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Gorgo Legacy is an upcoming graphic novel illustrated by Patrick McEvoy, who co-wrote it with Mac McClintock. Published by McClintock's company Titanic Creations, the book's printing costs were crowdfunded through Zoop; it is expected to be shipped to backers in early fall 2024.[1] The comic is a prequel to the 1961giant monsterfilmGorgo, and will retcon that film's events to take place in the same universe as Titanic Creations' other comics.[2][3] It is planned to be followed by two sequel comics.[4]
1953. World War II is over, and the Cold War has taken its place. And in this new era of simmering world tension, a secret international agency known as SERENITY monitors -- and often conceals -- the threat of giant monsters they term "mega-cryptids." The Kaiju!
AGENT BENSON might well have saved the world in his first mission for Serenity. But now he must balance new duties with his unwanted status as a war hero. His encounter with a malevolent alien intelligence on that fateful mission has left deep scars on his psyche, as well -- cursing him with weird visions of the future.
Sent on a new mission with AGENT SIMON, an untested recruit, Benson must now investigate strange events on an isolated isle off the coast of Ireland. Destructive creatures have been sighted, unidentified cargo ships roam the nearby channels and, mysteriously, the Serenity agent previously assigned there has disappeared.
Now, in this prequel to the legendary GORGO film, Benson's dark visions of tomorrow loom. A KAIJU BLOOD FEUD and COLD WAR INTRIGUE will soon collide in the deadly waters of the North Atlantic![1]
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Development
Toy company Titanic Creations, which created officially-licensed figures of Ogra and Gorgo, announced on November 28, 2022, that it would release a graphic novel "continuing the story of Gorgo" in 2024.[5] Two days later on November 30, the company revealed through tweets that the story would be canon to its original kaiju comics, as well as establish the Gorgo film as being part of the same universe.[6][3]
Over a year later, on January 10, 2024, an email sent to subscribers of Titanic Creations' mailing list revealed the comic's title as Gorgo Legacy and that it would be releasing that March.[7] On February 5, artist Patrick McEvoy posted a collection of inked linework from the comic on Facebook, confirming his involvement and the comic's length of 60 pages, as well as clarifying the story to be a prequel to Gorgo.[2] On March 2, Titanic Creations released the comic's cover art through a tweet, which also confirmed McEvoy and Mac McClintock as its writers and gave an updated release date of summer 2024.[8]
A crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for the completed comic's publishing costs was launched through Zoop on May 28.[1][9] This campaign reported yet another delay in the comic's release date, with copies expected to ship to backers in early fall.[1] The campaign reached its goal of $5,000 in under 36 hours, on May 29.[10] It concluded on June 28 with a total of $9,115 raised from 172 backers, surpassing its $8,000 stretch goal and unlocking a free 5" x 7" print for all orders of physical copies of the comic.[11][1]
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