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Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors—All Hail the King! #2
Cedric and his friends are having terrible dreams thanks to the Xiliens, who are using psychic technology to probe the minds of every living creature on Earth. That’s the bad news. The worse news is it has pinpointed the den of King Ghidorah. The good news is the probe makes the Shobijin aware of danger on the horizon and allows them to warn our kaiju-connected heroes to be on the lookout—Cedric, Emily, Anderson…and Karen Higa, too!
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27 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 9, 2022
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Erik Burnham
687 books74 followersErik Burnham is a Minnesotan writer and artist that first broke into comics with a series of humorous short stories in the Shooting Star Comics Anthology. These stories featured his original creation, Nick Landime, and culminated in a one-shot: Nick Landime vs. the World Crime League, published by Shooting Star in 2005.
Off and on, in this same time period, Erik also produced a short run of an online strip, The Down Side, until technical issues wore him down. He aims to return to the strip one day.
In 2007, Erik found produced work for two other anthologies – a short humor piece for History Graphics Press’ Civil War Adventures #1, and a horror story for Gene Simmons’ House of Horror #3, produced by IDW Publishing.
This lead to several other projects for IDW, up to and including his critically acclaimed run on the ongoing GHOSTBUSTERS comic book.
Erik has worked on other projects not related to comic books, and hopes one day to share those with the public at large. In the meantime, he still lives quietly in Minnesota; any rumors about this being because he’s completely afraid of the forty-nine other states (and Canada) remain unverified at this time.
Off and on, in this same time period, Erik also produced a short run of an online strip, The Down Side, until technical issues wore him down. He aims to return to the strip one day.
In 2007, Erik found produced work for two other anthologies – a short humor piece for History Graphics Press’ Civil War Adventures #1, and a horror story for Gene Simmons’ House of Horror #3, produced by IDW Publishing.
This lead to several other projects for IDW, up to and including his critically acclaimed run on the ongoing GHOSTBUSTERS comic book.
Erik has worked on other projects not related to comic books, and hopes one day to share those with the public at large. In the meantime, he still lives quietly in Minnesota; any rumors about this being because he’s completely afraid of the forty-nine other states (and Canada) remain unverified at this time.
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December 20, 2022
Maybe three and a half stars. Much better than the previous series. I like the new character and the dueling between monster-connected characters. I like the aliens interactions with the ceo. The action and humor mostly works too!
Edit: read a second time to prepare for a long form review.
Edit: read a third time to prepare for my review, and I finally wrote it this time.
Edit: read a second time to prepare for a long form review.
Edit: read a third time to prepare for my review, and I finally wrote it this time.
January 17, 2023
The previous issue of IDW‘s new Godzilla series, Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors – All Hail The King, spent time getting readers caught up with the characters and where they are since the last series, as well as introducing the idea of Xillian aliens monitoring the Earth for their own nefarious means. This issue, we get a ton more information (super interesting info dump time), and things start to move into place for the oncoming confrontation.
The only Kaiju action in this issue comes straight away, as we get another dream sequence fight between Godzilla and Gabara. What makes this a bit different from the last time, however, is that towards the end of the fight Gabara is surrounded by a glowing golden light in the shape of a three headed dragon, hinting at the oncoming threat. It’s a neat scene, and the inclusion of the Ghidorah energy makes it more than just a throwaway moment in an otherwise full issue. But for a Godzilla comic, the fight in this issue might be the least interesting part.
The rest of the issue deals with lore, and giving the audience the information that they’re going to need for the rest of the series. We find out that the Xillians are working with the people responsible for the Biollante attack in the previous volume, and that the Xillians were backing them. I actually really like this idea, and the Xillians being behind the scenes trying to test the waters when it comes to taking over Earth is a neat choice. The villainous team up are working on a new scheme, however, and are drilling down to find an alien life-form deep beneath the Earth.
Using their mind-reading tech, the Xillians are able to learn more about the creature, discovering that it came crashing to Earth millions of years ago, and that its impact distorted the atmosphere, making the planet colder and more inhospitable. Between the environmental changes and the monster killing everything it could find, it turns out that King Ghidorah wiped out the dinosaurs. Again, another cool twist to the history that makes Ghidorah extremely frightening, and makes this version a little different. In the original continuity he was responsible for wiping out life on Venus, here he did it for Earth.
