Legends of the Monsterverse: The Omnibus

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Legends of the Monsterverse: The Omnibus Edited by Robert Napton Written by Max Borenstein, Greg Borenstein, Arvid Nelson, Greg Keyes, Marie Anello, Brian Buccellato Art by Eric Battle, Yvel Guichet, Alan Quah, Mohammad Yazid, Drew Edward Johnson Cover by Jonathan Marks Barravecchia Mohammad Yazid (Kickstarter) Publisher Legendary Comics Publish date August 16, 2023 (Kickstarter) February 6, 2024 Pages 400-500 Dimensions 7 inches x 11 inches ISBN ISBN-10: 1681161176 ISBN-13: 978-1681161174

Legends of the Monsterverse: The Omnibus is a hardcover collection of five reprinted Monsterverse graphic novels—Godzilla: Awakening, Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, Godzilla: Aftershock, Godzilla Dominion, and Kingdom Kong—and a brand-new Godzilla vs. Kong tie-in story entitled Godzilla: Fight or Flight, written by Brian Buccellato and illustrated by Mohammad "Zid" Yazid. It was crowdfunded through Kickstarter, with backers receiving a digital copy early on August 16, 2023, then a revised edition on September 20. Legendary Comics published a retail hardcover on March 5, 2024.

Description

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EVERYTHING Monsterverse now in one comprehensive collection! Godzilla, Kong and everything else that crawls, swims or flies between the Hollow Earth and Skull Island. This MONSTER collection features every comic that Legendary Comics has ever published on the Monsterverse - plus an exclusive new story only to be found here! Contains: Godzilla Awakening, Skull Island: Birth of Kong, Godzilla Aftershock, Godzilla Dominion, Kingdom Kong and one never before seen story by Zid, all with a brand new cover by Jonathan Marks Barravecchia!

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Contents

Main articles: Godzilla: Awakening, Skull Island: The Birth of Kong, Godzilla: Aftershock, Godzilla Dominion, Kingdom Kong.

Godzilla: Fight or Flight

At Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, F-15 pilot Tyler Nie tells his fellow pilots how Godzilla saved his life from the MUTOs in 2014 and inspired his vocation. They react with amusement until their attention is pulled by a news report that Godzilla is approaching the West Coast of the United States. Nie tries to convince them that Godzilla would only make landfall to oppose another Titan threat, as he did against King Ghidorah and Rodan with Mothra. They only laugh at him, with one stunned that he knows that many monster names. Meanwhile, Godzilla swims beneath an aircraft carrier in the Bermuda Triangle.

Admiral Howze calls Nie's strike squadron into action against Godzilla, who is on course for Pensacola. Nie hesitates at the ladder of his plane, causing Howze to question his resolve, but he agrees to join the mission. Nine F-15s, including his own, and three F-35s engage Godzilla at Apex Cybernetics' U.S. headquarters. As Nie tries to warn the other pilots that Godzilla is looking for something, they score several missile hits to no effect. Godzilla destroys one of the jets with a swipe of his claws, then shoots down two more with his atomic breath. Nie engages Godzilla head-on, trying to aim for his eyes, but finds himself unable to shoot, knowing they're on the same side. Godzilla's atomic breath scores a glancing hit on his plane, severing the cockpit and allowing him to eject safely. He watches Godzilla destroy the Apex facility and expresses hope that he finds what he's seeking, unaware of Mechagodzilla's eye nearby.

Godzilla: Fight or Flight appearances

Titans Godzilla MUTO Male MUTO Female MUTO King Ghidorah Mothra Rodan Mechagodzilla (eye) Characters Tyler Nie Admiral Howze

Weapons, vehicles, races, and organizations McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Apex Cybernetics Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier

Godzilla: Fight or Flight staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Writer   Brian Buccellato
• Art   Zid
• Colors   Zid
• Editors   Robert Napton, Chris Robinson
• Lettering   Richard Starkings, Jimmy Betancourt

Development

Legendary Comics launched a Kickstarter campaign for a Monsterverse omnibus on December 14, 2022. It reached its goal of $10,000 within the same day, finishing with $209,742.

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  Concept art for a plush Doug included as a backer reward in the Legends of the Monsterverse: The Omnibus Kickstarter

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Trivia

• Godzilla: Fight or Flight is the third Monsterverse comic to be illustrated by Zid, after Skull Island: The Birth of Kong and Kingdom Kong. It was originally announced under the title Call to Action.
• One panel shows an F/A-18 with elements from the Soviet-built Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum.
• Known changes in the revised PDF version of the collection are as follows:
  • Much of the text outside of the comics themselves can be selected and copied, including the previously-hidden words in Kong's superspecies profile from Skull Island: The Birth of Kong.
  • Less of the Bone Graveyard text behind a photo of Hank Marlow's crashed plane is visible.
  • The Skullcrawler superspecies profile now capitalizes the "B" in "Beyond."
  • The two paragraphs in the Cryptozoology section of the Sker Buffalo's superspecies profile are combined into one.
  • "Threatened" is changed to "threated" in the Mire Squid's superspecies profile.
  • The Cryptozoology section of Kong's superspecies profile is expanded, including speculation on whether his species is "the primary template of all human life." The bracketed text next to his name at the top of the profile is changed from "Apus" to "Titanus Kong", with most of the latter concealed behind another page unless selected.
  • Behemoth's nature is listed as "Bio-Seismic" instead of "Bio-Electrical", matching the original profile for the Titan released in 2020.
  • A typo in Camazotz's profile ("translatin") is corrected.
  • Paragraph breaks in Na Kika, Scylla, and Tiamat's superspecies statistics are removed.
  • The text in Scylla's profile is lightly edited, including the removal of "arachnoid" as a description of the Titan.
  • The text in Tiamat's profile is significantly revised, altering the specifics of some of her abilities and describing her as the source of "the sea serpent myth told as a warning by sailors throughout history." Her nature is also changed from "Bio-Electrical" to "Bio-Ultraviolet."

References

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