IDW's Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters General Discussion

[Arbok]

Wait a minute... Are those Matt Frank sketch covers carrying an MSRP of about $80, or is that just what some comic stores are jacking the price up to?

Midtown Comics mentions the list price as $80.

Also, why was no mention of the Eric Powell sketch covers for KoM #1 covered on the main site?

I wasn't dealing with IDW directly at the time, and they came out in September. Not sure IDW will be able to accommodate that request given the circumstances, but will try.

[GreenAiden555]

Oh, okay, whew! I thought so, given the circumstances.

Worst case scenario, I do own one of the Eric Powell variants... Would you like me to send you another scan like I did for the Rodan cover, if I am able to?

[Arbok]

Worst case scenario, I do own one of the Eric Powell variants... Would you like me to send you another scan like I did for the Rodan cover, if I am able to?

Yeah, that would fantastic if so.

[starsteam]

So about 100 covers, not one the same, sold throughout the country?

Yep, Now I'm really glad I'm not trying to collect every IDW variant cover.

[Berzerkgodzilla]

Added a new page to my blog today. Hope everyone likes it.

http://www.chrismowry.blogspot.com/

Holy... That is amazing... I'm speechless.

This is why I've been pestering my mom to take me to the comic store. I NEED LEGENDS

[Primevalgodzilla V2]

Well, damn, Heisei Mechagodzilla looks fan-friggin-tastic. EJ really excels at the robotic form, and Priscilla gives his work awesome textures and depth.

I can't for the the life of me guess what the story is gonna be and how it spotlights Hedorah but that's part of the fun.

[GreenAiden555]

So about 100 covers, not one the same, sold throughout the country?

Yep, Now I'm really glad I'm not trying to collect every IDW variant cover.

I counted ~120 in the photo Matt Frank took on his DA page.

I will get one... I will....

[MechaGamera]

Sales figures for Godzilla 11 again thanks to Batagor over at IDW forums for these.

177/300 GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #11 8,676

187/300 GODZILLA LEGENDS #3 8,012

105/300 GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS TP VOL 02 896

IDW Publishers Books, January 2012, from Diamond Direct Market Top 300 Sales

1. 97/300 DANGER GIRL REVOLVER #1
2. 100/300 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING #6
3. 121/300 TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE ONGOING #1
4. 122/300 STAR TREK LEGION OF SUPERHEROES #4
5. 144/300 TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #1
6. 145/300 STAR TREK ONGOING #5
7. 163/300 INFESTATION 2 #1
8. 164/300 GI JOE VOL 2 ONGOING #9
9. 169/300 TRUE BLOOD FRENCH QUARTER #5
10. 173/300 GI JOE A REAL AMERICAN HERO #174
11. 174/300 GHOSTBUSTERS ONGOING #5
12. 177/300 GODZILLA KINGDOM OF MONSTERS #11
13. 181/300 SNAKE EYES ONGOING (IDW) #9
14. 182/300 COBRA ONGOING #9
15. 187/300 GODZILLA LEGENDS #3
16. 198/300 COBRA ANNUAL 2012 ORIGIN OF COBRA COMMANDER #1
17. 200/300 DOCTOR WHO ONGOING VOL 2 #13
18. 244/300 30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING #4
19. 255/300 COLD WAR #4
20. 259/300 HP LOVECRAFT THE DUNWICH HORROR #4
21. 261/300 MEMORIAL #2
22. 300/300 JURASSIC PARK DANGEROUS GAMES #5

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[Arbok]

Looks like Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters has shed a little over a thousand viewers since November. Happy to see the two Godzilla titles doing comparatively to each other, although in this case would have loved for Legends #3 to have gotten more sales as it still remains my personal favorite comic from them so far. Actually, I think its the lowest selling Godzilla comic so far from them.

[MechaGamera]

ok not going to post this here just the link to get people over to the IDW page were you can ask new Editor Bobby Curnow questions and see the amazing Art Adams cover for issue one of the soft reboot. GO GO GO!

http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=11398

[GreenAiden555]

lol @ GODZILLA. That's all they can think of?

Here's to hoping its better than KoM!

[Arbok]

That Art Adams cover is very awesome and looks like a nice adaptation of the Godzilla from GMK.... which actually thinking about it, would make a great story for a mini-series (a lethal Godzilla that kills the military and monsters in his way).

Indifferent to the Kingdom of Monsters universe being used, but none of the monsters were dead so still plenty of stuff to work with. Curious how they will start it all out, since Godzilla ended the series passed out, along with Rodan and Battra.

[MechaGamera]

Eventually the first 12 issues will have little to no bearing on the new ongoing if it's done right. Cherry picking only the best bits of which there wasn't much.
Changing origins etc.

[GreenAiden555]

Just do SpaceGodzilla and Hedorah right and I'll be happy. I'm excited for this, but at the same time, very wary they might try to do too much clean-up.

[Rody]

That Art Adams cover is very awesome and looks like a nice adaptation of the Godzilla from GMK.... which actually thinking about it, would make a great story for a mini-series (a lethal Godzilla that kills the military and monsters in his way).

Indifferent to the Kingdom of Monsters universe being used, but none of the monsters were dead so still plenty of stuff to work with. Curious how they will start it all out, since Godzilla ended the series passed out, along with Rodan and Battra.

Wait a minute - I missed this. Where was it????????

[GreenAiden555]

The only picture in the thread... Ya know, the huge Godzilla one?

[MechaGamera]

That Art Adams cover is very awesome and looks like a nice adaptation of the Godzilla from GMK.... which actually thinking about it, would make a great story for a mini-series (a lethal Godzilla that kills the military and monsters in his way).

Indifferent to the Kingdom of Monsters universe being used, but none of the monsters were dead so still plenty of stuff to work with. Curious how they will start it all out, since Godzilla ended the series passed out, along with Rodan and Battra.

Wait a minute - I missed this. Where was it????????

Click on the link I posted a few posts back for the news and amazing pic that some think might also link up with the 5 Legends covers.

[Tyler]

That Art Adams Godzilla makes me soooooo happy. It's nice IDW has been listening to us.

[Primevalgodzilla V2]

But Art Adams is only doing the cover, I don't think he's doing the book.

But be it Adams, Frank, EJ or Zornow, I'm glad chances are we will get a great artist for the soft reboot.

[Tormentor]

But Art Adams is only doing the cover, I don't think he's doing the book.

But be it Adams, Frank, EJ or Zornow, I'm glad chances are we will get a great artist for the soft reboot.

A good artist? Maybe a decent one. The artist doing this soft reboot is Simom Gane, you know, the artist who did the artwork for Godzilla Legends #2. The one doing the color, once more, is Ronda Pattison.