Where's Dum Dum, Chapter 4!!!!

Where were we before Mother Nature so rudely interrupted?

Oh, yes, we were playing the new internet meme that walks like a man: Where's Dum Dum?

So, tell me true believers--can you find Dum Dum Dugan on this cover?!?

Oh, sorry, wrong again!!

In case you may have forgotten, the vile retcon Original Sin revealed that Dum Dum Dugan died back in 1966, and every appearance since then was a Nick Fury created love doll LMD that just thought he was Dum Dum!

So even though Dum Dum was head of the S.H.I.E.L.D. task force in charge of stopping Godzilla, and even though Dum Dum was in 23 of the 24 issues of the great Marvel series, well...he wasn't actually in any of them. Haha, Marvel fooled you!! Don't you feel silly? Don't you feel like an idiot for caring about an old series and dear old characters, when they're just blocking Marvel's quest for DARK VENGEANCE or whatever the hell it is??

Welcome to the 21st century...

Godzilla #17 is from 1978.

Fifty Watts Per Channel, Babycakes!

Because some mornings you just need to see MechaGodzilla celebrated as a Russian national hero:

You're welcome.

The cover to next months Godzilla: Rulers Of The Earth #15 by Paul Hanley

P.S. If you don't understand the title of this post, you might want to check here...

Deja Vu All Over Again

Well, the big announcement out of WonderCon (at least for me) was that Dynamite has picked up the rights to do a Judge Dredd ongoing and reprints of the classics.

So congratulations to Dynamite on...

Wait, what??

Oh, geez, I'm sorry. That was an old item, from 2008!! Silly me!!

The Dynamite deal never went anywhere, was never even mentioned again for 4 years....4 looooong Dreddless years.

But of course, that is no reason to doubt this brand-spanking new announcement!!

Yup, just like Neville Chamberlain returning from Berlin waving his piece of paper, IDW insists that they have achieved Judge Dredd in our time.

Just like Dynamite's premature celebration 4 years ago, we have the promise of an all-new ongoing and reprints of the British stuff. Unlike Dynamite's announcement, IDW has even less specifics--no creators announced, no time frame, no real details at all (not that those details helped Dynamite at all in 2008...)

Hey, don't get me wrong. No one wants a Judge Dredd series over here more than I do. So I'm rooting for this to actually happen. And if IDW does succeed in actually getting the project launched, well, how far away can a Judge Dredd/Godzilla crossover be? And that, my friends, is a consummation devoutly to be wished!!

And it should be noted that the forthcoming Dredd movie may--may--provide enough incentive to get the project going in time to ride those coattails.

Still, given the recent track record, we probably want to avoid jubilation--at least until we actually get something more concrete. So let's meet back here in 2016 and see if anything's been published yet...

You Got Peanut Butter In My Chocolate!

Normally something this cosmic would require the presence of the Watcher, but we'll have to make do.

But have you ever wondered what if Lady Gaga and Godzilla were in the same universe?

Great, now I'll never get that dang song out of my head...

Eric Powell & Tracy Marsh and Phil Hester fundamentally change my life in Godzilla Kingdom Of Monsters #3

Manic Monday 2--Godzilla: Chessmaster!!

Via my pal Scott at Hero Sandwich

Don't Mess With Godzilla

Well, well, well. This blog has finally paid off.

I was the proud winner of this round of Friday Night Fights, with what must sure be the greatest display of monster-on-monster action in comic book history.

So thank you to everyone who voted for me, and thank you to Spacebooger for taking the time and effort to host our grand game of paneled pugilistics.

And a special thanks to writer Ryan Colucci, because this round of FNF had a special grand prize:

A donated, ahead-of-the-official-release copy of the new graphic novel Harbor Moon.

I haven't read it yet, I don't even know what it's about, really, but I'm certain I'll enjoy it, and I'll discuss it more when I receive it. So a big thank you to Ryan Colucci, Dikran Ornekian and Pawel Sambor for contributing a keen prize to our silly game.

So really, Grant Morrison, what's the hold-up keeping you from donating an autographed Absolute All-Star Superman to us??

The two major lesson to draw from this?

A) Get off your butts and participate!! Friday Night Fights is free to all comers, and you get to show off your love for comics, and have some fun, and gain plenty of free exposure for your blog/livejournal/website, and show Batman kicking people in the face. What could be better? And you might win free stuff, too! All you need is a scanner & some comic books!! So come play with us!!

