Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Previews

Source: IDW Publishing Special Thanks to Rosalind Morehead IDW has provided cover art and product info for Godzilla: Rulers of Earth issues and trade paperbacks to be published in the last third of 2013.

Left: Matt Frank artwork for the cover of Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #4. Right:> Mothra and Destoroyah join Godzilla on the Retailer Incentive Variant cover by Jeff Zornow. Image courtesy of IDW Publishing. © 2013 Toho Co., Ltd.

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #4 Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Matt Frank Colors: Rhonda Pattison Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Matt Frank Tentative In-Store Date: September 24, 2013 Pages: 32 Cover Price: $3.99 Preorder Code: JUL130325 While the CKR forces won the battle in San Diego, the war has just begun! When new forces pit their ultimate weapon against a weakened Godzilla, help from unexpected allies will be needed! The action hits a fever-pitch in an-out gigantic brawl that fans will be talking about for ages to come! Retailer Incentive Variant Cover: Jeff Zornow Retailer Incentive Cover Preorder Code: JUL130326

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #5 Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Jeff Zornow Colors: Rhonda Pattison Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Matt Frank Tentative In-Store Date: October 29, 2013 Pages: 32 Cover Price: $3.99 Preorder Code: AUG130471 On her first assignment, Lucy and her team witness the battle between the great Rodan and the fearsome Varan! But all is not as it seems... what secrets are being held in the Chinese wilderness? Guest artist Jeff Zornow. Retailer Incentive Variant Cover: Jeff Zornow Retailer Incentive Cover Preorder Code: AUG130472

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #6 Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Jeff Zornow Colors: Rhonda Pattison Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Matt Frank Tentative In-Store Date: Late November, 2013 Pages: 32 Cover Price: $3.99 The stakes have never been higher when an alien onslaught on Las Vegas reveals new weapons for both sides of the conflict! Meanwhile, Lucy has her own problems to deal with as two countries pit monster against monster, with her team caught in the middle. New monsters debut in this jam-packed issue! Retailer Incentive Variant Cover: Jeff Zornow

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #7 Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Matt Frank Colors: Priscilla Tramontano Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Matt Frank Tentative In-Store Date: Late December, 2013 Pages: 32 Cover Price: $3.99 Who... or what, is Jet Jaguar? The size-changing robot has appeared mysteriously, but is he friend or foe? As the alien attack on earth ramps up, Jet Jaguar holds the balance of power in his hands! Fan favorite Jet Jaguar makes his first appearance! Retailer Incentive Variant Cover: Jeff Zornow

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Vol. 1 TPB Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Matt Frank, Jeff Zornow Colors: Rhonda Pattison Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Matt Frank Dozens of new monsters have risen from the depth and are staking out their own territory, regardless of humanity’s political borders! A war of dominance beings... will Godzilla end up on top? Trade paperback collecting Godzilla: Rulers of Earth issues #1-4. Tentative In-Store Date: Late December, 2013 Pages: 120 Cover Price: $19.99 ISBN: 978-1-61377-749-7

About IDW Publishing

IDW is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro`s The TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE, Paramount`s Star Trek; HBO`s True Blood; the BBC`s DOCTOR WHO; Toho`s Godzilla; and comics and trade collections based on novels by worldwide bestselling author, James Patterson. IDW is also home to the Library of American Comics imprint, which publishes classic comic reprints; Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio. IDW`s critically- and fan-acclaimed series are continually moving into new mediums. Currently, Warner Brothers and Barry Sonnenfeld are attached to adapt LORE into a feature film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Jerry Bruckheimer Films and Disney are creating a feature film based on World War Robot, with Michael Bay`s Platinum Dunes and Sony bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film.

About Toho Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1932 and headquartered in Tokyo, Toho Company, Ltd. is one of the leading entertainment conglomerates in Japan. Toho is best known worldwide as the producer of twenty-eight Godzilla motion pictures, based upon a character the company unleashed on the world back in 1954, and masterpiece films directed by Akira Kurosawa. Toho has been the number one distributor of motion pictures in Japan (both domestic and foreign) for eight consecutive years since 2003. The company is also, throughout Japan, the leading producer of theatrical works and one of the largest owners of office buildings and theaters.

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