Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #1 is an IDW comic book. It was released on March 30, 2011, as the first in the company's line of Godzilla comics. 80 variant covers, most of them retailer incentives showing Godzilla stomping each comic book shop that ordered 500 copies of the issue, helped make it a runaway success. It was IDW's best-selling Godzilla issue during its original run with the character, with 69,662 physical copies purchased.[1][note 1] IDW republished it on February 19, 2025, as Godzilla 70th Anniversary Foil Classics: Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #1.[3][4]
Description
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The King of the Monsters rises again, and for the first time in comics, he's bringing lots of other beloved Tohomonsters with him in one destructive saga, and The Goon's Eric Powell is sounding the alarm.
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Plot
In Japan, a boy and girl play on a beach littered with dead fish. Godzilla suddenly appears, seemingly devouring the two youths. Meanwhile, their father, a fisherman, sees the commotion and is concerned for his children. Godzilla comes ashore, and the Japanese military sends out fighter jets. Failing to subdue the monster with these means, the Prime Minister orders a nuclear attack. However, this only grants Godzilla atomic breath. The beast continues onward into Tokyo, reducing it to rubble. Meanwhile, in America, President Ogden is made aware of Godzilla.
↑Sales data for IDW's second run with the character, which began in 2021, is not available.
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Cover A by Alex Ross
Cover A alternate colors
Cover A art by Alex Ross
Godzilla: Monster World cover A by Alex Ross
Cover B by Eric Powell
Cover B full art by Eric Powell
Cover B full textless art by Eric Powell
Retailer incentive A cover by Eric Powell
Retailer incentive A cover art by Eric Powell
Godzilla: Monster World retailer exclusive blank cover by Matt Frank
Retailer exclusive cover preview by Matt Frank
Retailer exclusive cover preview by Matt Frank
Retailer exclusive cover preview by Matt Frank
Retailer exclusive cover preview by Matt Frank
All 74 retailer exclusive covers by Matt Frank
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters retailer exclusive charity ad by Matt Frank
"Just for fun" SciFi Japan retailer exclusive cover by Matt Frank
Monocle sketch cover by Matt Frank
Godzilla 70th Anniversary Foil Classics: Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #1
