The King Of Monsters Battles Mutantkind In ‘Godzilla Vs. X-Men’
by Tony Thornley
Marvel Comics’ Godzilla Vs. The Marvel Universe crossover continues to be one of the more unique cross-company crossovers in a long time. In May, the King of Monsters will face Marvel’s mighty mutants.
Each issue of the crossover finds Toho’s flagship monster Godzilla is a different Marvel decade- starting in the 1960’s with the Fantastic Four from writer Ryan North and comics legend John Romita Jr out on March 19th.
“Quite simply, I was asked by my editor (Mark Paniccia) if I had any interest in Godzilla meeting the Fantastic Four, and never have I replied ‘yes’ to an email so quickly,” revealed North. “For me, my two favorite Godzilla movies are the first one in 1954 — a stone-cold classic — and Godzilla Minus One, which to me really made Godzilla feel like this animal, this force of nature. For this comic, it’s a period piece, so it’s based 100% on Godzilla as it was/is at the end of the 1954 movie.”
Godzilla Vs. X-Men covers the 1990s, coming in at the mutants’ highest point of popularity. To come with it is one of the creators that made that era great. Writer Fabian Nicieza alongside rising star artist Emilio Laiso put the two pop culture juggernauts face to face.
“If you’d asked ten-year-old Fabian what he’d do for the chance to write Godzilla, he would have breathed fire and burned anyone up for the job to an uncomfortable crisp,” said Nicieza. “Combine Godzilla with a ‘vs.’ and an ‘X-Men,’ well, let’s just say I love the smell of burning writer in the morning. It smells like victory!”
Check out the covers for Godzilla Vs. X-Men from superstars Tony S. Daniel, Mike McKone, Taurin Clarke and Nick Bradshaw and watch for more about Godzilla Vs. the Marvel Universe soon!
