Godzilla (comics)
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This is a list of all Godzilla comic books and graphic novels that have been published in the United States, Japan, or anywhere else in the world.
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[edit] History
In the 1970s, Godzilla starred in a 24 issue run of comics written by Doug Moench and published by Marvel Comics entitled "Godzilla" which thrust Godzilla completely into the Marvel Universe. In a nod to The Return of Godzilla and King Kong vs. Godzilla, Godzilla first appears by exploding out of an iceberg. It seems that Godzilla's appearances in the Toho movies were given a nod in a few issues. In at least one issue commented that Godzilla had often 'seemed like the lesser of two evils' when he would clash with a monster far more evil in intention than Godzilla, who generally acted more like an actual animal, albeit one with unusual levels of intelligence. Godzilla encountered not only agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., but also many heroes from Marvel Comic books. Among them, the now defunct group called The Champions (sans the Ghost Rider, then a member at the time), The Fantastic Four, Devil Dinosaur and Moon-Boy, and The Avengers, along with a brief, belated cameo by Spider-Man in the last issue of the series. Godzilla also fought other gigantic monsters, including Yetrigar, who was likely patterned after King Kong, and The Mega Monsters, and in defeating these, three alien beasts, saved Earth and an alien world which had been at war with the masters of the Mega Monsters. Unlike his movie counterpart, Godzilla's flame in the Marvel comic was red, rather than the silvery-blue used in the movies. A character created specifically for the series called Red Ronin, would reappear in Avengers, Solo Avengers, and an issue of Wolverine, in which Godzilla is given a subtle nod, being referred to as 'Time Lost Dinosaur' to avoid being sued by Toho, presumably. Red Ronin would also appear in the series Earth X, a darker future of the Marvel universe, which provided frightening details about the purpose of Galactus and the origins of Earth's super powered populous. One of Godzilla's primary antagonists from the series, mad scientist Dr. Demonicus, would later capture and mutate Godzilla even further. This altered version of the monster has continued to make rare appearances into the 2000s, but never called Godzilla directly.
Dark Horse Comics eventually gained the rights to the license sometime in the 1980s, and produced several vignettes of Godzilla, before providing a translated manga of Godzilla 1985 which was based on the Japanese version of the film rather than the Americanized version. Godzilla, the 1990s, would also receive his own run with Dark Horse Comics in a 17 issue run which used the same name as the Marvel run; Godzilla. This series featured several new monsters for Godzilla to fight, and a story arc in which Godzilla was flung through time by a would-be arch villain, who used him to cause the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, sink the Titanic, and even pitted him against the Spanish Armada. Godzilla would be flung into the far flung future as well and would rampage across it before returning to the modern day. The last issue of the Dark Horse series saw Godzilla flung back into time to just a few hours before the asteroid which supposedly destroyed the dinosaurs impacted on Earth, and fought an alien creature. This issue first seemed to have the 'it was all a dream' ending, as Godzilla awoke from his slumber in the modern day. But then threw a twist onto the ending, showing Godzilla staring at a piece of his opponent's tail still in his hand from where he had ripped it off in the final moments of their battle before the impact.
