IDW’s third ongoing Kai-Sei comic series, Starship Godzilla, releases on October 1st and promises a galaxy-spanning solo Mechagodzilla story. Per Fangoria, it has a “retro 80’s anime feel” to the book, with other comparisons being something akin to Guardians of the Galaxy meets Godzilla. It’s a unique and fun way to make the book stand on its own (and be literally out of this world), after the grounded and adult Deadzone and the Shonen Jump-inspired Godzilla bringing their own standout styles and tones, as well as a whole new mythos to the King of the Monsters.
The official synopsis reads:
The Kai-Sei era goes to space inside a brand-new Mechagodzilla!
You didn’t think kaiju were only on Earth, did you? In the fight for galactic supremacy, no weapon is more powerful than a kaiju… and no team is better equipped to capture and transport these titanic monsters than the crew of Starship Godzilla!
This ragtag group flies through space in Mechagodzilla and takes high-risk, high-reward missions across the galaxy. A kaiju heading toward your planet? Give them a call. A colossal space pest clogging up your trade route? They’ll get rid of it. A galactic civil war utilizing kaiju on both sides? They’ll… uh… do their best to stay out of it. But where there’s a galactic war, there’s a galactic conspiracy, and this may be one fight our crew doesn’t land on the same side of.
A brand-new kaiju space epic starts here in Chris Gooch (In Utero, Under-Earth) and Oliver Ono’s (Godzilla: Monster Island Summer Camp) Starship Godzilla!
Check out the first twelve pages below. Stay tuned for more on the Kai-Sei Era from IDW!
