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Given how deeply I got into the new Godzilla shared universe series, Kai-sei Era, through IDW’s sci-fi title Starship Godzilla, I knew I had to check out their other series as well. Which brings me to the beginning of the Kai-sei era, right here in 2025 Godzilla #1.
Back in 1954, a mysterious energy experiment awakens Godzilla and changes the world forever. Years later, more monsters have awakened, and the world’s governments have found ways to deal with the giant monsters. For example, the United States has a great team of heroes named G-Force, and they’re about to welcome their newest recruit. Not only that, but they’re also about to face a most unique threat that isn’t Godzilla…
This issue’s events, worldbuilding, concepts, and characters are introduced at such a fast pace that it makes you wish writer Tim Seeley had slowed it down a bit. Barely out of the prologue (which is packed with details in itself), we are introduced to Jacen Baird, a new recruit to the U.S.-backed superteam of misfits. Next thing you know, they’re fighting rogue and familiar monsters outside of their usual stomping grounds, but there’s still ground to cover.
The human G-Force characters are still not fully fleshed out beyond a few obvious tropes, as individual elements have very little time to breathe, but the team’s super-patriotic commander does a good job of providing us with plenty of relatable political commentary through his cringe-worthy patriotic dialogue.
The art by Nikola Čižmešija is great throughout, and this is another series from IDW that proves that Godzilla stories don’t have to be the mindless monster mash you might expect. Setting up a superhero vs. monster story is a great concept, even if the direction flops slightly.
Despite a rather overstuffed start here, you can’t fault the ambition or IDW’s efforts to do something completely different and interconnected with the Godzilla license.
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