Godzilla’s rampage across the Marvel Universe kicks off next week in Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four #1 by Ryan North and John Romita Jr., the first of six one-shots pitting the King of the Monsters against Marvel super heroes.
Taking place across various eras of both Marvel Comics AND Godzilla storytelling, these one-shots span the decades as Godzilla fights Marvel’s First Family in the Silver Age, throws down with the Hulk during the character’s influential ‘70s adventures, dukes it out with Spider-Man during the Wall Crawler’s ‘80s Black suit era, targets mutantkind at the peak of the X-Men’s popularity in the ‘90s, and confronts the iconic 2000s New Avengers lineup of Earth’s Mightest Heroes.
ROUND FIVE: VS. THE NEW AVENGERS!
The original New Avengers return to face an unstoppable enemy – GODZILLA! In the aftermath of a massive battle between Godzilla, Fin Fang Foom, the Avengers and Jet Jaguar, S.H.I.E.L.D. tries to make sense of what went down – but everyone’s telling a different story! What really happened during that fateful clash? Find out when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes take on Earth’s Mightiest Kaiju!
“As a child, I was raised on Godzilla movies, and as an adult, the New Avengers was a beautiful reminder of why I love comics,” Walker shared. “The lineup of iconic characters in the New Avengers was a beautiful mix of quirky personalities and big adventures that kept me coming back every month. Bringing Godzilla and the New Avengers together for an epic showdown has allowed me to work with characters I have loved for a long time, in a way that I hope is as entertaining for fans to read as it was for me to write.”
“There are few things in life that feel better then when you get to recreate your childhood passions as a ‘serious’ adult,” Jeanty shared. “Drawing this one-shot allowed me to package two things I loved in my youth, Godzilla and the Avengers, and put it in a comic book! It has been a joy drawing these pages. I hope everyone who picks up this book will see all the love that went into to it.”
GODZILLA VS. AVENGERS #1
Written by DAVID F. WALKER
Art by GEORGES JEANTY
Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
Monster Homage Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Godzilla King of the Monsters Homage Variant Cover by MICHAEL ALLRED
Variant Cover by MITSUHIRO ARITA
Virgin Variant Cover by MITSUHIRO ARITA
Vs. Variant Cover by LEE GARBETT
On Sale 6/18
ROUND SIX: VS. THE GOD OF THUNDER!
Then, for the grand finale, Godzilla marches toward the Golden Realm to face off against perhaps the only Marvel hero who can truly take him on singlehandedly—THE MIGHTY THOR! Jason Aaron makes his triumphant return to Asgard for a battle that will shake the heavens with roaring thunder!
The deadly group of assassins known as THE HAND have bestowed GODZILLA with the power of THE BEAST! KRA-KOOM!!! THOR must defend MIDGARD from GODZILLA — but at what cost?!
“There are almost as many toy kaiju in my office as there are Mjolnirs, which is really saying something, so it made sense for me to bring two of my favorite characters together for one titanic clash,” Aaron shared. “Aaron Kuder and I are using the Godzilla from Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, one of the most brutal and powerful versions of the King of the Monsters, so expect a colossal battle that I think will rival some of the most epic, cosmic throwdowns I’ve ever written with the God of Thunder.”
Check out Godzilla vs. Thor #1 covers including Aaron Kuder’s main cover, a Foil Variant Cover by Mark Bagley, the latest in Nick Bradshaw’s Monster Homage Variant Cover series, a King of the Monsters Variant Cover by Gavin Guidry and an all-new cover by one of the most celebrated Thor storytellers of all time, Walter Simonson! Visit the links above for exclusive first looks and creator interviews on Godzilla.com and stay tuned for more GODZILLA and Marvel Comics news in the months ahead, including the announcement of Marvel’s next GODZILLA comic series. For more information, visit Marvel.com.
GODZILLA VS. THOR #1
Written by JASON AARON
Art and Cover by AARON KUDER
Foil Variant Cover by MARK BAGLEY
King of the Monsters Variant Cover by GAVIN GUIDRY
Monster Homage Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Variant Cover by WALTER SIMONSON
On Sale 7/2
Images via Marvel Comics
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