Now when every other comic hero has a movie or a series, people dont seem to care about comics anymore, after all thats where the heroes came from.
Marvel has infected the population with their neverending stream of kidfriendly uninspired "hero" movies so people think that Marvels view of a hero is the standard. So to get by, DC is going also down the same road of making movies and TV-shows.
The recent reincarnations of DC heroes like Arrow and Flash (and lets not forget the pre-Batman Gotham) don´t impress me. They are made for the average viewer who dont know anything about comics. These down to earth heroes are much too realistic for a man who reads comics.
Also, I´m in Facebook on several groups, and I´ve noticed that almost half of the posts is linked to a movie or TV-show. I´ve drawn a conclusion that people either dont read so much comics anymore or that the real comic lovers arent active.
Gotta say, for me comics are ALWAYS the main thing. Everything else is just icing on the cake.
The most recent Godzilla movie divides peoples opinions but one thing could be said about these IDW comics: Godzilla is the main character. But theres an exeption for every rule: in Legends, Godzilla lets the lesser known kaijus take the stage. Although in the last story, Godzilla gets a bigger role.
The book consists of 5 little stories with monsters like Hedorah and Rodan. Each gets to shine, but theres a humane aspect in the core of each story.
The most interesting story is the one with Titanosaurus where they mix alien invasion into the mix. Also the last story with Kumonga, the giant spider, gives a nice insight to Godzillas mind.
Legends is really colorful but and the art is fantastic. The pencilers really do justice to these legendary monsters. The storylines are wowen carefully humanising these creatures, which is a good thing. I´m always in natures side :-)
Over all, a great but too fast a read!
I give 4/5 stars.