B)

Don't #%^& with Godzilla!

Friday Night Fights--Siege Of The Superbeasts Style!!

Folks, you're in for a treat tonight. It's a long one, but read to the end...it's worth it.

I've been saving this particular fight for a special occasion--and it don't get no specialler than the Prize Fight Finale for the Fair Fight Free-For-All in Friday Night Fights.

And why is this fight so special? One word: GODZILLA!!

This one is a corker. Our story so far? Two alien civilizations--the Alphas and the Betas--have been at war for generations. Having long ago used up all of their own resources, they've taken to a) taking big-ass monsters from prehistoric planets, and bioengineering them into awesome battle-beasts to do much of the fighting for them; and b) plundering "strategic" worlds for their resources.

And--surprise--Earth is strategic.

The Alphans are at the end of their rope, and have no more battle beasts. So they come to Earth and recruit Godzilla, because a) he's awesome and b) he can stop the Betans' battle-beasts from devastating earth.

But the Betan beasts have already knocked giant mecha anti-Godzilla robot Red Ronin out of the fray, AND the Betans just bathed their beasts in the Energex ray...making them faster, stronger, tougher.

So here's where we stand:

Who are these battle beasts?? There's Triax--he kinda looks like the Muppet/turtle/rhino mash-up, and he can fly like a jet!!

Then there's Krollar, the burrowing, dirt-spitting insecty-looking bro:

Finally, there's Rhian (or as Dum Dum Dugan calls him, "clam-face"): a big chompy face and a helicopter blade for a tail:

Now, things are not looking good for the G-Zill, because guided by the Betans, they're teaming up against him, and not letting him catch a breath.






Youch!!

But, hey, Earth is our planet, too. So Dum Dum and S.H.I.E.L.D. manage to distract a couple of the beasts, letting Godzilla focus on the one-on-one fights. And, brother, a focused Godzilla is, and will always be, THE KING OF THE MONSTERS!!




Down goes Krollar!! Down goes Krollar!!





Sayonara, Triax!!

Which leaves just Clam-Face:







GODZILLA IS DA MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Folks, Spacebooger had to pick himself off the floor after seeing this fight, brought to us by Doug Moench, Herb Trimpe and Dan Green in Godzilla #14 (1978)

Now, be a mensch, go vote. Because while I haven't seen any of the other fights yet, well, they can't possibly be as awesome as this one, can they??

Vacation--An Artist's Rendering

Well, it's the dog days, I've got a little jack saved up--it's time to hit Las Vegas, baby!!

Actually, by the time this publishes, I'll already be in the air. And once I land, there won't be any comic books, that's for sure. Hell, I won't even be able to get the week's batch of comics until Saturday at the earliest, and I'll be focused on...other things...

But don't worry--despite spending the week wallowing in hedonism and decadence, I've had the foresight to arrange a few mini-posts throughout the week so you, the reader, won't be deprived of my annoying snark, poor writing and worse editing.

Meanwhile, I've arranged a pictorial preview of my vacation for you. It will start with a tour trip to Boulder Dam:

What comes next? Decisions, decisions...

Maybe I'll take a stop at one of the museums depicting LV's gangster heritage...


Perhaps I'll notice that the Las Vegas Police Department are a pretty snazzy bunch of dressers...

I'll definitely notice that Herb Trimpe has apparently never seen an actual roulette wheel:

But eventually the floodgates will open:

And I'll be swept away in the delirium that is Vegas...

I'll experience triumph and tragedy...


But by the end of the week:

So see you cats later. Everybody be good now, OK??

Look, is there some reason you haven't purchased Essential Godzilla yet, which contains Godzilla #9 (1978) by Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe? Then your life is considerably sadder than it needs to be. The very next issue, for example, featured a three-way battle in the Grand Canyon between Godzilla, a giant sasquatch, and a child-operated giant mecha with a laser sword. And then the big guy gets recruited by an alien race who (seriously) use monster battles to settle their political disputes, and it turns out Godzilla is better than any they've got. And don't get me started on the epic in which Godzilla battles the FF and the Avengers, gets shrunk down to rat size by Pym Particles, gets sent back in time to fight Devil Dinosaur, and...well, look, just get it, OK??