Whilst this is all going on the kids are trying to figure out what their dreams mean, and if they can use them to contact Godzilla. Their new friend, Karen tries to help them out, but Cederic is something of a jerk, and keeps shutting her down and excluding her because she isn’t part of the Godzilla psychic network. However, when the four of them have their minds transported to Infant Island to chat with the Shobijin it becomes clear that Karen is more than just a tag along. The twins warn the kids about the coming threat, and encourage them to use their connection to try and awaken Godzilla. They also tell Karen that she has a connection to another of Earth’s guardians. Luckily, there’s a very small cave painting in one panel that Karen looks at that looks suspiciously like King Caesar that might indicate who that is.
As with the first issue, the art is really good, and the monsters all look fantastic. The fight between the two monsters in the dream sequence is dynamic and full of energy, and the flashback to Ghidorah killing off the dinosaurs is a truly amazing moment. But the art also serves the human characters well, and everyone has really distinct, bold designs that make each character stand out on the page and look unique.
It looks like Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors – All Hail The King is gearing up to be even bigger than the first volume, and this issue is just building the hype whilst giving the audience some key info. If it carries on like this it looks set to be some of the best Godzilla books from IDW for a while.
The only Kaiju action in this issue comes straight away, as we get another dream sequence fight between Godzilla and Gabara. What makes this a bit different from the last time, however, is that towards the end of the fight Gabara is surrounded by a glowing golden light in the shape of a three headed dragon, hinting at the oncoming threat. It’s a neat scene, and the inclusion of the Ghidorah energy makes it more than just a throwaway moment in an otherwise full issue. But for a Godzilla comic, the fight in this issue might be the least interesting part.
The rest of the issue deals with lore, and giving the audience the information that they’re going to need for the rest of the series. We find out that the Xillians are working with the people responsible for the Biollante attack in the previous volume, and that the Xillians were backing them. I actually really like this idea, and the Xillians being behind the scenes trying to test the waters when it comes to taking over Earth is a neat choice. The villainous team up are working on a new scheme, however, and are drilling down to find an alien life-form deep beneath the Earth.
Using their mind-reading tech, the Xillians are able to learn more about the creature, discovering that it came crashing to Earth millions of years ago, and that its impact distorted the atmosphere, making the planet colder and more inhospitable. Between the environmental changes and the monster killing everything it could find, it turns out that King Ghidorah wiped out the dinosaurs. Again, another cool twist to the history that makes Ghidorah extremely frightening, and makes this version a little different. In the original continuity he was responsible for wiping out life on Venus, here he did it for Earth.
Whilst this is all going on the kids are trying to figure out what their dreams mean, and if they can use them to contact Godzilla. Their new friend, Karen tries to help them out, but Cederic is something of a jerk, and keeps shutting her down and excluding her because she isn’t part of the Godzilla psychic network. However, when the four of them have their minds transported to Infant Island to chat with the Shobijin it becomes clear that Karen is more than just a tag along. The twins warn the kids about the coming threat, and encourage them to use their connection to try and awaken Godzilla. They also tell Karen that she has a connection to another of Earth’s guardians. Luckily, there’s a very small cave painting in one panel that Karen looks at that looks suspiciously like King Caesar that might indicate who that is.
As with the first issue, the art is really good, and the monsters all look fantastic. The fight between the two monsters in the dream sequence is dynamic and full of energy, and the flashback to Ghidorah killing off the dinosaurs is a truly amazing moment. But the art also serves the human characters well, and everyone has really distinct, bold designs that make each character stand out on the page and look unique.
It looks like Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors – All Hail The King is gearing up to be even bigger than the first volume, and this issue is just building the hype whilst giving the audience some key info. If it carries on like this it looks set to be some of the best Godzilla books from IDW for a while.
November 8, 2024
This was so cute! I hope that doesn't come across as insulting 😅 I know Godzilla is supposed to be scary / intimidating. But the protagonists are adorable ❤️🩹 They remind me of when I was a smart ass kid 😹
November 13, 2022
Perfect
🤯😎 Very well written characters and appropriate for kiddos. It also gets the mythology of Godzilla just right: strikes a balance between Showa fun and Heisei dread.
🤯😎 Very well written characters and appropriate for kiddos. It also gets the mythology of Godzilla just right: strikes a balance between Showa fun and Heisei dread.
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