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    IDW Solicits Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #19, Vol. 4 TPB and Godzilla: Cataclysm #5 for December 2014

    Left: Matt Frank`s cover for Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #19. Right: Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Vol. 4 TPB cover. Images courtesy of IDW Publishing. © 2014 Toho Co., Ltd.

    Source: IDW Publishing Special Thanks to Kahlil Schweitzer and Rosalind Morehead IDW Publishing has announced solicitations for Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #19, Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Vol. 4 TPB, and the final issue of the five part mini-series Godzilla: Cataclysm. All three publications are coming to comic book shops and retailers in December 2014. Godzilla: Rulers of Earth trade paperback Volumes 1-3 are also being re-solicited for December. Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #19 Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Matt Frank Colors: Priscilla Tramontano Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Matt Frank Tentative In-Store Date: December 2014 Pages: 32 Cover Price: $3.99 Battle comes to Earth like never before! Humanity struggles to withstand the outer space onslaught. What will be the fate of the inhabitants of Monster Islands once it comes under attack? New monsters join the series in this issue! Subscription Variant Cover: Jeff Zornow For subscription customers only... a variant cover from Jeff Zornow! Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Vol. 4 TPB Writer: Chris Mowry Artist: Jeff Zornow, Matt Frank Colors: Priscilla Tramontano Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Matt Frank While Godzilla`s disappearance has brought calm to the planet, a threat from the past is set to resurface and take back the world it once had control over. No monster is safe and no future is certain as one of Godzilla`s greatest enemies prepares to return. Trade paperback collecting Godzilla: Rulers of Earth issues 13–16. Tentative In-Store Date: December 2014 Pages: 104 Cover Price: $17.99 ISBN: 978-1-63140-172-5 Godzilla: Cataclysm #5 (of 5) Writer: Cullen Bunn Artist: Dave Wachter Editor: Bobby Curnow Cover: Dave Wachter The climactic ending to this acclaimed mini-series! As one of Godzilla’s most devastating foes emerges, Hiroshi must come to terms with his role in the Cataclysm. Will his actions be enough to rectify the mistakes of the past? Tentative In-Store Date: December 2014 Pages: 32 Cover Price: $3.99 Subscription Variant Cover: Bob Eggleton For subscription customers only... a variant cover from Bob Eggleton!

    Left: Regular cover by Dave Wachter for Godzilla: Cataclysm #5. Right: Subscription variant cover by Bob Eggleton. Images courtesy of IDW Publishing. © 2014 Toho Co., Ltd.

    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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