One of the greatest things about the Godzilla comics is the fact of how much crazier they can get than the movies. They don't have budget or material limitations. They are only limited by what they can think up, and how much of it they can draw.

Fun Fact: Godzilla still exists in Marvel's Earth 616 (their main Earth). When Marvel couldn't get the rights anymore or didn't want to, Dr. Demonicus, I believe, caught & mutated him, some other shenanigans happened, & a name change happened somewhere. But that monster is still technically him & does show up from time to time in other stories. I think there's even other Godzillas (Godzillae?) running around in other comics from the time too.

It's interesting that Ghost Rider didn't accompany his Champions allies in the fight against Godzilla. Ghost Rider has a Penance Stare power, where he can look his foe in the eye and force them to feel all the pain they've ever inflicted on others. It seems like that power wouldn't work on a creature the size of Godzilla, but in one of the cartoons it actually leveled Galactus.

toho: this is our new character his name is jet jaguar the rest of the countries: *they proceed to change the name because.....why not?* spain: superman Usa: robot man France: king kong...... seriously wtf?

I still have the big "Essentials" collection book of Marvel's Godzilla. I have read it over and and over again sooooo many times!

Doug Moench is actually a great writer (the Master of Kung-Fu series he did for Marvel is top notch), but I think he, by his own admission, really had to try and make Godzilla work in the Marvel universe. He made the right decision making Godzilla more of an anti-hero/hero in the comics, since most incarnations of Godzilla shift from villain to anti-hero after a worse threat arrives. I do like that he kept Godzilla's intelligence in play, as Godzilla is actually quite intelligent. Overall the Marvel Godzilla really feels like it takes inspiration from the Incredible Hulk comics, where the Hulk is being chased by the military and has to simultaneously defeat a villain, while coming into conflict with the military and heroes who don't understand his intentions. IMO to me, that works out pretty well for Godzilla and it could have been way worse than what we could have gotten. Overall, a fun series.

I only knew about Marvel's Godzilla through the classic avengers, so to see that the big G having his own series is pretty fun to take a look into! Especially when there's a primary character named "Dum Dum" lol.

Some think that it would be a good idea to have Godzilla in the MCU. Very intriguing, but probably very difficult to accomplish. There would be SO much studio red tape with Toho, Disney, and Warner Brothers/Legendary, which is still going forward with the Monsterverse.

I can't wait till you get to IDW's Godzilla: The Half-Century War. That's not only my favorite Godzilla comic, but one of my favorite pieces of Godzilla media period.

The Golden Gate Bridge trope might come partially from that 40s(?) Superman cartoon where a giant Godzilla-esque monster slams through a similar looking bridge in nicely animated sequence. I just feel like it's one of those pop culture moments that's not widely recognizable but has had its own small impact. I have no evidence for this but I have seen that clip used in many places (documentaries, stock footage, etc.)

11:15 just because it is such an important landmark and so well known so it really puts the size of that Godzilla in perspective

I would prefer Gamera in the Marvel Comics over Godzilla because Gamera is more of a heroic kaiju. Godzilla might be more fitting in the DC Comics.

As a 10 year old Godzilla fan in 1977, who had just been introduced to Marvel Comics that same summer, I was completely bowled over when I saw Godzilla #1 on the spinner rack at a local convenience store. I remember rereading it multiple times and flipping through the pages just to admire the artwork. I ended up collecting about 80% of the series over the following two years, unfortunately, living in a small town, the stores didn't always get every issue that came out, and I ended up missing 4 or 5 of them. It wasn't until several years ago, when I kind of got back into comics a third time after a 20+ year absence, that I was finally able to read the issues I missed in the collected b&w Essentials edition.

Very cool! I’ve always read it as “De-Mahn-Ikk-Uss”, though.

I'm a massive fan of marvel comics and Godzilla and the fact that Godzilla stomped a mud hole through marvel comics like that is awesome they did Godzilla justice

1:14 is that wrath of cortex I hear? If so than That theme slaps!

That giant black bird with the mace-like tail greatly impressed me when I saw that issue back in the day.

Collected all 24 issues when I was a kid! I just recently came across them in storage at my parents. I plan on reading them again soon. Loved this series!

Awesome. I hope you get to cover the 2000’s King Kong cartoon, while I don’t think it holds up as well under an adult perspective unlike Godzilla the Series, I still think the intro is awesome.

Great review man! Over the years I managed to collect every issue of this series. I enjoyed it but definitely think it would have been even more successful if Marvel threw in more of their well known Heroes/villains. Looking forward to part 2

so good

Thanks again for sharing your hard work

Keep up the great work👍👍

The cool thing about most of the 'original' monsters in Marvel's Godzilla is that many of them aren't exactly new. Post-World War II super heroes went out of fashion in American comics for the better part of a decade. Yeah, most publishers had at least one but DC's Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are the only super heroes to appear in at least one title a month from their first appearance in the 30s and 40s until now. (Though with Wonder Woman, if you have to count appearances in titles not her own- like Infinity Inc, Justice Society and Justice League, etc.) From about 1951-59, Marvel's real biggest hits were giant monster comics and most of the creatures Godzilla is shown fighting come from these titles. Apart Xemnu and Groot, most of these stories were not canon for the Marvel universe at the time until Godzilla. Their inclusion was actually suggested by Archie Goodwin.

