Return to Skull Island issue 2 (2025)

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Return to Skull Island #2 Written by Simon Furman Art by Christopher Jones Cover by The Knott (CVR A/E) Christopher Jones (CVR B) Diego Yapur (CVR C) Colors by Charlie Kirchoff Letters by Andworld Design Edits by Louis Yamani Design by Dan Bura

Return to Skull Island #2 is a comic book from Titan Comics and Legendary Comics. It was published on August 6, 2025.

Description

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Kong has his first encounter with the newest and biggest threat to Skull Island - leaving a trail of suffering and destruction in its wake! Meanwhile, the team struggles to evade the toxic tendrils that are tightening their grip on the island.

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Plot

Annie punches a classmate at Cooper Academy for touching the island mementos she keeps in her locker, imagining him as a Nightboy. Following her expulsion, Irene drives her home and tries to explain to her that she can't keep living on high alert, but Annie is defiant, viewing the village as a cage and still angry that her mother left Charlie behind on Skull Island.

On that same island, Kaia slays a hippopotamus-like monster and cuts Charlie out of its stomach. She admonishes him for not moving quicker as he remarks how much she reminds him of Annie. A centipede monster bursts out of the ground, forcing them to flee as she remarks that the spike in attacks is due not just to Kong's absence, but an imperceptible disease spreading through the island. After they depart, a black substance settles on the hippopotamus monster's corpse, causing its eyes to turn black. Sam and Irene watch through binoculars as Annie once again sneaks out of her room and into the barn housing Dog. Sam urges Irene to be patient with Annie, given what she's had to learn to survive since she was a young child, while Irene worries that Annie is right and will not be able to readjust to civilization. After greeting Dog, Annie opens the door on the opposite end of the barn to reveal Mike, who has secretly chartered a boat to take them to Skull Island tomorrow night.

Kaia and Charlie return to Kong's sanctuary, where Cap reports that the Titan's wounds are healing and he's starting to eat again, though he's still weak. Kong shares Kaia's sense that a new Titan is trying to conquer the island in his absence and gaining in strength. A massive form rises out of the Skull Island muck, sending other creatures scattering. Irene takes Annie to her own gravestone, as well as that of her father August, in the hopes that she'll understand what Irene went through when she thought she had lost them both. Irene is determined not to lose her a second time. Nonetheless, that night Annie puts on her old jacket and climbs into the circus truck Mike obtained to house Dog. The driver is a friend of Mike's who he introduces as Guy; to Annie's delight, he's unfazed by the extreme dangers on Skull Island. Irene and Sam surreptitiously follow them; though they've been aware of their plans, Irene is disappointed that Annie didn't leave a note.

An army of monsters, their eyes all black, overrun Kaia's village as the inhabitants flee. Etana delivers the news to Kaia as Kong roars a challenge to the would-be Titan usurper, Yuggoth, who hears him from the surface and snarls back. Annie, Mike, and Guy reach the docks and meet the shady captain Mike hired, Druid. She's unimpressed by his ship, while he's dismayed by the sight of Dog, who's too heavy to board. They're interrupted by the arrival of a group of mercenaries who they initially believe are the police, but turn out to be in Irene's employ. She offers to join them on their rescue mission, but only aboard the massive ship she's chartered, Leviathan. To calm Druid, she hires him as added muscle.

Mike, Cap, and Kaia spot Yuggoth atop a snowy mountain as Kong climbs towards it. Kong finds the high ground and leaps at the fungal Titan, but it intercepts him with a swing of its arm, knocking him to the ground. Kaia seems to share his pain, lamenting that he's not ready for battle yet. Yuggoth lumbers towards Kong and wraps a hand around his throat, branches nearing his eyes. Kong finds the strength to tear off one of its legs, causing it to stumble down the side of the mountain. Charlie cheers Kong's victory, but Cap wonders what the exertion has cost him.

Appearances

Titans and superspecies King Kong Yuggoth Nightboy Horncrest Chameleon Aloe Turtle Giant Dodo Galloping Crocodile Kraken (CVR B) Other monsters Dog Hippopotamus monster Giant grub-like centipede Three-horned rhinoceros monster Hawk Monster (CVR C) Characters Annie Charlie Mike Irene Cap Sam Kaia Guy Etana Druid August (mentioned)

Weapons, vehicles, and races Leviathan Iwi Locations Skull Island Kong's sanctuary Cooper, United States

Gallery

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  Cover A by The Knott
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  Cover B by Christopher Jones
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  Cover C by Diego Yapur

Trivia

• This issue was originally scheduled to release on July 16, 2025, then July 23 and July 30.
• This issue was released on the same day as IDW Publishing's Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone #1 and DC Comics and Legendary Comics' Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong 2 #3.
• The village of Cooper references King Kong (1933) codirector Merian C. Cooper, while Steiner Music references the film's composer, Max Steiner.
• The name of Annie's father, who was shown in flashback in Skull Island, is revealed to be August in this issue.

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