The Stop Button

Trimpe’s got a shot right between Godzilla’s legs (on the second or third page too!). It feels kind of dirty.

Moench goes on to expand on the Marvel 616 version of Godzilla–turns out the ocean floor held a lot of other monsters (including giant flying birds). The nuclear blast opening the crevice for Godzilla opened the crevice for them too.

Including a giant bird.

In the ocean.

Did anyone read Moench’s script before it went to Trimpe?

Or was Marvel still doing it the other way, vice versa?

Trimpe’s got some amazingly bad work in this issue, including a giant foot (not Godzilla’s) about to stomp a miniature wine glass.

Besides as an example of terrible art, there’s not much to recommend Godzilla. He goes after the Seattle Space Needle but doesn’t destroy it. The rest of Moench’s action set pieces are similarly impotent.

It’s awful; best as humor.

CREDITS

Thunder in the Darkness!; writer, Doug Moench; penciller, Herb Trimpe; inkers, Frank Giacoia and George Tuska; colorist, Janice Cohen; letterer, John Costanza; editor, Archie Goodwin; publisher, Marvel Comics.