Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Vol. 5

Godzilla: Rulers of the Earth (collected editions) #5

by Chris Mowry, Jeff Zornow (Artist), Matt Frank (Artist)

Government experiments with new forms of energy bring unintended consequences... SpaceGodzilla! Plus Battra and Kumonga! Collects issues #17–20.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

104 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 14, 2015

Reviews

[Matthew J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

The next to last volume (I believe) of this series continues its OK, kinda goofy Kaiju madness story. Aliens, humans, and Kaiju all battle it out for control of the Earth. The characters aren't especially interesting, the villainous aliens have silly Cobra Commander type plans. The art is very cartoonish. Meh. It's fine for a quick read, but I'm gonna forget this in a day.

[Brandon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has fallen into the trap of being little more than filler. Every plot line does little more than build-up for the final installment. The aliens are back, the Godzilla crew has reformed and a few of the monsters have either died or disappeared. All this will come together, of course, but not until Volume 6 - the concluding installment. The book itself was an enjoyable, quick read but little more. The artwork is still consistent and dynamic and there is a big monster battle that takes place. In other words; Much the same as before. I'm loving this series but this book is doing little more than teasing me to read volume 6 - and I was planning on doing that anyway.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

When the series has basically used all the monsters from land and space, mechs, and a couple of alien races, the only thing to do; is start making hybrids. Aliens use creatures called Trilopods which can use the genetic material from monsters they bite to mutate into a hybrid monster. There's lots of action but the action is often difficult to follow.

[Francesca Giardiello · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finalmente si percepisce il dramma, l'urgenza e l'azione non è unicamente fine a sé stessa.

Rimane comunque una serie non esaltante ma per adesso questo è il volume che più mi invoglia e incuriosisce nel proseguire la lettura.

[Robert · Rating 2 out of 5]

Review is for all six volumes in the series

Every ten pages they throw another kaiju at us, never giving any time for development - and yes I know how ridiculous it is to expect 'character development' among giant punchy bitey monsters - which leaves the entire story without depth or suspense.

[Steven Shinder · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series really goes hard with the creature designs.

[Stephen Blake · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I've made it up to volume five with these books now. Volumes one to four were excellent. This one was good but just not as good as the previous ones. Why? Well I think it is because all the previous books utilised every Toho monster ever seen (even Zilla made an appearance!). Volume five introduces a new monster, a newly created monster. So there is no little smile because you recognise it, no little cheer because it was one of your favourites. Also the art is a lot darker, sometimes making the action difficult to follow.
I still like the book but that is because it is a continuation of an ongoing story which I've really, really liked. I hope volume six will return to the previous high standards. Either way it is approaching the end of the overall arc and that alone will hopefully be satisfying enough.

[Aimee · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great addition to a great series. Can't wait to read the final volume!