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We’ve received a press release from IDW Publishing regarding their summer plans for Godzilla comics!

GODZILLA’S ONE CRAZY SUMMER!
IDW announces digital Godzilla comics, new characters, and a new title!

San Diego, CA – Expanding what has become an explosive publishing partnership, this summer IDW Publishing and Toho Co., Ltd.are bringing even more kaiju chaos to comic fans everywhere!

May 23rd brings the launch of Duane Swierczynski and Simon Gane’s new, ongoing Godzilla series, which features covers by Arthur Adams and Tony Harris! That’s not all, though!

That same day, after much anticipation, Godzilla will finally hit digital platforms! Available on iOS, Android, and Nook, IDW’s entire back catalog of catastrophic, giant monster destruction will be available as single issues and trades. Not only that, but the new Godzilla ongoing will launch day and date with two exclusive digital variant covers!

This bounty of crushing comics destruction comes hot on the heels of IDW’s announcement of Orc Stain creator James Stokoe’s Godzilla: The Half-Century War, a generation-spanning tale packed to the gills with Stokoe’s trademark hyper-detailed linework and nearly-psychedelic colors. If any comics creator out there was born to draw giant monsters leveling crowded metropolitan areas, folks, it’s James Stokoe.

And as if all that city-stompin’ goodness wasn’t enough, IDW has made the necessary space in Godzilla’s monstrous world for even more of Toho’s creatures, with more than 20 of Godzilla’s co-stars joining the roster of licensed characters. From fan favorites such as JET JAGUAR to lesser-known greats like the gargantuas, SANDA and GAIRA, the future of Godzilla at IDW is bound to be even more action-packed than ever.

Needless to say, it’s going to be a chaos-drenched summer for Godzilla fans.

Hopefully they all have insurance.

Godzilla #1• 32 pages • $3.99 • in stores May 23 • Diamond order code: MAR120364
Godzilla: The Half-Century War #1 • 32 pages • $3.99 • in stores 8/22 • Diamond order code: JUN120326
Godzilla: Legends TPB • 128 pages • $19.99 • in stores June 13 • Diamond order code: APR120372
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Vol. 3 TPB • 104 pages • $17.99 • In stores now • Diamond order code: MAR120367

Visit IDWPublishing.com to learn more about the company and its top-selling books. IDW can also be found at http://www.facebook.com/#!/idwpublishing and http://tumblr.idwpublishing.com/ and on Twitter at @idwpublishing.

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For fans of Godzilla Comics by IDW Publishing, today we bring you a preview of Godzilla #1 from the new ongoing series!

Godzilla #1
Godzilla is back… in an all-new ongoing series! Duane Swierczynski and Simon Gane launch this ultimate action-movie blockbuster, ushering in a new era of monster battles. Ex-special forces tough-guy Boxer is a man with a grudge and vows to end the terror of Godzilla, no matter what. He assembles a top notch team to take down monster-sized threats… at $7 billion a bounty. What starts as a vendetta could become a lucrative business for Boxer… if he can live past day one!

Read on to preview this new issue! It’s scheduled for release tomorrow, Wednesday, May 23rd 2012.

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Thanks to sister site Toyark.com for a press release and images of the upcoming SH MonsterArts Comic Con Explosion Godzilla, an exclusive for San Diego Comic Con 2012!

Product Name: S.H.MonsterArts Godzilla™ (Comic-Con® Explosion)

Copyright
© 1994 Toho Pictures, Inc.
GODZILLA and the character design are trademarks of Toho Co., Ltd.
© 1994, 2012 Toho Co., Ltd.

Basic Info
Product Name: S.H.MonsterArts Godzilla™ (Comic-Con® Explosion)
San Diego Comic-Con Price: 55 USD
Figure Height: 6”
Total length (head to tail): 15”
Articulation: 29points
Materials: PVC, POM, ABS
For ages 15yrs and older

Product Announcement
Get ready to celebrate destruction this July 2012! Bandai Japan’s Collectors label, Tamashii Nations, is proud to announce a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive that will blow the roof off with S.H.MonsterArts Godzilla™ (Comic-Con® Explosion)! Featuring a unique fiery explosion color scheme and twenty-nine points of articulation, this high-end collectable action figure has been professionally crafted by the renowned monster maker Yuji Sakai to meticulously replicate Godzilla’s form as seen in the 1994 Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla (commonly referred to as “MogeGoji”). Illustrated by prominent Japanese artist and character designer, Yasushi Torisawa, exclusive package art commemorates San Diego Comic-Con International 2012, and appropriately depicts the beloved San Diego Convention Center being attacked by Godzilla. Run to the Bluefin booth while supplies still last…and then run for your life!

