Marvel Comics continues to mark Godzilla’s 70th Anniversary in style. The publisher has released Godzilla: The Original Marvel Years, a hardcover omnibus of 1970s Godzilla comics.

Godzilla: The Original Marvel Years, featuring Junggeun Yoon’s cover art, collects issues 1-24 of Doug Moench, Herb Trimpe, and Tom Sutton’s classic 1977 Godzilla series in full color. The hardcover omnibus is now available on Amazon for $81. Marvel and Toho International announced Godzilla: The Original Marvel Years last year, priming fans for the return of the legendary bipedal monster co-starring with Marvel’s most iconic superheroes, including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers. The 1977 Godzilla tale features the creative talents of Moon Knight co-creator Moench and acclaimed Incredible Hulk and Iron Man artist Trimpe.

Godzilla: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus

Written by DOUG MOENCH Art by HERB TRIMPE & TOM SUTTON Cover by JUNGGEUN YOON

Godzilla: The Original Marvel Years‘ description reads, “Godzilla, the towering scourge of Tokyo, rises from the depths in the United States – and the Marvel Universe! For two glorious years in the 1970s, Japan’s greatest export was one of Marvel’s biggest stars – marching across America and battling some of the best and brightest the House of Ideas had to offer, including the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the Champions, Nick Fury and the mechanized monster fighter, Red Ronin!”

“Godzilla goes west, travels through time to battle Devil Dinosaur, and hosts one of Spider-Man’s most gratuitous guest shots ever – but when Godzilla is shrunk down to miniature size, the terrible titan proves it can still be a tiny terror! Plus: Aliens, mutants, mad scientists, and epic kaiju clashes with Godzilla’s fellow towering titans – including Batragon and Yetrigar!”

Marvel is not celebrating the icon alone. A Godzilla: 70th Anniversary hardcover anthology, now available for pre-order, will arrive on October 29 containing nine stories by creatives who have helmed the kaiju’s tale in the past across films, books, and comics. Also available is the Godzilla Encyclopedia featuring manga artist and kaiju designer Shinji Nishikawa’s illustrations of Godzilla’s variations and enemies across multiple eras, including 2016’s Shin Godzilla.

Godzilla Takes Over the Marvel Universe

Marvel Comics also began the fall by releasing variant covers featuring Godzilla wreaking havoc across the Marvel Universe in celebration of the Godzilla #1 reprint. The covers depict the King of Monsters in scenes with iconic Marvel characters, including the Avengers, the X-Men, Spider-Man, Deadpool, and Venom.

Marvel’s Godzilla #1 and the arrival of the Godzilla: The Original Marvel Years omnibus are just a small part of the Legendary Monsterverse character’s adventures in comics. Earlier this year, IDW revealed a new Godzilla miniseries titled Godzilla: Skate or Die, where Godzilla and Varan will endanger a skate park in central Australia.

Godzilla: The Original Marvel Years Omnibus, celebrating the titular monster’s 70th anniversary,is now available.

Source: Amazon