Let the Avengers Fight Godzilla, Cowards

Godzilla has a agelong and fruitful comics history—including astatine Marvel, with his legendary ‘70s bid from Doug Moench and Herb Trimpe. He’s gone to hell, battled ferocious beasts, he’s teamed up with chap heroes. He has, occasionally, been allowed to stomp the bejesus retired of Superman. But it’s that past 1 that makes Marvel’s latest squad up with the King benignant of a bummer.

This week Marvel announced that crossed September and into October, it volition people 21 Godzilla-themed variant covers from an array of superstar artists, depicting everyone from the X-Men, to the Avengers, aggregate Spider-heroes, and much moving with and against the almighty kaiju. Well, mostly against, but astatine slightest Cyclops and Venom look to get the representation that Godzilla is cool, moments of wide demolition aside. Here’s the afloat database of issues and artists for the variant covers:

On Sale 9/4

DAREDEVIL #13 Godzilla Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw

EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #1 Godzilla Variant Cover by Leinil Francis Yu

FANTASTIC FOUR #25 Godzilla Variant Cover by Greg Land

IMMORTAL THOR #15 Godzilla Variant Cover by Jonas Scharf

MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #24 Godzilla Variant Cover by Romy Jones

SCARLET WITCH #4 Godzilla Variant Cover by Mitsuhiro Arita

SPIDER-BOY #11 Godzilla Variant Cover by Lee Garbett

On Sale 9/11

CAPTAIN AMERICA #13 Godzilla Variant Cover by Phil Noto

SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER #5 Godzilla Variant Cover by InHyuk Lee

VENGEANCE OF THE MOON KNIGHT #9 Godzilla Variant Cover by Taurin Clarke

On Sale 9/18

AVENGERS #18 Godzilla Variant Cover by Ario Anindito

DAZZLER #1 Godzilla Variant Cover by Elizabeth Torque

DEADPOOL #6 Godzilla Variant Cover by Paco Medina

INCREDIBLE HULK #17 Godzilla Variant Cover by Andrei Bressan

VENOM #37 Godzilla Variant Cover by Dave Wachter

X-MEN #4 Godzilla Variant Cover by Chris Samnee

On Sale 9/25

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #58 Godzilla Variant Cover by Leo Romero

AVENGERS ANNUAL #1 Godzilla Variant Cover by Pete Woods

PHOENIX #3 Godzilla Variant Cover by Rickie Yagawa

UNCANNY X-MEN #2 Godzilla Variant Cover by David Baldeon

On Sale 10/16

WOLVERINE #2 Godzilla Variant Cover by Roge Antonio

It’s a amusive idea, and the covers are great! But honestly, coming truthful soon aft DC capped disconnected its immense Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong series, it’s hard not to consciousness similar Marvel got the abbreviated shrift present successful presumption of Godzilla collabos. And you’re the guys celebrating your past with Godzilla this year!

Maybe this is conscionable a predecessor to a much fully-fledged Marvel/Godzilla comic crossover. After all, the King of each Kaiju can’t look similar he’s playing the tract by instantly bouncing from 1 large comics steadfast to the next. It’d beryllium improper! But it would beryllium a batch much amusive to spot an extended instrumentality connected the thought of Godzilla warring with oregon against Marvel’s mightiest alternatively of conscionable getting a batch of precise chill covers. How does Godzilla consciousness astir Mutantkind successful a post-Krakoa world? Does helium deliberation Spider-Man is a menace oregon menace? Inquiring minds privation to know!

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