More Red Ronin!

[dvandom]

Marvel is releasing Essential Godzilla in January, reprinting (in B&W) all 24 issues of the Marvel Godzilla comic. $20, 432 pages. A bit more expensive than the usual Essentials volume, but I suppose the license fee has to come from somewhere (or it presages a price boost for Essentials in general).

Glomp!

Comments

Hmm.

[loki-liesmith.livejournal.com]

My guess on that would be (hopefully) that it's only due to the fact they will most likely have a much smaller print run on the book, and the cost reflects that extra percentage. I can't imagine that Godzilla (and I intend no disparagement to that fine radioactive beast) has as much of a consumer pull as an Essential Spider-man or Fantastic Four tome.

Although a minor price hike on the Essential volumes wouldn't bother me too much. I pick them up sparingly as it is (saving my money for the Ultimate hardcover collections), but the ones I do pick up are certainly still a value at $20.

[tvsgrady.livejournal.com]

Iie! Gojira!

[1boringperson.livejournal.com]

Not just more Red Ronin, but Red Ronin's origin. Nifty!

So tell me, Dave, were you a fan of Red Ronin and the Shogun Warriors (either toy or Marvel comic) before the Transformers came along?

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Not really. The Godzilla comic was a little too early for me (I started collecting in 1983, and in my hit and miss buying before that never hit Godzilla). The Shogun Warriors toys were all envy items, stuff other kids had but I didn't (I grew up lower middle class, stuff like that size class was above what my parents were willing to spend). It wasn't until well after TFs came along that I got the income and search resources to indulge in either. I did get a lot of the Shogun Warriors series out of quarter bins, though, including their fight against Megatron. :) (Not the TF version.)

My first exposure to Red Ronin was in the Marvel Super-Heroes RPG, I think. And then his torso crawling across country in Solo Avengers. But I've recently gotten on a kaiju kick again, so....

BTW, turns out Marvel got a one-time-only license to print this collection, explaining the higher price. So be sure to pre-order it!

Oooh.

[zqadams.livejournal.com]

I wonder if any of the other late 70s/early 80s licensed-but-in-the-MU titles will be considered worthy of this kind of treatment. I wouldn't hugely object to an Essential ROM...