IDW Solicits Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #12 and Vol. 3 TPB for May 2014

Source: IDW Publishing Special Thanks to Kahlil Schweitzer

A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE

IDW has provided SciFi Japan with an advance look at Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #12 plus the third trade paperback collection of the series. Both are coming to comic book shops and retailers in May 2014. Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #12 Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Matt Frank Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Matt Frank Tentative In-Store Date: Late May 2014 Pages: 32 Cover Price: $3.99 A cataclysmic monster battle for all ages! As the Devonians move their plans into endgame and humanity meets them on the battlefield, Godzilla will be the monster that determines the fate of planet! Will the new rulers of Earth bring about a reign of life... or death? Retailer Incentive Variant Cover: Jeff Zornow

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Vol. 3 TPB Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Jeff Zornow, Matt Frank Colors: Priscilla Tramontano Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Jeff Zornow With many monsters now inhabiting a new home, peace seemingly descends on Earth. Little does humanity realize that the greatest danger now lurks under the waves. It all leads to the most cataclysmic monster battle of the ages! Trade paperback collecting Godzilla: Rulers of Earth issues 9–12. Tentative In-Store Date: Late May, 2014 Pages: 104 Cover Price: $17.99 ISBN: 978-1-63140-009-4

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.

For more information on IDW`s Godzilla comics, please see the previous coverage here on SciFi Japan: