Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1

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Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1
Cover A of issue #1 by Alex Ross
Written by Eric Powell, Tracy Marsh
Art by Phil Hester (pencils),
Bruce McCorkindale (inks)
Colors by Ronda Pattison
Letters by Chris Mowry
Edits by Chris Ryall,
Bobby Curnow (associate),
Carlos Guzman (assistant)
Creative Consultant Chris Mowry
Sales 69,662[1][2]
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Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1 is an IDW comic book. It was released on March 30, 2011, as the first in the company's line of Godzilla comics. 80 variant covers, most of them retailer incentives showing Godzilla stomping each comic book shop that ordered 500 copies of the issue, helped make it a runaway success. It was IDW's best-selling Godzilla issue during its original run with the character, with 69,662 physical copies purchased.[1][note 1] IDW republished it on February 19, 2025, as Godzilla 70th Anniversary Foil Classics: Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #1.[3][4]

Description

The King of the Monsters rises again, and for the first time in comics, he's bringing lots of other beloved Toho monsters with him in one destructive saga, and The Goon's Eric Powell is sounding the alarm.

Plot

In Japan, a boy and girl play on a beach littered with dead fish. Godzilla suddenly appears, seemingly devouring the two youths. Meanwhile, their father, a fisherman, sees the commotion and is concerned for his children. Godzilla comes ashore, and the Japanese military sends out fighter jets. Failing to subdue the monster with these means, the Prime Minister orders a nuclear attack. However, this only grants Godzilla atomic breath. The beast continues onward into Tokyo, reducing it to rubble. Meanwhile, in America, President Ogden is made aware of Godzilla.

Appearances

Monsters

Weapons, vehicles, and races

Characters

Locations

Gallery

Covers

Scans

Trivia

  • In reality, Japan does not possess nuclear weapons.
  • Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1 has, by far, the most cover variants of any Godzilla comic or manga ever made.

External links

Notes

  1. Sales data for IDW's second run with the character, which began in 2021, is not available.

References

This is a list of references for Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters issue 1. These citations are used to identify the reliable sources on which this article is based. These references appear inside articles in the form of superscript numbers, which look like this: [1]

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 March 2011 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops
  2. April 2011 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops
  3. "IDW Monthly Title Catalog, December 2024" (PDF). Penguin Random House Comics Retail. November 2024.
  4. "GODZILLA 70TH ANNIV FOIL KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #1". PREVIEWSworld. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

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