The Godzilla Comic

The Godzilla Comic Author(s) Hiroshi Yokoyama, Minoru Kawasaki, Kia Asamiya, Tatsuya Tomimoto, Shinpei Ito, Koichiro Yasunaga, Yutaka Kondo, Ryu Hariken, Kenichi Matsuzaki, Tamaki Nozomu, Akio Jissoji, Reijiro Kato, Kazuko Yumeno, Ken Ishikawa, Kazumine Daiji, Yamada Takahiro Publisher Takarajimasha Publish date February 10, 1990 Genre Various; anthology ISBN ISBN-10: 4880637920 ISBN-13: 978-4880637921

The Godzilla Comic (THEゴジラCOMIC,   Za Gojira Komikku) is a Japanese anthology comic published by Takarajimasha, Inc. on February 10, 1990.

Contents

The Godzilla Comic is an anthology comic featuring the work of a vast number of different artists and 15 original stories. The tales vary from humorous parodies to darker themes. The chapters are:

1. "Original Story: Godzilla" (ORIGINAL STORY GODZILLA,   Orijinaru Sutōrī Gojira) by Hiroshi Yokoyama
2. "Godzilla²" (ゴジラ^２,   Gojira Tsū) by Minoru Kawasaki and Kia Asamiya
3. "POSEIDON" (POSEIDON,   Poseidon) by Tatsuya Tomimoto
4. "Tokyo Godzilla Group" (東京ゴジラ団,   Tōkyō Gojira Dan) by Shinpei Ito
5. "Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter" (ゴジラ対盆栽娘,   Gojira tai Bonsai Musume) by Koichiro Yasunaga
6. "Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island" (元禄大戸島異聞,   Genroku Ōdotō Ibun) by Yutaka Kondo
7. "Monster Warrior Godzilla" (GODZILLA怪獣戦士,   Gojira Kaijū Senshi) by Hurricane Ryu
8. "Godzilla: Nightmare Option" (GODZILLA-悪夢の選択,   Gojira Akumu no Sentaku) by Kenichi Matsuzaki and Tamaki Nozomu
9. "Tiny Godzilla" (小さなゴジラ,   Chīsana Gojira) by Akio Jissoji and Reijiro Kato
10. "Last Seen" (ラストシーン,   Rasuto Shīn) by Kazuko Yumeno
11. "Warning from G" (Ｇからの警告,   Jī kara no Keikoku) by Shinobu Kaze
12. "Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada" (ゴジラ対山田課長,   Gojira tai Yamada Kachō) by Ken Ishikawa
13. "Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle" (ゴジラ再び地球防衛決戦,   Gojira Futatabi Chikyū Bōei Kessen) by Kazumine Daiji
14. "Gojira-kun" (ゴジラくん,   Gojirakun) by Yamada Takahiro
15. "Godzilla, Young Guy, and I" (僕とゴジラと若大将,   Boku to Gojira to Wakadaishō) by Minoru Kawasaki

Chapters

"Original Story: Godzilla"

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"Godzilla²"

In a comical short by comedian and Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (among other things) director Minoru Kawasaki, Japanese pop idol Yuki Saito is invited to join the Earth Defense Force, and uses her singing to pacify Godzilla during one of his rampages.

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"POSEIDON"

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"Tokyo Godzilla Group"

Another satirical take, this time poking fun at the various conference sequences of the Godzilla films and other Toho monster films.

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"Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter"

In a tale with a clear inspiration from Godzilla vs. Biollante, a human-bonsai creature defends the world from Godzilla. This story is more atmospheric in nature, and Godzilla only appears, in silhouette, in a single panel.

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"Strange Tale of Genroku Period Odo Island"

In 1701, Godzilla appears and battles a group of Edo Period Japanese samurai.

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"Monster Warrior Godzilla"

Created by conceptual artist and suit actor "Hurricane" Ryu Hariken, this story depicts Godzilla and other Toho kaiju as humanoid warriors from an alternate reality. Thanks to an advanced human army, they are on the verge of extinction as the humans seek to invade and take over their home world to replace the dying Earth. Godzilla agrees to do battle with them alone, but not before killing Biollante, the traitor who gave the humans the Spirit of the Beast Tree. Baragon also informs him of a legendary sword, shield, and suit of armor that fell to Earth when the rift between the human and monster realities opened. Godzilla arrives in Japan, swiftly destroys the humans' undersea forces, and acquires the armor. A Markalite GYRO launches him into space, but he escapes after it collides with a meteor. He dispatches the humans' space forces, including the Gotengo and the Gohten, then takes on the Super X and the Super X2 with equal success. Burrowing underground, he seemingly kills the Japanese Prime Minister before rescuing the Beast Tree Spirit. She prepares to close the rift. The Prime Minister takes on Godzilla at the helm of Jet Jaguar, backed up by Mechagodzilla, Moguera, and Mechani-Kong. Their weapons wound him, but just then the sword and shield emerge from a fissure. Jet Jaguar hops onto a motorcycle as the Prime Minister raves about the need for humans to colonize the monsters' world so as to replace their own polluted planet. Godzilla finishes all four mechas off with a blast of his atomic breath, then returns to his reality by ascending in a beam of light.