Artists Profiles
Yuji Sakai
(Sculptor)
Born in 1958, Yuji Sakai represents Japan’s top sculpting talent and has come to be known as the world’s foremost Godzilla sculptor. Working as the lead prop designer for the 1999 film, “Godzilla 2000: Millennium”, Yuji Sakai has since released numerous Godzilla kit’s via his namesake sculptor’s workshop and has received praise from around the globe for his remarkable craftsmanship.

Yasushi Torisawa
(Illustrator)
Born in 1962, Yasushi Torisawa is a prominent Japanese illustrator and character designer. His “kaiju” monster design debut began via a collaboration with Godzilla art director Tetsuzo Osawa for the movie “Mothera 3”. Following this project Yasushi Torisawa has established himself as a renowned character, costume, and visual content designer for Godzilla and other popular Japan “tokusatsu” (live-action) series. He also contributes frequently to “tokusatsu” magazines with original “kaiju” illustrations.

For more information on S.H.MonsterArts
http://tamashii.jp/t_item/t_item.php?eid=00072

For the latest product information on Tamashii Nations products
http://www.facebook.com/Tamashii.USA
http://www.twitter.com/TamashiiNations

Check out images of this fiery Comic Con Explosion Godzilla after the jump!

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We’ve got another preview for you for Godzilla Comics from IDW Publishing!

Godzilla Legends #5
The final Legend is here! Does Godzilla have a weakness? The government wants to know, and in order to get the necessary data, tissue samples must be taken from the great beast. The only way to get these samples? TO CLIMB GODZILLA! Renowned, retired adventurer Bryson Allworth is called in. Is he up to the herculean task? When another monster shows up to tumble, the task is only gonna get tougher! Don’t miss this special final issue to LEGENDS!

Read on to preview this new issue, scheduled for release tomorrow, Wednesday March 14th!

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Here comes more Godzilla Comic goodness with a preview of:

Godzilla Legends #4
Chris Mowry (w) o E.J. Su (a) o Arthur Adams, Chris Scalf (c)
An epic single issue story shining a light on another terrifying Toho monster! This issue sees the debut of the one and only Smog Monster- Hedorah! G-Force is sent to battle the blob-like beast as it lays waste to China. But another monster’s presence might make this an even more chaotic conflict! Don’t miss the mayhem!

Read on to preview this new issue, scheduled for release tomorrow!

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Have you been following IDW’s Godzilla King Of The Monsters series? If so, read on, as we’ve got a preview for Godzilla King Of The Monsters #12!

Godzilla King Of The Monsters #12
Jason Ciaramella (w) o Victor Santos (a) o David Messina (c)
The evil twins are gone. Godzilla lies dormant. The monsters that roam the earth are wounded, battered, exhaustedÖ if mankind has any chance of recovering from this disaster, now is the moment. But with the world in ruin and civilization in total disarray, can anything still be salvaged? The fate of humanity is determined in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #12!

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Pictures are continuing to arrive from our team on location at the 2012 Toy Fair event in New York City. Bandai debuts a new collectors line for Godzilla called Tokyo Vinyl, this highly artistic line follows the form of many popular Asian vinyl collectibles in looks and execution.

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Pictures are continuing to arrive from our team on location at the 2012 Toy Fair event in New York City. Just because Bandai now has the MonsterArts line, doesn’t mean that the vinyl line is being put to rest. Bandai is showcasing more offerings in this line at the 2012 Toy Fair

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Pictures are continuing to arrive from our team on location at the 2012 Toy Fair event in New York City. We now have several images of the MonsterArts display over at the Bandai/Tamashii Nations portion of the show floor.

You will see it is largely recycled from the New York Comic Con display that was seen back in October of last year.

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Bluefin have updated their Facebook page with plenty of images of the adorable tyke from Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla, giant eyes and all, Little Godzilla!

Godzilla fans will be happy to know that despite Little Godzilla being a Tamashii Web exclusive in Japan, he will have a standard release in North America thanks to the efforts of Bluefin.

Little Godzilla also comes with some added pieces – two clear brown Tamashii Stage baseplates and four articulated SpaceGodzilla crystals, perfect to spruce up your MonsterArts shelf after SpaceGodzilla hits in March! The set of Little Godzilla and crystal effects will begin shipping from Tamashii Web in June and expected to arrive via Bluefin by July.

Click on the news title to see more pics and join in the discussion!