Godzilla: Awakening (Legendary Comics) Paperback – September 16, 2014

It is great for readers who wanna know about the history about our kiaju and how it was awaken it is quite interesting

T-minus 3 days until the movie opens... do you want to read this? Yes. Is it necessary? Probably not, but (as a prequel) it seems to lay out the background of this new G universe quite nicely (and I did love this backstory). Is it full of spoilers? Haven't seen the movie yet, only the trailers; but as far as I can tell, there was nothing in Godzilla Awakening that would spoil anything in the movie itself, other than (possibly?) the character and nature of Godzilla itself. Beyond all that: looks awesome on the HDX (8.9"), some really beautiful pages and their corresponding pencil and ink sketches in the back, and an entertaining story that, like the movie itself, has a few great nods to the 1954 original. Highly recommended.

Godzilla: Awakening is the prequel to the recently released film starring the eponymous monster. It deals with the backstory of Dr. Ishiro Serizawa's search for the titular monster, but the comic actually stars his father, who's the one who started said search.The story depicts Serizawa finding out about the existence of monsters and being recruited into the US army, as advisor on how to find and destroy the monsters. At some point, he starts hearing rumors and finding imagery that depict a monster that he's never encountered, but some natives call "Gojira", convinced he's a mythological creature whose purpose is to fight the other monsters in order to restore balance to the world.The structure of the story is actually quite similar to that of the film, including the fact that we see most of Godzilla from the eyes of the humans, and his presence is very lite. There is another monster in the story, but it's never named (well, except for the general moniker of MUTO, but it's not the same monster from the film).The problem is that there is too little story and it's unnecessarily stretched. There's also the question of the art, which while it's very good, it gets confusing at times due to the decision of including special shots detailing scenes that will happen later in the middle of the story. Now, it's common in comic compilations to do this: they include the cover art for the issue in question before each chapter, and that cover art usually depicts a scene that will happen later. But this is not the case here. This is not a compilation, it's a standalone issue divided in chapters. Furthermore, the "cover" art for each of these shots is done by the same artist that draws each chapter, which means you will mistake those "cover" pages as a sequential part of the story, instead of just a depiction of what will happen later. It gets confusing, because the art is not labeled in any different way. Had they just inserted pencil art or put a "Chapter X" on top of the art, it would be better.In any case, it's a neat story. It's not required to understand the film, and it's certainly nothing that will blow your mind, but it's a nice add-on. There are a couple of extra pages at the end, with the authors talking about making this comic and detailing some pencil art. The cover of the comic is gorgeous, though done by a different artist from the other three who make the art from the book, and the hardcover edition makes for a wonderful collector's item. I say, for the actual price it's worth it.

I absolutely love Godzilla. From the first to the last,there are exceptions the supposed Godzilla from 1990 with Broderick and Shin Godzilla both movie were a huge disappointment to me. The Legendary version awesome. Just waiting for two and three.Now for the comic, a well written story. The backstory of Serizawa's father and how the scientist joined Monarch. I really wished it was much longer. I didn't want this story to end.If you enjoy good stories and comics, then make time for yourself, sit back relax and enjoy.

The art on this graphic novel are pretty impressive on my own perspective. As much as I have gone through browsing the illustrations, you won't get to see Godzilla all the time in this book but of course he is still in the book. This concentrates on the events some 40 - 50 years before the events in the movie occurred so don't expect to see Bryan Cranston or Elizabeth Olsen in illustrated form. The last few pages are dedicated to the conception of the art found in this graphic novel. The cover itself, I can probably spend a good amount of time looking at it.I recommend this to any Godzilla memorabilia collectors.

I have yet to see the new Godzilla film. I purchased this graphic novel to read before going to see the film as this book is a prequel setting up the film. This story is a period piece set beginning in the 40`s all the way thru the nuclear testing at Bikini Atol. I found this book interesting as it mixed real history with fiction. I recently visited the atomic history museum in Las Vegas so it was fun to read this right after that experience. Good read especially if you`'re a history buff or Godzilla or mainly fan.