Kaijumax is a
comic about a prison for giant monsters that draws heavy inspiration from the
various films of Toho Studio’s Godzilla franchise. The series itself is a great, a winning combination of
clever visual gags an meaningful writing that knows how to get the most out of
its characters and ideas. Being a
big fan of the Godzilla franchise I thought I’d talk about the various films
that Kaijumax is drawing inspiration
from, especially with this week’s issue.
In case you haven’t read my mini-review this latest issue puts the
series focus on three quasi-new characters of the series.
There’s
Mecha-Zon, a robot monster built by humans to destroy Kaiju but who has turned
against mankind and renounced violence, Whoofy, a the bumbling and comical son
of Ape-Whale, one of the resident kings of the Kaijumax, and Jeong, son of
Kaijumax’s Warden Kang and one of the facilities most powerful guards, able to
transform into a monster-sized superhero.
Each of these characters has a key parallel from the Godzilla franchise
and even though Kaijumax and I’m
going to talk about them, starting with Mecha-Zon and his counterpart
Mechagodzilla.
