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Godzilla is an ongoing American comic book line published by IDW Publishing since 2011, based on the character and franchise of the same name by Japanese company Toho. It is the successor of the Godzilla lines by Marvel Comics and Dark Horse Comics.[1]

In 2010, IDW obtained the comic book rights for the license of the Godzilla franchise. Unlike the Marvel and Dark Horse, IDW was also able to acquire the rights to many other Toho film monsters from Toho International (its American branch). These include Anguirus, Rodan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Kumonga, Hedorah, Gigan (Showa), Mechagodzilla (Showa), Titanosaurus, Battra, SpaceGodzilla, Destoroyah, Moguera, Varan, Manda, Baragon, Gaira, Sanda, Ebirah, Kamacuras, Gorosaurus, Gezora, Kamoebas, Jet Jaguar, Megalon, King Caesar, Biollante, Mecha-King Ghidorah, Orga, Megaguirus, Zilla, Mechagodzilla (Heisei), Gigan (Millenium) and Kiryu. As well as these licensed monsters, IDW introduced a new group of monsters called the Trilopods (トリロポッド). Created by artist Matt Frank, these monsters are based on the prehistoric arthropods called trilobites.[1]

Publication history

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Ongoing series

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From March 2011 to February 2012, IDW published their first Godzilla series, a 12-issue series called Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters.[2] Originally going to be titled Godzilla: Monster World,[3] the new series launched with a painted cover by Alex Ross, as well as a record 100 variant covers of issue #1 that were mostly retailer incentives. This promotion allowed 100 U.S. comic book store owners to have personalized variants featuring their store being demolished by Godzilla's foot if they each ordered over 500 copies of issue #1.[4] As a result, Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1 was thus able to sell out its 1st printing.[5] In August 2011, IDW released a one-shot issue called Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters 100-Cover Charity Spectacular.[6] The issue featured all 100 of the unique covers of the comic book store-smashing variants of issue #1 via a cover gallery. Proceeds from the sale of the issue went to benefit the International Medical Corps for tsunami relief in Japan.[7] In September 2011, they began collecting the series as a three-volume trade paperback series.[8] In July 2019, the entire series was collected as a deluxe trade paperback.[9]

From May 2012 to May 2013, IDW published a second ongoing series, simply called Godzilla.[10] The series ran 13 issues. In November 2012, they began collecting the series as a three-volume trade paperback series.[11] In April 2014, the entire series was collected as a deluxe trade paperback called Godzilla: History's Greatest Monster.[12]

From June 2013 to June 2015, IDW published a third ongoing series called Godzilla: Rulers of Earth,[13] which ran 25 issues. They began collecting the series as a six-volume trade paperback series in December 2013.[14] In June 2016, they started to recollect the series as a two-volume deluxe trade paperback series, with the first volume called Godzilla: Complete Rulers of Earth.[15] In August 2019 the second volume, called Godzilla: Complete Rulers of Earth 2, was released.[16]

Limited series

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Outside the ongoing main series, IDW has also published seven five-issue miniseries. They first published a five-issue miniseries called Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths[17] from June – October 2011. The miniseries was then collected as a trade paperback in November 2011.[18]

A second five-issue miniseries called Godzilla: Legends was published from November 2011 – March 2012.[19] The miniseries was then collected as a trade paperback in June 2012.[20]

A third five-issue miniseries called Godzilla: The Half-Century War was published from August – December 2012.[21] The miniseries was then collected as a trade paperback in May 2013.[22] The miniseries was then collected again as a hardcover book, with additional artwork, in July 2015.[23] In October 2016, issue #1 was reprinted as Godzilla: The Half-Century War – Greatest Hits #1.[24]

A fourth five-issue miniseries called Godzilla: Cataclysm was published from August – December 2014.[25] The miniseries was then collected as a trade paperback in March 2015.[26]

A fifth five-issue miniseries called Godzilla in Hell was published from July – November 2015. Issues #1 and 2 of the miniseries both went into a second and third printing, while issue #3 went into a second printing.[27] The miniseries was then collected as a trade paperback in February 2016.[28]

A sixth five-issue miniseries called Godzilla: Oblivion (which was originally going to be titled Godzilla: World's End)[29] was published from March – July 2016. The miniseries was then collected as a trade paperback in October 2016.[30]

A seventh five-issue miniseries called Godzilla: Rage Across Time was published from August – November 2016.[31] This series took the form of an anthology with Godzilla and other kaiju impacting various events across history. Issue #1 went into a second printing. The miniseries was then collected as a trade paperback in December 2016.[32]

An eighth five-issue miniseries called Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors was published from April – July 2021, aimed at a younger audience. This was followed by a five issue sequel subtitled All Hail the King that ran from October 2022-February 2023 and a one-shot conclusion titled Summer Smash in July 2023.

Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons, a five-issue miniseries pitting Godzilla against Sir Francis Drake, ran from June-November 2023. It was followed by Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants, which ran from June-November 2024, which focused on a secret society of kaiju worshippers covering up their existence lead by Thomas Jefferson. A conclusion to the trilogy Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens is set to begin releasing in May 2025.[33]

Godzilla: War for Humanity was a five issue miniseries published from August 2023-May 2024, pitting Godzilla against an infectious fungus kaiju called Zoospora.

Godzilla: Skate or Die was a five issue miniseries that was published from June to November 2024, focused on a group of Australian teenagers having to deal with their skate park being in the crossfire of a battle between Godzilla and Varan.

Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre was a three issue miniseries by Tom Scioli that ran from October 2024 to January 2025 pitting Godzilla against Jay Gatsby, Sherlock Holmes, the protagonist of The Time Machine, Dracula, and Frankenstein's monster.

Godzilla: Heist is a five issue miniseries currently set to begin publishing in February 2025.

One-shots

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In June 2014, IDW published a one-shot issue called Godzilla: The IDW Era.[34] This one-shot issue gave a brief overview of all the various IDW Godzilla series and miniseries that had been published over the past three years.

In June 2016, a one-shot collection called Godzilla Treasury Edition was released. This one-shot collection features reprints of some of James Stokoe's artwork and covers from the various IDW series and miniseries.[35]

Godzilla Rivals is a quarterly series of one-shot comics, each focusing on Godzilla battling a different monster. The first installment of the series was released on June 30, 2021.

Godzilla vs. America is a four issue anthology series of one-shots, each focused on Godzilla attacking a different American city with stories by area artists. The first issue set in Chicago will release in February 2025. The second issue, based around Los Angeles will release in April 2025 with all proceeds going towards recovery efforts from the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.[36]

The Kai-Sei Era

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Godzilla: The Kai-Sei Era is an upcoming line of comics established into a shared universe.[37] It was announced by IDW and Toho after renewing their partnership to 2029.[38] IDW’s Godzilla line editor Jake Williams said, "The Kai-Sei era is the only ongoing Godzilla story of its kind – crafted for comic readers who have never bought a Godzilla book, and Godzilla fans who have never read a comic. We aim to bring you the absolute best stories possible – whether those stories contain super powered G-Force members trying to kill Godzilla, mutants in a wasteland trying to survive in its wake, or mercenaries flying around space in Mechagodzilla. Every month readers will be able to take a peek inside a brand-new universe composed of unimaginable horrors, kaiju old and new, and heroes to keep it all at bay. We’re telling the best Godzilla stories in the world, inside the best comics on the shelves."[39]

Title Issues Writer Artist(s) Debut date
Godzilla 1– Tim Seeley Nikola Čižmešija TBA 2025[39]
Godzilla: Enter the Deadzone Ethan Parker and Griffin Sheridan Pablo Tunica
Starship Godzilla Chris Gooch Oliver Ono

Collected editions

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  • Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters
    • Volume One (2011, collects Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1–4, ISBN 978-1613770160)
    • Volume Two (2012, collects Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #5–8, ISBN 978-1613771228)
    • Volume Three (2012, collects Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #9–12, ISBN 978-1613772058)
    • Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters (2019, collects Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1–12, ISBN 978-1684055333)
  • Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths (2011, collects Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths #1–5, ISBN 978-1613770337)
  • Godzilla: Legends (2012, collects Godzilla: Legends #1–5, ISBN 978-1613772232)
  • Godzilla
  • Godzilla: The Half-Century War (2013, collects Godzilla: The Half-Century War #1–5, paperback ISBN 978-1613775950, hardcover ISBN 978-1631403217)
  • Godzilla: Rulers of Earth
    • Volume One (2013, collects Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #1–4, ISBN 978-1613777497)
    • Volume Two (2014, collects Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #5–8, ISBN 978-1613779330)
    • Volume Three (2014, collects Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #9–12, ISBN 978-1631400094)
    • Volume Four (2014, collects Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #13–16, ISBN 978-1631401725)
    • Volume Five (2015, collects Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #17–20, ISBN 978-1631402814)
    • Volume Six (2015, collects Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #21–25, ISBN 978-1631404078)
    • Godzilla: Complete Rulers of Earth (2016, collects Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #1–12, ISBN 978-1631406263)
    • Godzilla: Complete Rulers of Earth 2 (2019, collects Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #13–25, ISBN 978-1684055050)
  • Godzilla: Cataclysm (2015, collects Godzilla: Cataclysm #1–5, ISBN 978-1631402425)
  • Godzilla in Hell (2016, collects Godzilla in Hell #1–5, ISBN 978-1631405341)
  • Godzilla: Oblivion (2016, collects Godzilla: Oblivion #1–5, ISBN 978-1631407338)
  • Godzilla: Rage Across Time (2016, collects Godzilla: Rage Across Time #1–5, ISBN 978-1631408533)
  • Godzilla: Unnatural Disasters (2021, collects Godzilla: Legends #1–5, Godzilla in Hell #1–5 and Godzilla: Rage Across Time #1–5, ISBN 978-1684058266)
  • Godzilla: World of Monsters (2021, collects Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths #1–5, Godzilla: Cataclysm #1–5 and Godzilla: Oblivion #1–5, ISBN 978-1684058303)
  • Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors—Rise Up! (2022, collects Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors #1–5, ISBN 978-1684058723)
  • Godzilla Rivals
  • Godzilla vs. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (2022, collects Godzilla vs. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1–5, ISBN 978-1684059379)
  • ‘’Godzilla Library Collection Vol 1’’ (2023, collects ‘’Gangsters & Goliaths’’ #1-5 ‘’Legends’’ #1-5 ‘’Godzilla: The Half-Century War’’ #1-5, ISBN 979-8887240329)
  • ‘’Godzilla Library Collection Vol 2’’ (2024, collects ‘’Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters’’ #1-12, ISBN 979-8887240701)

See also

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