Godzilla’s Bringing His Brand of Radioactive Chaos to Marvel Comics

Y’know , it was n’t that long ago Marvel hadvariant coversfeaturingGodzillagoing up against the like of the Avengers and Spider - Man . Toho ’s big lizard willduke it out withanyonethese Clarence Shepard Day Jr. , no matter how large they are . So you wo n’t be surprised those covers were a overture to him really amount to ruin the days of Marvel ’s A - listing superheroes .

On Thursday , theHollywood ReporterunveiledGodzilla vs. Marvel , the publisher ’s first crossing over with the character since 1977’sGodzilla , King of the Monsters . This fresh event is a series of one - shots wherein the King will look off against ( or team up with ) various Marvel hero across the decade . First up is Ryan North and John Romita Jr. ’s tale of a meeting with the Fantastic Four , who fight King Ghidorah after he becomes Galactus ’ new Herald . While the Four brass the young cosmic dragon , Godzilla and the Silver Surfer must team up to pull through the planet .

agree to Marvel EiC C.B. Cebulski , the caller initially utter with Toho about reprint those old comics , but talks eventually made it clear-cut “ both of our teams were aroused to do more together . These crossovers started coming together , in lineal coaction with Toho , and we feel the perfect time for them was for Godzilla ’s seventieth anniversary . ” As Marvel ’s comics / franchise United States President Dan Buckley remark , Godzilla ’s become pretty pop lately thanks toGodzilla Minus Oneand the American - made MonsterVerse movies , so Marvel could n’t not get in on that — and should this be a collision , Cebulski said Marvel would be more than felicitous to team up with Toho on more “ exciting projects . ”

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“ Kaiju — and specifically Godzilla — are of import parts of Marvel ’s comic account , so we know we want to explore something with their teams , ” tell Buckley . “ It ’s part of our current ethnical zeitgeist and a double-dyed example of the playfulness that the strip industriousness can bestow . We ’re focused on the storytelling first and foremost , but fun chance for crossovers like this give both of our fan an entertaining escape that they wo n’t want to miss . ”

Godzilla vs. Fantastic Fourkicks things off in March 2025 . succeeding issue and their creators will be reveal at a later date .

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