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Terror of Godzilla #5 Cover by Art Adams

Owner: Timothy Finney
Artists: Art Adams (All) , Arthur Adams (All)

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Oh no! There goes Tokyo (Tower)!

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Title:	Terror of Godzilla #5 Cover by Art Adams
Artist:	Art Adams (All)
Artist:	Arthur Adams (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
Views:	1,935
Likes on CAF:	32 33
Favorited on CAF:	1
Added to Site:	1/29/2021

Description

The Japanese Defense Force's powerful secret weapon called Super-X is locked in mortal combat with Godzilla. Unbeknownst to all, the Russians have accidentally launched a nuclear missile at Tokyo, and Professor Hayashida, the only man in the world who knows how to stop Godzilla, is at ground zero! In other words, it's a pretty typical Tuesday in Tokyo.

What is not typical is that I am now the proud owner of a cover by Art "freakin'" Adams! And it's a Godzilla cover, one of his best (it is certainly, hands down, the best cover in his six-issue cover run on "Terror of Godzilla" from back in the late 90s). I had to thin out the collection considerably in order to make it happen, but, for me, it was worth it.

"Terror of Godzilla" was a reprint of Kazuhisa Iwata's 1984 manga adaptation of "Gojira" (the movie was first released in the States as the heavily-edited "Godzilla 1985," but I think the current English title is "The Return of Godzilla"). Dark Horse had printed the series in its original black and white back in the 1980s with Mark A. Nelson doing the cover honors. The 90s reprint, however, was the first time the series had been printed in color, but Adams' covers were the big draw (so to speak).

Nobody draws the Big G like Adams, and I think this one is a cut above all but a few of the Dark Horse covers he's done throughout the years. It was drawn on oversized paper (about 43x36cm with an image area of about 40x26cm), and I am sure I will get it framed in the not-to-distant future because a. it doesn't fit in my oversized art portfolio and b. it's just too monstrously good not to show off.

I'm not going to waste too many more unnecessary words on it. Just look at it! Hell, I've been looking at it all morning, since the delivery man brought it to my door. GYAOOO! (ROAR!)

(Scan graciously provided by Albert Moy.)

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	Timothy Finney
Joined:	August 2006
Last Login:	September 2025
Country:	JAPAN
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