY the same as Inferno. But it's clearly using the same concept.
>>77544931
Buddha warrior
>>77546022
Would you guys say this one is accurate?
>>77547414
I don't know if I agree with all of it, but it's pretty close.
I really liked the art in this issue.
>>77545935
>>77546446
>>77547414
Turn In Hell green and I'd call it a winner.
Man Kingdom of Monsters was garbage...
>>77546299
If it isn't the loser bros.
>>77544581
GO GODZILLA GO!
https://youtu.be/UOv1kV-ElJI
>>77545601
>Sin of Lust
>female turns into giant spiky vagina that literally swallows him
>it's like poetry it rhymes.jpg
>>77546540
Well yeah, but was that a problem? It was 5 barely connected stories of Godzilla doing shit in hell.
>>77544559
>not Devilzilla
Come on anon its like poetry
I've never read any Godzilla and this issue peaked my interest so I've decided to buy some TPBs. The ones below appeal to me the most but can o read them and still understand the stories? Or are they part of an ongoing story? Any other recommended arcs?
gangsters + goliaths 2011
half century war 2012
cataclysm 2014
Godzilla in hell 2015
>>77548817
They are all stand alone minis.
>>77546178
>Implying the ending wasn't Godzilla in his own personal heaven.
>>77548865
Thanks m8.
Any previous lore that needs learning, or can I just straight in?
>>77544563
>>77544545
>>77544533
>>77544520
>>77544509
>>77544495
>>77544469
Fucking Amazing.
>>77546446
>>77547832
>Part of Toho's agreement with IDW was no crossovers
It hurts
>>77548964
Awwwwwwwwww!
WHAT?!
I mean, c'mon, who wouldn't want to see Godzilla stomping around Equestria and learning a lesson about friendship?
>>77548817
The only recent Godzilla comics that had an on-going story were History Greatest Monster and Rulers of Earth the former leading into the latter.
Though you don't need to have read it to understand ROE
>>77549010
PlebIf any kaiju deserve to be in Equestria it's Morthra or Leo
>>77549072
They'd bring no conflict though. Like Yellow Quiet would be besties with them in ten seconds flat.
>>77549023
A quick summary of KoM and HGM to lead up into Rulers:
-Monsters fucked shit up
-A soldier named Woods and a little girl piloted a wrecked Mechagodzilla to fight monsters
-Two psycic girls controlled Battra to fuck shit up
-Some mercs decided to start capturing monsters for a heavy fee and fucked shit up
-There were aliens too I guess?
-Monsters fucked off.
Now go read Rulers of Earth.
It has Megalon and gay shit so it's the best thing ever.
>>77548902
They can be read on their own just fine, there are references and homages that you may not get but it's not necessary to do so.
In fact it can go the other way. If you ever get to watch the movies you'll realize where certain details come from.
There is also "Legends" in wich every issue is a stand alone story.
>>77549130
Simple, bring KG too so they can knock his shit in.
>>77549241
Oh god, I would so read this.
King Ghidorah, world slayer, comes to Equestria, horse people team up with Mothra to bring him down.
>>77544533
HOLY SHIT!
>>77545823
Godzilla should team up with Zone Fighter and travel from planet to planet fighting evil alien species and the giant monsters from that show (and Dogora who still hasn't appeared in any comics). Godman and Greenman could appear from time to time.
>>77549193
> Some mercs decided to start capturing monsters for a heavy fee and fucked shit up
You forgot they were led by Jason Statham.
What I'm noticing is that how Godzilla got in hell to begin with is really unclear.
Issue 2 outright states Ghidorah is to blame, but Issue 3 has the maybe dream, maybe flashback with Space Godzilla, and Ghidorah only appears later as another prisoner of Hell
>>77544520
I clicked here to find out why Godzilla is in hell and found this. What the fuck is this!?
>>77546540
HCW is stronger because it has a single guy working on the story and art, so it more cohesive.
Still loved the hell out of this though, it was a chaotic experiment that definitely fit the theme, of Godzilla being in hell.
>>77549500
Yeah, but if I said that, then they'd have to read it. That's how it got me.
And it honestly was not a great run. It was OKAY, but it was stretched too long. Woulda been a great movie though.
>>77549504
Each issue has different writter and artist, some times one person doing both. There isn't so much desire for continuity as it is for leaving these artists do wathever they want in a setting such as hell.
>>77544563
KING OF THE MONSTERS
>>77544520
>Last Panel
PANIC!!
>>77544563
HELL STATUT
[]SAFE
[X]SKREEEONK
>>77549504
I think something changed in development as to who brought him there. With how much negative reception those #2 captions got, I wonder if they'll end up being omitted in the trade.
As far as 2 and 4 goes, I just figure Ghidorah dragged Godzilla through the whirlpool into the ruined city.
>>77544563
>Godzilla emerges from the sea
Wait, what?
>>77549793
>DRAMATIZATION: MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED
Godzilla did wake up after this, ya know.
>>77549793
It can be taken as a meta look at things, if you strive for continuity in the comics. No matter how bad things turn up in the movies earth is fairly normal or even better in the sequels.
>>77549826
Yes. At the foot of Mt. Purgatory.
