It is not only the xenomorphs that enter the Marvel universe and collide with its superheroes. Alongside the “Aliens vs Avengers” series almost finishedMarvel now publishes a “Godzilla vs Marvel” meta-series with six numbers. Each issue jumps in a decade and associates Big G against another hero Marvel A-List.
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The first issue, In the 1960s, “Godzilla VS Fantastic Four” # 1. Of course, it was Marvel’s first family who obtained the first swing on the bat. The second issue will be “Godzilla vs Hulk” # 1, written by Gerry Duggan and designed by Giuseppe Camuncoli, and taking place in the 1970s. Marvel shared an exclusive preview of the book with / film.
“Godzilla vs the hulk” is the most obvious pair, because they are both monsters representing the atomic bomb. The original “Gojira” of 1954 channeled The still recent cultural memory of the United States Japan releasing the atomic bomb On Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many classic Marvel heroes have obtained their radiation powers, but the Hulk is most obvious. Dr. Bruce Banner worked on a “gamma bomb” and, when she was taken in her explosion, became a pure destruction force.
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Why does Hulk get the 1970s? The television series “The Incredible Hulk” with Bill Bixby was presented in first in 1977, and this program transformed The Hulk into a basic food of pop culture. Hulk was also the second hero of the Marvel universe at its beginnings (in “Incredible Hulk” # 1 of 1962, he therefore succeeds the fantastic.
See the cover of “Godzilla vs hulk” # 1, drawn by Camuncoli, below:
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Can Hulk take the crown of the King of Monsters?
The synopsis for “Godzilla vs hulk” # 1 reveals that, in this world, General Thaddeus Ross (In another world, you know it like red hulk) leads an anti-kaiju working group. This organization is not called Monarch like the recent films “Monsterverse”, but rather (what else?) Thunderbolts. The complete synopsis can be read as follows:
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“General Ross has no tolerance for monsters in any form. With the Thunderbolts, his anti-Kaiju working group, he has removed or imprisoned the largest and most nasty of the planet: end Fang Foom, Mothra, Kumonga, even the Hulk. Now, everything that is left is his biggest hunt for everyone … But the Thunderbolts” Shake the earth.
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In these pages Godzilla is drawn like that of films from the 1970sWith wood and a vertical posture, large eyes and a thinner neck. As of “Dr Demonicus,” He may even be amazed at the disadvantages of drawing white. This is because he is from Marvel comics from the 1970s: “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” (published with the license authorization of Toho). If there was a moment to bring the doctor back, it was alongside Godzilla.
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“Godzilla vs hulk” # 1 is planned for the printed and digital version on April 16, 2025.
