Dark Horse Presents issue 106
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Dark Horse Presents #106 is an anthology comic book published by Dark Horse in February 1996. It includes the story "Godzilla's Day" written by Ed Brubaker with assistance from Jon Lewis and illustrated by Dave Cooper, as well as "Big Blown Baby" written by Robert Loren Fleming and illustrated by Bill Wray, and part 6 of 12 of "The One Trick Rip-off" written and illustrated by Paul Pope. Though published in the middle of Dark Horse's Godzilla run, "Godzilla's Day" is a self-contained comedy unrelated to that series.
"Godzilla's Day" plot
Godzilla attacks the peaceful city of Hana, but is driven off by the military. Three days later, a news program reports that a motive has still not been discovered for the attack, besides that Godzilla was approaching the spike-covered Wang Tower. This is followed by another story at the base of Mount Osamu, where a reporter is interviewing a local about the destruction of a pine forest; giant pieces of skin were left on the scene, leading to a red alert being issued in the area for a "skin monster" on the loose. The channel then goes to commercial break before picking up with an episode of The World of Animals, hosted by Matsumoto Takahashi and his son Tetsuo, who suggests that they talk about Godzilla. Matsumoto protests, insisting that the episode be about reptiles, despite Tetsuo's attempts to convince him that Godzilla is a reptile. Meanwhile, in Osaka, a new World Trade Center designed to look like a rose bush is having its grand opening. Just before the mayor can cut the ribbon, however, Godzilla appears and begins approaching the building. The military instigates Operation: Godzilla Blockade, unleashing all of its firepower on the monster, but is unable to keep him at bay.
Interrupted by an emergency broadcast of the event, Matsumoto and Tetsuo abandon filming to watch. Tetsuo manages to convince his father that Godzilla is in fact a reptile, hypothesizing that the monster is trying to use the World Trade Center to help shed his skin. Matsumoto tips off the military, and a plan is enacted to build a giant scratching post in a clearing west of Osaka. With all of the construction crews in the area united, the structure is completed within an hour. The military manages to push Godzilla into the countryside, where he promptly makes use of the scratching post.
Godzilla's roar of satisfaction is heard across the country, sending the citizens into celebration. From then on, Godzilla continues to visit the scratching post each year; it becomes celebrated as the national holiday Godzilla Day, during which time children invent games to play with the monster's discarded skin. The story is revealed to be a retelling by Tetsuo, now an old man, to his nephews. The boys express disbelief that Tetsuo helped create Godzilla Day, to which he retorts that they should go play on their Godzilla-skin slides.
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Trivia
- In real life, November 3 is celebrated by Godzilla fans as Godzilla Day, commemorating the day that the first film saw wide release in Japan in 1954.
- Hana and Mount Osamu are both fictional locations. A real World Trade Center was completed in Osaka in 1995, though the rose bush motif is fictitious.
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