Godzilla in Hell #1

[baihu]

Exactly what it says on the tin.













And then Godzilla falls through a pit and goes into the next level of Hell, presumably.

First issue doesn't actually say why this is happening, but the next issue preview sets it up that he's fighting demonic versions of all his past enemies. This first monster's Ohga, I think, 'The Thing' style alien monster that can mimic/absorb genetic material like Godzilla's. He killed it in the movie in a very similar fashion, blowing it up from the inside.

Next issue is demon Rodan, and the interior artist is different, I think it looks better. 

So yeah, Dante's Inferno meets kaiju. Gotta say it's pretty original. One thing I didn't add. The first thing Godzilla saw were demonic nuclear power plants, and he approached them like he was hungry. But they were full of tentacle demon offal or something. So maybe we're on the Circle of Gluttony or something, which maybe explains Ohga as well (cause it's thing in the movie as to try to eat Godzilla with its giant mouth).

Comments

[captainbellman]

Actually, those nuclear towers were likely analagous to fleshpots, and the swarm of smushed-together people are likely lovers whose unions were not sanctioned by God. You'll notice when Godzilla lands (not in these scans) the clouts of dust left when he smashes the "abandon hope" sign forms the shape of the word "LUST".

Perhaps Ohga represents that theme through its shape-shifting, and its engulfing attack.