I haven’t watched this yet (but when I get the time later I will) but I know it’s gonna be as entertaining and interesting as your other videos. You’ve become one of my favorite channels in a short amount of time. Keep up the amazing work!

Hey, man, great video. Just a heads up Moench is pronounced "Munch" and Trimpe is pronounced "Trimp-ee". Stan Lee used to joke that it rhymed with "shrimpy".

Marvel and Godzilla, what an awesome concept! I was floored by the first issue when it came out as a teenager and faithfully collected the entire run. So disappointed it was canceled, but in hindsight it was for the best. Loving this series and your channel is great!

Have you ever thought of talking about the news of the next monsterverse installment with Godzilla vs Kong 2 and some the other news about the new of continuation of the monsterverse

I know it might not make intuitive sense, but my family is constantly mixing up my nephews Nightgaunt and Glitternight's names.

Leviathan remind me of man bear pig from south park

I managed to get a paperback compliation of the Marvel Godzilla Comics at a comic shop in the UK about a decade ago. It's nice going back to them thanks to your channel going through them.

It would be cool if there was series for red ronin. Or a series with heroes fighting giant monsters (not power rangers)

Best of luck on your we comic

I highly recommend the rulers of earth comics from IDW!

Batragon remind me of charizard

3:47 - 3:54 Me too, dude.

The fights are like samurai jack and ed edd eddy vibes

There is a behind the scenes why Demonicus didn't come back. See, Marvel was pulling a fast one on Toho. It is standard practice in an American comic company that on a licensed book like Godzilla, the license holders would own any new characters. However, Marvel included NO such language in their agreement with Toho. (IE: Normally, if say Marvel created a recurring Lt. J.G. in their Star Trek comic that came out around the same time, the character belongs to Paramount.) Toho was PISSED that they got duped. However, the same clause that allowed them to reference Godzilla issues in other comics. (Most notably in an issue of Marvel Two-In-One.) But they didn't have Demonicus come back in Godzilla because Toho threatened to pull the license entirely if they did.

A part of me REALLY wishes to see an episode of What If...? based off of this comic.

De MON i cus. "I don't think people could get these names confused"... well, you did, apparantly. :P Repeatedly.

Nice music dude

Actually that is really a tuesday for the marvel universe next to the universe rebooting and characters coming back to life and dying again

Me too I not bother Godzilla color problem

In fact he'll be calming Gabe that the entire issue. Imao bro i can feel your thoughts l

Fun fact marvel godzilla and marvel ultraman is in the same universe yeah the only time godzilla and ultraman crossedover in comics in turn of being in the same universe and i wish we can get an American ultraman movie it's actually easier than godzilla since you can do a rom spaceknight transformers green lantern and superman kind of fusion of story which could work as an American movie

Can you cover the mangas too?

Had some of the marvel ones.i can't find them but I hope I didn't lose them in the house fire a few years back.

Demoncus remind me of Eric cartman

Fun fact: Spider-Man appears in the Godzilla comics but only very briefly Why didn’t he get the memo? Because he was busy with his cameo in the marvel transformers comics

Gonna be honest, 'Mo-ench' and 'Erb Triemp' didn't bother me half as much as 'Diminicis'. You make him sound like the leader of a shady band of friars. Regarding the terrible dialogue: comic writers have always been in love with the sound of their own voices, so to speak. It goes back to Stan Lee and probably earlier. It probably isn't helped by 'The Marvel Method' (basic plot > artist draws the story > writer comes up with dialogue and captions afterwards) which probably still held sway in the 70s. It's why the art and action has to be crammed into the spaces between word balloons with characters yak yak yakking about everything and nothing. The writers have to fill that 'empty' space with _something,_ no matter how inane it is. Also, hats off to the research put into this vid, especially for someone with no particular interest in comics.

Honestly, Dum Dum's behavior towards The Champions in Issue 3 feels sadly true-to-life for a government worker.

It’s pronounced Herb “Trim-pee”, I met him once at a comic book event. He looked like a zombie

I think you're being a bit nitpicky with the first two issues; I bought Godzilla: King of the Monsters Issue #1 a few years ago & I had a blast. Also, I like new monsters in Godzilla properties; I get tired of Ghidorah, Mothra, Rodan, & Mechagodzilla all the time.

I have all the Godzilla verses in the mighty Morphin Power Rangers issue number one through five so I basically have all the issues🎉

Pleeeeeeease do rulers of earth

Seems like with the spelling -Demonic-us - it would sound like something closer to that.

MCU needs make a movie featuring Godzilla,they did have the Fantastic 4 face him.

You think Dugan was being dumb for refusing the help of the Champions? The Champions are to The Defenders what The Defenders are to The Avengers- The West Coast Avengers. Heck, even the Great Lakes Avengers get more respect than the Champions! The X-Statix make fun of the Champions! Yes, I intend to keep naming every obscure Marvel team I can think of! That version of the Fantastic Four from an alternate universe where they all got stretchy powers that never actually formed a team because Sue Storm was too self conscious about her weird powers so she broke up with Reed and went on to marry Ben where they presumably went on to have an unreasonably interesting sex life? They crack jokes about the Champions all the time! That one team with...

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