Godzilla: Awakening (Legendary Comics)

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.

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.

It's always of benefit for the screenwriters of a science-fiction film to have written its prequel comic(s). Seamless transitions aid both mediums, and speak up to the über fans who enjoy them; this is a good read for über Godzilla fans, fans who 1.) are excited about seeing the new (as of this review) 2014 film for the first time, and 2.) have an immense respect for the original 1954 film -- something required to appreciate the narrative of the *new* film, and rightfully so. It also doesn't hurt if you have time for an 80-page evening read and love comicbooks. We're given a logical, interesting set-up and backstory, executed by solid dialogue, and good linework and coloring. There are, of course, a few textless, standout splash-pages featuring the Daikaiju Alpha himself that are beautiful; even when the clarity of the lines seems a problem, the page layout and coloring pick up the slack. We're given an explanation of the MUTO acronym, as well as a neat callback to Monster Island from the Showa Series/Era of TOHO films towards the tail end of the book, and it's a read that's from an almost entirely Japanese perspective, which speaks for itself. I personally enjoyed the tone of this book, and its length -- it's the perfect amount of artwork, dialogue, and set-up. And having it all nicely hardbound with great art setting the tone for the film (just as Legendary Comics' did previously with 'Pacific Rim: Tales From Year Zero') only helps it.

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

Huge Godzilla fan so I was obviously going to get this. It's basically back story to 2014's Serizawa. Artwork is nice and it's a quick read. I wouldn't say its a nescecity to read it before the movie but there are some slight references and it did make me smile knowing what they were referring to

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 love Godzilla, and while this has been on my radar for a long time, I just never really got around to buying it. But now that the sequel to the 2014 movie is coming and it's my most anticipated movie of the year, I decided that it was the perfect time to read this and the new graphic novel that's coming out soon that ties in with the new movie. This was okay, it wasn't great, I think the author and the artist probably wanted to do a lot more, but studios and publishers always have a tendency to limit tie-in fiction, plus since when this was written no one knew weather or not Godzilla 2014 would do well or spawn a shared universe, I'm guessing the higher ups might have put a few more limitations than normal on this. There's not much monster action in here, we see everything from the human point of view, and while it was kind of interesting to see how MONARCH got founded, with such a cool monster they had for G to fight, it could have had a lot more action. The art was okay, though a lot of it was kinda confusing, I could never really tell what exactly was going on, plus I loved a lot of the art in the other Godzilla comics, so I couldn't help but compare it to those and found it somewhat lacking. Overall this was okay, it could have been better, but it was enjoyable enough, though I probably wouldn't recommend it over some of the other Godzilla graphic novels that are available, unless it's on a really good deal.

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.

Not worth its price - high price

Sin lugar a dudas una de mis mejores compras, me gusta mucho este cómic, muy interesante como de desplaza la historia y como desenlaza, recomendable al 100%

Does what an e-book should

I really enjoyed this comic. I found the story pretty interesting and the art work is awesome, and the hardcover copy is pretty nice. Its a nice build up/prequel to the 2014 Legendary Godzilla film .... and if you loved the 2014 Godzilla film as much as I do I'm sure you'll love this comic

Frisch ausgepackt und los gelesen war ich recht schnell durch die drei Kapitel durch, doch gelohnt hat sich der Kauf in jedem Fall. Das „Buch“ ist super illustriert und die Story mit der einen oder anderen Information gespickt, die mir im Kino noch einmal in den Sinn kam. Godzilla – Awakening ist in jedem Fall super geeignet um tiefer in das von Legandary und Warner geschaffene Universum einzudringen. Ob man sich das Prequel so wie ich, vor dem Film durch liest oder es doch erst nach dem Kinobesuch macht, sei jedem selbst überlassen. Der ein oder andere kleine Spoiler zum Film war halt vorhanden, aber diese haben mir den Spaß im Kino nicht verdorben. Für Godzilla Fans in jedem Fall einen Blick wert, für alle anderen nur zu beachten, wenn man mehr zu den Ursprüngen dieses Gorillawals wissen will.