Godzilla Vol. 1 #5 "The Mission is a Giant Monster" - IDW Comics

Godzilla Vol 1 #5
Publisher: IDW Comics
September, 2012
Cover Artists: Zach Howard, Matt Frank

"The Mission is a Giant Monster"
Writers: Duane Swierczynski
Artists: Simon Gane
Colourists: Ronda Pattison
Letterers: Chris Mowry
Editors: Bobby Curnow

​Appearing in "The Mission is a Giant Monster"
Featured Characters:
Godzilla
Kiryu
Titanosaurus
Anguirus
Kumonga
Supporting Characters:
Boxer
Harrison
Urv
Claire Plangman
Asuka Hikari
Dr. Pohl
Daniel Malmon
Beverly Harrison
Monster Kill Crew
Locations:
Japan
Seijo, Setagaya
Tokyo
San Fernando Valley, California, United States
Monster Island

Synopsis for "The Mission is a Giant Monster"
​In the middle of the night, Ms. Asuka Hikari wakes up to the sight of intruders. She evades them but while escaping is caught by Dr. Pohl, who takes her with him. Forty-three days after Godzilla attacked Washington, D.C., a man known as Daniel Malmon was about to unveil his 'solution' to the Godzilla problem. Meanwhile, the Monster Kill Crew had followed Godzilla up to San Fernando Valley but their Headache Beam failed to do anything to Godzilla. After Boxer saves Harrison from being crushed by Godzilla's tail, the Damion Malmon Group's Mechagodzilla appears in the valley and starts to fight Godzilla. Boxer is irked by this, and so tells his crew to leave and that he personally would go talk to Malmon, though he never has the chance to. Mechagodzilla lands some blows on Godzilla, however Godzilla withstands all of its attacks and manages to cause major damages to Mechagodzilla using his atomic breath, causing its core systems to fail and defeating it. Godzilla walks on, with the Monster Kill Crew coming back together and starting to device a new plan to take down Godzilla using some biological samples. However, just then, Boxer's crew is arrested. Meanwhile on Monster Island, Asuka Hikari prepared something she says can make "a giant monster fall in love."

Original Solicitation
"Boxer and his team decide it's time to turn their sights to the big game? Godzilla! A perfect plan goes awry when a billionaire adventurer gets his hands on Mechagodzilla. The result? Utter monster mayhem!"

Trivia

• After Kiryu is defeated and reporters swarm the Monster Kill Crew with questions, the following typo can be seen: "—know that you're being held financially responsible for the rebulding of at least five major international cities—"
• Boxer's full name, Chauncey Louis Boxer, is revealed for the first time in this issue.

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