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  Titanosaurus, the Space Beastman, Gorosaurus, and Sanda

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  Kamoebas, King Caesar, and Anguirus talking amongst themselves

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  Godzilla sitting, before being armored

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  Godzilla slicing Biollante's head off with his sword, before being armored

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  Godzilla's armor

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  Godzilla being bombarded by beams

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  Godzilla being stabbed by a drill

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  Godzilla with the Beast Tree Spirit

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  Godzilla arriving in a city

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  Godzilla confronting Mechagodzilla, Mechani-Kong, Jet Jaguar, and Moguera

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  Godzilla dueling Jet Jaguar

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  Godzilla smashing the robot monsters into each other

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  The robot monsters being finished off by Godzilla's atomic breath

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  Godzilla retuning to his reality by ascending in a beam of light

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"Godzilla: Nightmare Option"

In this story Godzilla battles a monster named Gandora, and at the end of it mutates into a "Super Godzilla"-type form.

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"Tiny Godzilla"

Written by Ultraman (among other things) director Akio Jissoji, a love story takes a dark turn when it is revealed the object of a cameraman's affection is actually an alien attempting to control Godzilla.

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"Last Seen"

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"Warning from G"

Easily the strangest and most controversial story in the entire book, a martial arts master learns a special killing technique to use against Godzilla. Against all odds the move works and Godzilla is killed, though at the cost of his own life, leaving his pregnant wife a widow. Not long after the child is born he starts behaving strangely, and he reveals that he is actually Godzilla reincarnated in human form before attacking his mother. The story from there on takes a weird ride through the spirit world.

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"Godzilla vs. Chief Yamada"

Another humorous story that is something of a crossover with the author's own Salary Man Kintaro-style comic character.

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"Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle"

Written and illustrated by Daiji Mine, Gigan and King Ghidorah return and Godzilla and Mothra defend the Earth from them.

Dr. Testsuichi Serizawa, the nephew of Dr. Daisuke Serizawa, warns that, due to the continued release of Freon gases and other pollutants, the Earth is in peril. Making an appeal to humanity, Serizawa gives a plea on live television showing strange phenomena throughout the world. Mothra appears in the Arctic mid-broadcast. Subsequently, Serizawa and the others are interrupted when Gigan appears in Tokyo and begins a rampage. A wounded Godzilla shows up and engages Gigan before King Ghidorah appears. King Ghidorah and Gigan nearly kill Godzilla before the water begins to freeze. Using spears of ice, Godzilla retaliates and sends the space monsters fleeing.

It is revealed that Mothra was spraying her threads in Antarctica not to create a cocoon, but to save the planet by restoring the ozone layer with her silk. Mothra then dies as a result of wounds from King Ghidorah and the cold. The manga ends with Dr. Serizawa realizing that there was an alien conspiracy and warns humanity of this tragic turn of events.

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Appearances

Monsters

"Godzilla vs. Bonsai Daughter" Godzilla Bonsai Daughter "Monster Warrior Godzilla" Godzilla Titanosaurus Space Beastman Gorosaurus Sanda Maguma Anguirus Varan Rodan Kamoebas King Caesar Kamacuras Griffon Gabara Bat Man Gezora Meganulon Biollante Bat Man Baragon Mechagodzilla Mechani-Kong Jet Jaguar Moguera Spirit of the Beast Tree Remains of the unknown monsters inhabiting the Monster Realm Gomora (mentioned) "Godzilla: Nightmare Option" Godzilla Gandora "Warning from G" Godzilla Reincarnated Godzilla child

"Godzilla's Resumed Earth Defense Battle" Godzilla King Ghidorah Gigan Mothra "Gojira-kun" Godzilla Fake Godzilla / Mechagodzilla Titanosaurus Hedorah Mothra Anguirus Rodan Moguera Giant Octopus Baragon Minilla Manda Ebirah Kumonga Gabara King Ghidorah Gigan Mechani-Kong Maguma Megalon Gorosaurus Giant Condor Dogora Varan Meganulon

Weapons, vehicles, and races

"Monster Warrior Godzilla" Mary Ann Soviet Nuclear Attack Satellite Wadatsumi-1 Akatsuki Red Satan Black Shark Alpha Mu Submarine Markalite GYRO Gorath Gotengo Gohten Moonlight SY-3 SPIP P-1 Space Fighter Freight Ship Space Arrow Minerva Base Tokyo-3 Small Transmission Ship Super X Super X2 Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria Gunhed 507 MBT-MB92 N1-00 Cyclone

Gallery

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  The back cover

Trivia

• "Monster Warrior Godzilla" features multiple Toho monsters who, at that time, had yet to cross over into the Godzilla series: the Space Beastman, Sanda, Maguma, Kamoebas, the Griffon, the Bat Man, Gezora, the Meganulon, Mechani-Kong, and Moguera. The Space Beastman and the Bat Man are all depicted as kaiju-sized despite being roughly human-sized in their original film appearances.
  • One of the humans also mentions Gomora, probably referring to the kaiju from the Ultra Series franchise by Tsuburaya Productions.

External links

• Translations of chapters 7, 9, and 11

References

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