Another Godzilla versus Marvel battle, here we come! This May, legendary Deadpool co-creator and X-Men writer Fabian Nicieza and artist Emilio Laiso will be pitting the X-Men against the King of Monsters. As part of their six one-shots following Godzilla versus the Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, and Spider-Man, the nuclear-breathing lizard will take on the entire X-Men smack dab against the highly lauded X-Men from the ’90s.
“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!”
You can read more about it below in Marvel’s official press release.
Godzilla’s march across the Marvel Universe begins next month! Over six groundbreaking one-shots, the King of Monsters faces off against iconic Marvel super heroes in battles set during different periods of both Godzilla and Marvel Comics history. Following a Silver Age bout with Marvel’s First Family, an Earth-trembling ‘70s slugfest with the strongest there is, and a pulse-pounding encounter with a Black suited wallcrawler, Godzilla catches the attention of mutantkind in GODZILLA VS. X-MEN #1! Arriving in May, GODZILLA VS. X-MEN takes place during the X-Men’s ‘90s heyday and will be written by one of that era’s key creators, Fabian Nicieza, known for his influential runs of X-Men and X-Force. Joined by acclaimed artist Emilio Laiso, Nicieza returns to a time when everyone wanted a piece of Marvel’s merry mutants—even Godzilla!
ROUND FOUR: VS. THE UNCANNY X-MEN!
When a robotics firm draws a kaiju’s anger, the X-Men are called in to protect a world that hates and fears them from the counterattack of…GODZILLA! But what are the reasons for Godzilla’s attacks? And are the X-Men on the right side? Follow the X-Men as they take on THE KING OF MONSTERS before humanity sends forth the Sentinels to finish the job!
GODZILLA VS. X-MEN #1 will hit stands hot on the heels of Gerry Duggan and Giuseppe Camuncoli’s GODZILLA VS. HULK, Joe Kelly and Nick Bradshaw’s GODZILLA VS. SPIDER-MAN, and the first of the one-shots, Ryan North and John Romita Jr.’s GODZILLA VS. FANTASTIC FOUR, hitting stands on March 19!
“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.”
See the X-Men in action in four GODZILLA VS. X-MEN COVERS and preorder all the GODZILLA VS. one-shots at your local comic shop today.
GODZILLA VS. X-MEN #1
Written by FABIAN NICIEZA
Art by EMILIO LAISO
Cover by TONY DANIEL
Foil Variant Cover by MIKE MCKONE
Variant Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
Virgin Variant Cover by TAURIN CLARKE
Monster Homage Variant Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Variant Cover by CHRIS CAMPANA
Variant Cover by IBAN COELLO
Versus Variant Cover by LEE GARBETT
Godzilla King of the Monsters Homage Variant Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
On Sale 5/14