It’s an particularly good time to be a Godzilla fan. Over the previous few years, each Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire have performed in theaters, with the previous being met with vital acclaim and profitable the Academy Award for Greatest Visible Results, and the latter making over $571 million worldwide, leading to one other film starring these Titans being greenlit. The Godzilla franchise has additionally been thriving within the comics, realm, and 2024 notably delivered the crossover miniseries between DC Comics and Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise titled Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong, which has a sequel on the way in which. Now it’s Marvel’s flip to cross over with the Toho property within the pages of a comic book e-book collection, and I’m already hooked by how Galactus and the Silver Surfer will probably be concerned.
As revealed by THR, 2025 will carry Godzilla vs. Marvel, a collection of six one-shot tales that Ryan North is writing and John Romita Jr. is illustrating. This would be the first time Marvel has left its stamp on the Godzilla property because the collection Godzilla, King of the Monsters ran from 1977 to 1979 as a part of the principle Marvel continuity. The tales on this new collection will probably be set throughout totally different time durations, with the primary problem, which comes out in March, titled Godzilla vs. Improbable 4.
Right here’s what has me jazzed about this specific story: Mister Improbable, Invisible Girl, Factor and Human Torch will conflict with King Ghidorah, the three-headed alien who’s been round since 1964 and served as the principle antagonist of 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the third MonsterVerse film. This model of Ghidorah has been infused with the Energy Cosmic by Galactus so the creature will be his new herald, i.e. discover planets for the entity to devour. Happily, the Improbable 4 gained’t must cope with this risk alone, as Godzilla and Silver Surfer, considered one of Galactus’ former heralds, will crew as much as save Earth from the improved Ghidorah.
To cite Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen in Justice League, “Cease proper there, I’m in!” I’m down for a traditional Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah combat at any time when, however to listen to that these two will probably be respectively allied with Galactus and Silver Surfer, plus having the Improbable 4 thrown into the combo, simply gave me far more incentive to take a look at this debut problem of Godzilla vs. Marvel. I additionally gained’t be shocked if the Silver Surfer lends Godzilla his personal Energy Cosmic in order that monstrous reptilian is on extra equal footing with its arch-nemesis.
Not one of the titles for the opposite 5 Godzilla vs. Marvel one-shots have been introduced but, although the promotional paintings shared by THR confirmed Godzilla combating Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Storm, Wolverine, Black Panther and She-Hulk. As for why now was a great time for Marvel to carry Godzilla again into its fold, Sven Larsen, Marvel’s vice chairman of licensing and publishing, spent years speaking with Toho about doing a comic book e-book crossover. Marvel editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski defined:
We approached them initially for our reprints, however some time after these conversations, it was clear that each of our groups have been excited to do extra collectively. These crossovers began coming collectively over that point, in direct collaboration with Toho, and we felt the right time for them was for Godzilla’s seventieth anniversary subsequent yr. We’ve been thrilled to work with them on these, and we hope this will probably be an indication for extra thrilling initiatives to return.
Once more, Godzilla vs. Marvel will kick off in March, so head to your native comedian e-book retailer or use your most popular comedian digital platform to maintain observe of the collection. For those who’re within the temper for watching content material from these franchise, use your Disney+ subscription to make your manner by means of the Marvel films so as, or escape your Max subscription to observe the MonsterVerse films.