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geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'Godzilla in Hell' is an odd book. It's beautifully illustrated, but perhaps a bit light on content and understanding.
The book begins with Godzilla falling into what is supposedly hell. In the review copy I had, there is no explanation for what caused this. What we get next is an inexplicable series of strange things that Godzilla finds himself fighting. From old enemies, to cities to destroy, to seemingly easily defeated creatures that threaten to overwhelm him. Through it all Godzilla fights and fights.
There isn't much dialogue or explanation, so the reader just has to follow along in this surreal Godzilla nightmare. The art style varies over the books, but is all pretty good. The art is really the reason to buy this and read it. It didn't take long to read, so that might be a deciding factor in your purchase. I enjoyed this graphic novel.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
The book begins with Godzilla falling into what is supposedly hell. In the review copy I had, there is no explanation for what caused this. What we get next is an inexplicable series of strange things that Godzilla finds himself fighting. From old enemies, to cities to destroy, to seemingly easily defeated creatures that threaten to overwhelm him. Through it all Godzilla fights and fights.
There isn't much dialogue or explanation, so the reader just has to follow along in this surreal Godzilla nightmare. The art style varies over the books, but is all pretty good. The art is really the reason to buy this and read it. It didn't take long to read, so that might be a deciding factor in your purchase. I enjoyed this graphic novel.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
librarimans's review against another edition
3.0
I received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review
A five part miniseries exploring Godzilla's adventures through hell and attempts to return to Earth. Each issue was done by a different creative team and focused on a different aspect of Godzilla's journey. The James Stokoe and Ulises Farinas issues were my favorites, but there wasn't a bad issue in the collection. This was good, not great, but still worth reading if you are a fan of Godzilla.
A five part miniseries exploring Godzilla's adventures through hell and attempts to return to Earth. Each issue was done by a different creative team and focused on a different aspect of Godzilla's journey. The James Stokoe and Ulises Farinas issues were my favorites, but there wasn't a bad issue in the collection. This was good, not great, but still worth reading if you are a fan of Godzilla.
barkydonaldson's review against another edition
3.0
ridiculous and lacking any semblance of story or cohesion… its just godzilla falling through various rings of hell and fighting stuff… and you know what, it looks beautiful. of course godzilla wins every fight (have they ever lost?)… i think the point was just to look cool and it does.
bhirts's review against another edition
4.0
Fourth issue tried too hard, first and second were damn fine and the third and fifth are great
nbramanti's review against another edition
3.0
Incredible art but hardly any storyline/plot to this at all
nickdouglas's review against another edition
4.0
A simple story full of creative monster-body-horror ideas. And it's fun to root for Godzilla.
jmanchester0's review against another edition
3.0
It might have been good if it had been Heironymous Bosch meets Japanese monster movies.
I'm not sure where this concept came from. Or how Godzilla got into Hell. (Okay, so maybe it was for murdering е_ of Tokyo.) But this is just weird.
And when Godzilla destroyed the "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter" and the cloud of dust spelled out "LUST" I thought it was going to be an interesting trip through Dante's Hell. And indeed, in the first issue/section/chapter there are some weird Bosch-like images. Factories driven by tentacles and intestines. Weird storm clouds of the naked damned. Godzilla getting eaten by weird dead mirror-images of himself. And the last chapter has some interesting scenes.
But in between, it's just not as interesting. He falls into the second level of hell - and this chapter is all cool and painted, but it's just Godzilla re-fighting monsters he's fought on Earth. Then in another chapter he fights SpaceGodzilla. Then there are more monsters to fight - ones that he could have fought in a monster movie in Tokyo. Outside of the first and last chapters, there wasn't much that we haven't already seen in Godzilla movies that take place on Earth.
And even those fights were a little lacking. It takes a lot of skill to pull off wordless sequential art. And this comic didn't really accomplish that. Some art and some sections were interesting. But as a whole, it was too disjointed. It might have been interesting to have different artists do each chapter of there was something connecting them - a common thread. But it was more like a bunch of different artist's views - and didn't actually look a cohesive story.
Half-heartedly recommended if you're s Godzilla completist (in which case it wouldn't matter what I say anyway), or if you want to get a look at the art, some of which is pretty good.
Thanks to NetGalley, Diamond, and IDW Publishing for a copy in return for an honest review.
I'm not sure where this concept came from. Or how Godzilla got into Hell. (Okay, so maybe it was for murdering е_ of Tokyo.) But this is just weird.
And when Godzilla destroyed the "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter" and the cloud of dust spelled out "LUST" I thought it was going to be an interesting trip through Dante's Hell. And indeed, in the first issue/section/chapter there are some weird Bosch-like images. Factories driven by tentacles and intestines. Weird storm clouds of the naked damned. Godzilla getting eaten by weird dead mirror-images of himself. And the last chapter has some interesting scenes.
But in between, it's just not as interesting. He falls into the second level of hell - and this chapter is all cool and painted, but it's just Godzilla re-fighting monsters he's fought on Earth. Then in another chapter he fights SpaceGodzilla. Then there are more monsters to fight - ones that he could have fought in a monster movie in Tokyo. Outside of the first and last chapters, there wasn't much that we haven't already seen in Godzilla movies that take place on Earth.
And even those fights were a little lacking. It takes a lot of skill to pull off wordless sequential art. And this comic didn't really accomplish that. Some art and some sections were interesting. But as a whole, it was too disjointed. It might have been interesting to have different artists do each chapter of there was something connecting them - a common thread. But it was more like a bunch of different artist's views - and didn't actually look a cohesive story.
Half-heartedly recommended if you're s Godzilla completist (in which case it wouldn't matter what I say anyway), or if you want to get a look at the art, some of which is pretty good.
Thanks to NetGalley, Diamond, and IDW Publishing for a copy in return for an honest review.
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