What ’s hot right now in the eyes of Hollywood?Godzillaand IP crossovers , mainly that first one . What would be the best means to combine the two now that the braggart lounge lizard ’s foughtKing Kong , the Justice League , and even thePower Rangers ? Give him a real challenge , a big curveball no one would ’ve anticipate before now : pit Godzilla against a roster of well - known fictional character from westerly lit .
Later this year , author / artist Tom Scioli and IDW are bringingGodzilla ’s Monsterpiece Theatreto shelves . In the three - egress miniseries , Godzilla will go up against Sherlock Holmes , Jay Gatsby , HG Wells ’ Time Traveler and … Dracula ? Yep , the Prince of Darkness himself . Our introductory setup is that it ’s 1922 , and one of Jay ’s big attention - take hold of parties does its jobtoowell and lures Godzilla onto the scene . After the King of the Monsters does what he does best , Jay teams up with the other literary character show him what ’s for , old summercater . How are they gon na take him down ? Who get it on , but it ’s in all probability gon na be as goofy as this integral premise .
“ Imagine if Godzilla boom into the great American novel , ” Scioli toldTheWrap . As a fan of the originalGodzillamovie , he ’s always want to do a comic with the character , to the point he made a Godzilla vivid novel as practice for this . He go on to call it the literal comic of his pipe dream , a “ marvellous , world - spanning dangerous undertaking and versed tale of love and heartbreak . ” Scioli ’s also driven to do the most with it : according to him , Godzilla ’s going to smash up a dance competition during his rampage , and elements like submarines , horse , and speedboats will also come into romp , as will Jules Vernesomehow .
Jim Mahfood’s variant cover for Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #1.© Jim Mahfood/IDW
Godzilla ’s Monsterpiece Theatrekicks off in October . cheep the chief , pulpy cover by Scioli himself down below .
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