Source: IDW Publishing

Special Thanks to Kahlil Schweitzer

IDW Publishing has sent SciFi Japan a preview of the first seven pages from issue #5 of Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, their new ongoing Godzilla comic book series. The issue features a battle between Rodan and Varan by guest artist Jeff Zornow.

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #5 will be available from comic shops and retailers tomorrow, October 30th.

Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #5

Story: Chris Mowry and Matt Frank

Writer: Chris Mowry

Artist: Jeff Zornow

Colors: Priscilla Tramontano

Letterer: Shawn Lee

Editor: Bobby Curnow

Cover: Jeff Zornow

Retailer Incentive Variant Cover: Matt Frank

In-Store Date: October 30, 2013

Pages: 32

Cover Price: $3.99

Preorder Code: AUG130471

Retailer Incentive Cover Preorder Code: AUG130472

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?

To be continued in Godzilla: Rulers of Earth #5!

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:



