Godzilla (Marvel comic)
Template:Infobox Marvel Series/KotM Godzilla, King of the Monsters is a comic book series by published by Marvel Comics. Placing Godzilla into the context of the greater Marvel Universe, the series documents the monster's trek across the United States as he is tracked by S.H.I.E.L.D. and encounters characters such as the Champions, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers.
Information
This series described the adventures and confrontations of Godzilla while he wandered in various regions of the United States, from Alaska to New York City.
The series told original stories and attempted to both fit into the official Toho continuity at the time and, at the same time, avoid referencing it too directly. It also integrated Godzilla into the Marvel Universe of Earth-616, making use of many of its main regular characters, such as the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. It was published from 1977 to 1979, neatly fitting between the Showa era and the Heisei era.
The general situations of the series were fairly similar to those of the Showa era films, but other than Godzilla himself all other monsters were new creations. Likewise, the JSDF are absent but S.H.I.E.L.D. effectively fills its role in the story.
Issues
Trade paperbacks
In 2006, Marvel reprinted the series in black-and-white as a trade paperback in their Essential Marvel series.
Essential Godzilla, King of the Monsters
Gallery
Scans
Godzilla's first appearance in the U.S.
Artwork used to announce the Marvel comic book series
Godzilla takes down the Helicarrier
Godzilla vs. Lepirax
Godzilla vs. the Beta-Beast
J. Jonah Jameson yells at Godzilla
Godzilla vs. Thor
Godzilla vs. Thor
Godzilla vs. S.H.I.E.L.D., the Avengers and the Fantastic Four of the Marvel Universe of Earth-616
Spider-Man takes a picture of Godzilla
Trivia
- Marvel's Godzilla, King of the Monsters introduced Godzilla's trademark icon, which would be used in almost every piece of official Toho Godzilla media to follow. Toho would also later create trademark icons for most of their other monsters.
- At 24 issues in length, Marvel's Godzilla, King of the Monsters remained the longest-running Godzilla comic book series of all time until 2015, when IDW's Godzilla: Rulers of Earth exceeded it by one issue.
- Dark Horse's later Godzilla comic series shared the same title as Marvel's.
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