Godzilla: Rulers of Earth Vol. 1 (Godzilla - Rulers Of Earth Box Set Graphic Novel) Kindle & comiXology

Ever since IDW began producing Godzilla comics, many of them have been hits and misses. Thankfully, this is a hit. As a long time Godzilla fan, I say this is a comic for us G-fans. It has wonderful art by Matt Frank (with additional works by Jeff Zornow), a fun simple story by Chris Mowry, returning Toho monsters, and more of Godzilla!As far as the plot goes, it's not really that special in terms of story. There is a "mega-zoologist" named Lucy Casprell who goes around trying to study the monsters all around the world. In the meantime, aliens are trying to take over the planet. Godzilla goes around the world fighting other monsters. As I said earlier, the story is mostly simple like many of the classic Godzilla films. A major problem with some of the previous Godzilla comics like Kingdom of Monsters was that they made some over complicated stories with some pop satire thrown in. This sometimes made people forget that they were reading a Godzilla story. Rulers of the Earth doesn't try to hard at making a super well written story and it mostly focuses on Godzilla and the other monsters, which I'm fine with.The main selling point for me was the fact that this story was bringing back some classic Toho monsters like Manda, Gezora, Varan, Jet Jaguar and both of the Gargantuas. It was a real treat for a kaiju fan like me to see these forgotten icons make a come back in a respectable matter. Also joining them was none other than Zilla, perhaps better known as the 1998 Godzilla. I never thought I would ever see him again in any Godzilla related materiel besides Final Wars. Like the rest of the Toho monsters, Zilla's comeback is treated with respect. In fact, a major highlight of this series was issue #2 in which both Godzilla and Zilla have an actual fight. Instead of getting killed in a few seconds like in Final Wars, Zilla actually puts up a good fight with Godzilla and even manages to scratch him.The major story I really recommend in Rulers of the Earth besides issue #2 is issue #4. Without spoiling the story, I'll just give you the basic jest of this the 4th issue.Issue #4 features a badly wounded Godzilla doing battle with one of his worst enemies, Destoryah. Destoryah clearly holds an advantage over Godzilla thanks to Destoryah's size and Godzilla's wound. Things look bad for the King of the Monsters until Mothra arrives to help even the odds and she also brings a little bit of back up. It's always to nice treat to see Godzilla and Mothra work together against the far more dangerous and evil Destoryah. Destoroyah is a great villain that the reader keeps interested. The artwork by Matt Frank really shines here. Godzilla always looks great when drawn by Frank and Destoryah looks just at menacing as he did in the film Godzilla vs. Destoryah.Overall though, this is a great comic for any Godzilla fan. It's better than some of the IDW Godzilla comics and the wonderful art work really helps out with keeping the reader interested. I do feel that the human characters should have been more fleshed out. But the primary focus is the monsters and I'm fine with that. If you go in this book and expect Alan Moore out of it, you'll be disappointed. But if you read this and expect classic Godzilla going against classic opponents, then your in for a ride. It's just pure popcorn entertainment with fun monster battles.

We got this for our 7yo son for Christmas and are HUGE fans now! The artwork is inspiring him to draw, he loves the stories (we edit out the few 'bad words') and he says the characters in the book are true to how they should be (he's recently become obsessed with all things Godzilla). I'm online today to order more of the series :)

I love Godzilla, so when IDW first announced they were going to make new Godzilla comics I was really excited for them and they instantly went on my pull list and stayed there for a long time. And though I have most of the issues of the various Godzilla titles IDW put out, I know I missed a few and I also still regret not getting many of the trade bind ups, especially since now they're hard to find and really expensive. So when the digital versions came on sale I decided to pick up a bunch of them, just to have them, but also just to have a slightly more convenient way to read them again without digging in my comic collection, and even then potentially not being able to read them all without missing a couple issues. These comics are nice to read in digital, some comics don't read very well in the digital format, but with this the kindle versions are just fine for reading again. This series of Godzilla was always pretty cool, it was better than a lot of the previous “Main” Godzilla titles and had so many monsters and action in it that made it just that much better. This is pretty well written, the story seems to pick up after one of the other “Main” titles because one of the characters from one of those is in it, everybody keeps mentioning that he piloted one of the Mecha Gs, and I remember that happening, but it's been a while since I first read these comics so I forget when exactly.The art is pretty awesome, the humans aren't as good looking as the monsters, but considering my love for these comics was always mainly about if the monsters looked awesome enough or not, that never really mattered to me as much. And this series had better art than a decent amount of the other titles so it was always one of my favorites for that reason.Overall this was a solid first volume and I'm looking forward to reading the next one. This is a great comic for Godzilla fans and I do recommend it if you can get it for a good deal either in digital or the physical comics.