[edit] List of Godzilla Comic Books and Graphic Novels
| Cover Price | Name | Number | Publisher | Month Published | Year Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Godzilla vs. Megalon | 1 (Edition) | 1976 | ||
| $0.30 | Godzilla | 1 | Marvel Comics Group | August | 1977 |
| $0.30 | Godzilla | 2 | Marvel Comics Group | September | 1977 |
| $0.30 | Godzilla | 3 | Marvel Comics Group | October | 1977 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 4 | Marvel Comics Group | November | 1977 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 5 | Marvel Comics Group | December | 1977 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 6 | Marvel Comics Group | January | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 7 | Marvel Comics Group | February | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 8 | Marvel Comics Group | March | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 9 | Marvel Comics Group | April | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 10 | Marvel Comics Group | May | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 11 | Marvel Comics Group | June | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 12 | Marvel Comics Group | July | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 13 | Marvel Comics Group | August | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 14 | Marvel Comics Group | August | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 15 | Marvel Comics Group | September | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 16 | Marvel Comics Group | October | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 17 | Marvel Comics Group | November | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 18 | Marvel Comics Group | December | 1978 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 19 | Marvel Comics Group | January | 1979 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 20 | Marvel Comics Group | February | 1979 |
| $0.35 | Godzilla | 21 | Marvel Comics Group | March | 1979 |
| £0.10 | Marvel Comic | 334 | Marvel Comics Group | March | 1979 |
| $0.40 | Godzilla | 22 | Marvel Comics Group | April | 1979 |
| $0.40 | Godzilla | 23 | Marvel Comics Group | June | 1979 |
| $0.40 | Godzilla | 24 | Marvel Comics Group | July | 1979 |
| Godzilla [ゴジラ] | 1 (Edition) | Shogakukan, Inc. | 1984 | ||
| $1.50 | Godzilla, King of Monsters | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | August | 1987 |
| $1.95 | Godzilla | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | May | 1988 |
| $9.95 | The Godzilla Portfolio | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | June | 1988 |
| $1.95 | Godzilla | 2 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | July | 1988 |
| $1.95 | Godzilla | 3 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | September | 1988 |
| $1.95 | Godzilla | 4 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | November | 1988 |
| $1.95 | Godzilla | 5 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | December | 1988 |
| $1.95 | Godzilla | 6 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | January | 1989 |
| $9.95 | The Godzilla Portfolio | 2 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | March | 1989 |
| $17.95 | Godzilla (Trade Paperback) | 1 (Edition) | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | 1990 | |
| Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah [ゴジラvsキシグギドラ] | 1 (Edition) | Shogakukan, Inc. | 1991 | ||
| $3.50 | Godzilla Color Special | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | Summer | 1991 |
| Godzilla vs Mothra [ゴジラ;モマラ] | 1 (Edition) | Shogakukan, Inc. | 1992 | ||
| Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla [ゴジラvsメカゴジラ] | 1 (Edition) | Shogakukan, Inc. | 1993 | ||
| $2.95 | Screen Monsters | 4 | Zone Productions | January | 1993 |
| $2.50 | Dark Horse Comics | 10 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | May | 1993 |
| $2.50 | Dark Horse Comics | 11 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | July | 1993 |
| $2.95 | Godzilla vs. Barkley | 1 (Edition) | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | December | 1993 |
| ¥850.00 | Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla [ゴジラvsスペースゴジラ] | 1 (Edition) | Shogakukan, Inc. | 1994 | |
| Free | Godzilla King of Monsters | 1 (Edition) | Trendmasters Comix | 1994 | |
| Godzilla vs. Destoroyah Giant Encyclopedia [ゴジラvsデストロイア巨大な百科事典] | 1 (Edition) | Tachikaze Shobo | 1 (Edition) | 1995 | |
| $17.95 | Godzilla (Trade Paperback) | 2 (Edition) | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | May | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 0 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | May | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | June | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla Versus Hero Zero | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | July | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 2 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | July | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 3 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | August | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 4 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | September | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 5 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | October | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 6 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | November | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 7 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | December | 1995 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 8 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | January | 1996 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 9 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | February | 1996 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Presents | 106 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | February | 1996 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 10 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | March | 1996 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 11 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | April | 1996 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 12 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | May | 1996 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 13 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | June | 1996 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 14 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | July | 1996 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 15 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | August | 1996 |
| $2.50 | Godzilla | 16 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | September | 1996 |
| $2.95 | A Decade of Dark Horse | 4 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | October | 1996 |
| $17.95 | Godzilla: Age of Monsters (Trade Paperback) | 1 (Edition) | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | February | 1998 |
| $17.95 | Godzilla: Past, Present, and Future (Trade Paperback) | 1 (Edition) | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | March | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Godzilla Color Special | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | April | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Godzilla – King of Monsters | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | July | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Godzilla – King of Monsters | 2 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | August | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Terror of Godzilla | 1 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | August | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Godzilla – King of Monsters | 3 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | September | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Terror of Godzilla | 2 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | September | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Godzilla – King of Monsters | 4 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | October | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Terror of Godzilla | 3 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | October | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Godzilla – King of Monsters | 5 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | November | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Terror of Godzilla | 4 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | November | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Godzilla – King of Monsters | 6 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | December | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Terror of Godzilla | 5 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | December | 1998 |
| $2.95 | Dark Horse Classics: Terror of Godzilla | 6 | Dark Horse Comics, Inc. | January | 1999 |
| ¥800.00 | Godzilla 2000: Millennium [ゴジラ2000(ミレニアム)] | 1 (Edition) | Tentomushi Comics | 1999 |
