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Godzilla: Rage Across Time #2 Review

October 5, 2016

After an exceptional opening chapter, Godzilla: Rage Across Time continues with a new era in history and a different creative team. Is it good?

Godzilla: Rage Across Time #2 (IDW Publishing)

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Observations

Oof. Now I remember why Greek mythology would sometimes get on my nerves. The gods are colossal douchebags.

Now shut up and go fetch another barrel of Axe Body Spray!

Except Aphrodite, of course. She’s always been cool (relatively speaking).
Zeus should probably know not to send his version of Aquaman to fix anything.

FINALLY! Some kaiju fighting action!
…or not.
Doesn’t matter which 3-headed monster he’s facing; Big G always wins.

Hmmmm…

Is It Good?

While I appreciate how writers Chris Mowry and Kahlil Schweitzer nail the bickering and social dynamic of Greek Gods, it made for a frustrating read.

Except for a few gorgeous pages of action (drawn by Tadd Galusha), the narrative is suffocated by Zeus. Much of the narrative is simply him ranting to the others like a petulant child. When the action scenes do finally come, they’re still overshadowed by even more celestial sniping that happens on top of it.

It’s actually a very smart framework from a meta point of view. That Gods were notoriously self-centered and oblivious to the point of their own destruction. Unfortunately, it also makes Godzilla: Rage Across Time #2 a chore to read.

All that being said, I did really like the way Mowry/Schweitzer tied in one of history’s greatest natural disasters into the story. And the last page of the issue is poster-worthy. I wasn’t familiar with Galusha’s previous work, but I’d love to see more of it—especially on this franchise.

But overall, this issue is a steep drop in quality from the last one. Let’s hope next month’s trip to the middle ages provides a bit less monologuing and a lot more Godzilla.