I believe that this graphic novel was worth ever pennies baby more this was a master piece I highly recomend

Matt Frank and the crew have done an outstanding job with Godzilla Rulers of Earth. Godzilla and the rest of the kaiju look absolutely amazing. The drawing is top notch, the kaiju each have a distinctive personality, and the fight scenes are incredible. This series is for all of us who enjoy kaiju's taking the main stage.

I have been a lifelong Godzilla fan and have been super impressed by this comic series. The art is top notch, the best I've seen for Godzilla comics. However beyond that, these stories are a wonderful evolution of all the characters we grew up watching on the silver screen.

I like-this book, it is amazing ,so cool and nuts, I want get the next book so signing off boys

Good for Godzilla fans I am one so... If you like Godzilla very recommended for all those people out there....... (9 year old kid Logan)

It was so grate and perfect I loved it so much and so good and loved and I love it so much

This Comic is just awesome. The story takes place after the events of the 2nd Godzilla Ongoing aka Godzilla History's Greatest Monster. Chapter 1 is a bit of a archiving the monsters that have appeared so far in the Godzilla Ongoing. There's also Gigan(in his showa era form) fighting and beating Kumonga. Zilla makes an appearance in this. Chapter 2 has Godzilla taking on Zilla. I know some people are going to say Final Wars. But I really like the way this fight was portrayed. Godzilla's brute strength and firepower Vs Zilla's speed and agility. Of course you can guess who won in this fight. Chapter 3 we get to see mini Destoroyahs causing terror and being engaged by CKR. Godzilla also ended up wounded by Destoroyah in this battle. Chapter 4 has Godzilla taking on Destoroyah. This fight was just awesome. Godzilla needed help from Mothra and her babies in order to fend off Destoroyah. I have to point out the awesome artwork done by Matt Frank. That guy really knows how to draw giant monsters. Great story and art nets this a 5/5.

Les dessins sont magnifiques et ultra respectueux des créatures dont ils s'inspirent : Godzilla a vraiment la classe, mais mention spéciale pour Zilla, mon favori. Le scénario est assez simple et reprend les codes de base des films de monstres japonais, tout en sachant éviter le kitsch et en ayant un bon équilibre entre les points de vue humains et les combats des monstres. Ces derniers sont hyper bien mis en valeur et assouvissent royalement nos fantasmes de grand spectacle et de duels dantesques, grâce à un découpage et une composition des planches simples mais dynamiques et efficaces, sans en faire trop. On ne se perd pas non plus dans les commentaires comme parfois dans les comics de super-héros, qui obligent d'attendre la fin pour comprendre le début. Cette série est un must-have pour tous les fans de monstres japonais ! Si Godzilla a le beau rôle, on sent la passion de l'écrivain et du dessinateur pour les autres bestioles, qui ont chacune leur heure de gloire sans être trop malmenées. On est loin du film "Final Wars" donc, où Godzilla se débarrasse de ses concurrents avec une telle facilité que ça en devient irrespectueux pour ses ennemis, tournés en ridicule.

godzilla rulers of earth is a really good comic!my favorite part is when godzilla teams up with mothra to defeat destroyah.theres also amazing art work.ive also watched the movies of godilla and this compared to them is pretty good(but still this is a really good).i defenetly recommend this book!

A fantastic start to what promises to be an amazing series. With tons of monsters and a sinister alien plot this is Godzilla in all its crazy glory.