Godzilla attacks US cities in new comic-book series, first Chicago, then LA and Boston
The popular Japanese monster is attacking American cities in a new comic-book series, and the Windy City is the rampaging kaiju’s first stop
As if Chicago did not have enough problems, here comes Godzilla.
“Da King of da Monsters has come to da Windy City!” a shocked Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train operator gulps in Godzilla vs. America: Chicago, the first issue of a limited “Godzilla vs. America” series by IDW, the publisher of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Star Trek and Goosebumps comics.
Unfortunately, train service is interrupted.
This is the first time Godzilla has attacked Chicago. He rose from the depths in 1954 and took on Tokyo, then New York (Destroy All Monsters, 1968), San Francisco and Honolulu (Godzilla, 2014), Cairo (Godzilla, King of the Monsters, 2019), Osaka and Hong Kong. It’s only taken him 70 years to find the US Midwest.
Godzilla vs. America: Chicago, which arrived in comic-book stores on February 26, makes the most of his visit. Nicolas Niño, associate editor at Los Angeles-based IDW, said that when the publisher – among the largest comics publishers not named Marvel or DC – was deciding locations for “Godzilla vs. America”, one consideration was practical: they wanted each issue written and drawn by writers and artists from those cities, “and Chicago has a great scene we wanted to tap”.
Comic-book creator Caroline Cash came up with a woman who downs an energy drink, grows enormous and takes on Godzilla.