It starts with Don Maggert, an astronaut on a solo mission (huh?) into space, while narration boxes explain about his battle with alcoholism (which never really comes up again) and marital strife. The first half or so of Steve Niles’ 2-issue comic miniseries Giant Monster is off-putting like that. These were my thoughts at the cover page, and as such, I went into the book a little apprehensive. It’s reductionist to the point of parody, and I’m a little surprised that Steve Niles didn’t at least go with “Steve Niles’ Giant Monster” ala John Carpenter’s Vampires or something to give it distinction. Okay, right off the bat, what kind of title for your giant monster story is “Giant Monster”? It’s like calling a western “Western”, or kung fu story “Kung Fu” (okay, bad example) or your scary movie “Scary Movie” (okay, worse example).
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