Ahead of their release, IDW has revealed tons of new covers, some of which have never been seen for primo upcoming titles like Godzilla (launching July 23), Star Trek: Red Shirts (launching July 16), and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 (out next week).
Godzilla is a great first issue, as I said in my review, saying it’s an “exciting new era of kaiju storytelling with strong visuals, a compelling twist on the Godzilla mythos, and a fresh international cast.
Godzilla #1
THE KAI-SEI ERA, IDW’S NEW GODZILLA UNIVERSE, STARTS HERE!
In 1954, experimentation with a mysterious energy source known as Kai-Sei awakened Godzilla and a host of immortal kaiju. In the years that followed, humanity has been pummeled by near-constant monster attacks. While Japan has begun to treat the kaiju like natural disasters, understanding that their attempts to fight Godzilla only make the threat worse, the American G-Force is going to fight, fight, fight.
The Americans have just discovered the ultimate tool in the fight against kaiju: a young boy named Jacen with the power of Godzilla. Able to harness the mysterious Kai-Sei in the same vein as the King of the Monsters, this boy will either save the world… or bring about its doom.
Join Tim Seeley (Grayson, Hack/Slash, Local Man) and Nikola Čižmešija (Sword of Azrael, Batman and Robin) on the ride of a lifetime!
Check out Godzilla #2 covers below!
Tim Seeley
Nikola Čižmešija
Jorge Corona
Then with Star Trek: Red Shirts #1, it’s “a clever, darkly humorous concept and elevates it with grounded, expressive visuals and a surprisingly thoughtful script.”
Star Trek: Red Shirts #1
The start of an all-new heartrending Star Trek five-issue miniseries by writer Christopher Cantwell (Star Trek: Defiant) and artist Megan Levens (Star Trek), featuring Starfleet’s most intrepid and doomed crewmembers: red shirts. Now, finally, they get their own story.
Led by an experienced officer embedded on the snow-ridden planet Arkonia 89, the crew of the U.S.S. Warren has a small window in which to pin down spies seeking to steal classified secrets and keep Starfleet data out of their nefarious hands.
They face threats not only from their faceless enemies but from the brutalizing elements and wildlife of a planet far from home. The red shirts’ lives and Starfleet’s sanctity are on the line… and no one is safe.
But wait, there’s more!
Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone #1
What’s going on inside the Deadzone?! Find out in the second book of the KAI-SEI ERA, IDW’s new connected Godzilla universe!
Inside the new IDW Godzilla universe, there exists a mystery larger than any other… what is the Deadzone? Inhabitants of this new world know the Deadzone to be a walled-off portion of the Pacific Northwest, sequestered after the most disastrous Godzilla attack the country has ever faced. The government would have its citizens believe that nothing is still alive inside the Deadzone… but do you believe that?
There are stories of a man. Or rather… a half kaiju, half man… who travels freely throughout the Deadzone. Some say he can even kill a kaiju. Some say… he’s not the only of his kind.
Journey into this mysterious new world in Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone with the Eisner-nominated writing duo Griffin Sheridan and Ethan S. Parker (Kill Your Darlings) and fan-favorite artist Pablo Tunica (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Sea Serpent’s Heir).
Check out covers for Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone #1 below.
Bob Eggleton
Vitor Cafaggi
Chris Gooch
Check out covers for Star Trek: Lower Decks #11 below.
Philip Murphy
Kendall Goode
Check out the cover to TMNT: Shredder #2 below.
Mateus Santolouco
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