Kaiju Crisis

The King of the Monsters VS Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Godzilla Destroys The Marvel Universe

- STEPHEN JEWELL

AFTER THE recent one-shots pitting him against individual characters or teams, the King of the Monsters now faces off against literally all of Marvel's numerous heroes and villains in a kaiju-sized event series. While the past encounters were set in different time periods, Godzilla Destroys The Marvel Universe takes place in the present day.

"We made the decision to look at the Marvel Universe from orbit and we wanted to make sure that even casual or new readers could pick this book up and be immediately immersed," explains writer Gerry Duggan, who previously journeyed back to the '70s for Godzilla Vs Hulk. "So we've driven past some of the finer points of modern continuity in favour of a more 'evergreen' characterisation of our heroes and villains.