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Godzilla vs. the Marvel Universe (Godzilla Vs. The Marvel Universe
Godzilla returns to Marvel Comics to battle your favorite super heroes across the decades! In the first round, the King of the Monsters takes on Marvel's First Family! The Fantastic Four know a thing or two about fighting titanic threats, but Godzilla is something else entirely! You know it'll be clobberin' time - but for who?! Then, with his anti-kaiju taskforce, General Ross has taken down or imprisoned the biggest and baddest monsters on the Mothra, Kumonga, even the Hulk. Now all that's left is his biggest hunt of Godzilla! But surely Spider-Man is way out of his weight class trying to stop a Godzilla rampage in New York City - even with his spiffy new alien costume from SECRET WARS! When a robotics firm draws a kaiju's anger, the X-Men are called in to protect a world that hates and fears them from Godzilla's counterattack! The original New Avengers find themselves caught between Godzilla and Fin Fang Foom! And as the deadly group of assassins known as the Hand bestows Godzilla with the dark power of the Beast, Thor must defend Midgard like never before! Collecting GODZILLA VS. FANTASTIC FOUR #1, GODZILLA VS. HULK #1, GODZILLA VS. SPIDER-MAN #1, GODZILLA VS. X-MEN #1, GODZILLA VS. AVENGERS #1 and GODZILLA VS. THOR #1.
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Published October 1, 2025
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Ryan North
539 books1,606 followersHi, I'm Ryan! I was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 1980 and since then have written several books. You can read my Wikipedia page for more, or check out my author site at RyanNorth.ca!
I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.
I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good
I'm the author of the webcomic Dinosaur Comics (that's the comic where the pictures don't change but the words do, it's better than it sounds and I've also done crazy things like turn Shakespeare into a choose-your-own-path adventure, write a comic for Marvel about a girl with all the powers of a squirrel, or mess up walking my dog so badly it made the news.
I'm working on more stuff as we speak, hopefully it's good
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December 3, 2025
Boy, this was WAAAY more fun than I thought it would be.
I usually leave crossovers like this disappointed, mainly because the publishers often choose the worst talent possible. Happily, not the case here. Every writer and artist is firing on all cylinders (Mostly...John Romita Jr.'s art looks like a child did it, and Fabian Nicieza's X-Men story was merely OK...He usually does better.), and the stories are all FUN, something few modern comics are anymore. I had a blast reading this.
I usually leave crossovers like this disappointed, mainly because the publishers often choose the worst talent possible. Happily, not the case here. Every writer and artist is firing on all cylinders (Mostly...John Romita Jr.'s art looks like a child did it, and Fabian Nicieza's X-Men story was merely OK...He usually does better.), and the stories are all FUN, something few modern comics are anymore. I had a blast reading this.
October 7, 2025
Jet Jaguar punches Fin Fang Foom.
January 1, 2026
Godzilla returns to the Marvel Universe! He battles different Marvel heroes and teams through the decades. Slightly different versions of The King of Monsters and a few of his foes.
The Fantastic Four are first. Set in the period when the Silver Surfer is stuck on Earth.
The Hulk and General Ross's Thunderbolts take on Godzilla in the 70's in Texas.
Spider-Man in his symbiotic suit take on Godzilla next, set right after the original Secret Wars.
Godzilla also battles the X-Men, New Avengers, and All Father Thor in various decades.
Really fun stories and ideas.
The Fantastic Four are first. Set in the period when the Silver Surfer is stuck on Earth.
The Hulk and General Ross's Thunderbolts take on Godzilla in the 70's in Texas.
Spider-Man in his symbiotic suit take on Godzilla next, set right after the original Secret Wars.
Godzilla also battles the X-Men, New Avengers, and All Father Thor in various decades.
Really fun stories and ideas.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 15, 2025
Slightly better than I thought it would be...with some humor in the Avengers and Spider Man issues.
December 14, 2025
Great, crazy action. These are basically What If type stories set in different eras of Marvel history as several heroes encounter Godzilla at different points in their lives. Some of the stories are a little campy, but overall this are good, fun stories with nice art. Fans of Godzilla should check this out.
November 25, 2025
It’s exactly what it says it is.
October 7, 2025
I really enjoyed every one of these stories. Great What If Marvel Monsterverse crossover. I think the retro look of Marvel heroes worked perfectly with Godzilla.
The Fantastic Four have faced every threat to Earth but are even they up to the task of stopping the unstoppable King of the Monsters?
The King of the Monsters VS. the King of the Monsterhunters and whose side will the Hulk be on and who is the real monster?
Spider-Man is back in black and is enjoying a light work day till the King of the Monsters arrives. What is Spider-Man going to do against Godzilla? However, when his options are between Godzilla and the women in his life the King of the Monsters is the least painful option. As much as I liked this story what is with all the hate for MJ?
Every type of weapon has been thrown at Godzilla and he keeps coming back, now it's time to throw the Mutant at him, but even they will need some help, and what if Godzilla is targeting something specific?
The Avengers are debriefing the head of SHIELD after a battle between Godzilla, Fin Fang Foom and a familiar Kaiju hunter.
The beast of destruction Vs Thor. These two will throw everything at each other. Who will stand and who will fall and will anyone survive to see the outcome?
This is a great fun book I enjoyed everything about it including all the different versions of Godzilla. I would love to see more of these crossovers. The book finishes with a huge thumbnail variant cover gallery.
The Fantastic Four have faced every threat to Earth but are even they up to the task of stopping the unstoppable King of the Monsters?
The King of the Monsters VS. the King of the Monsterhunters and whose side will the Hulk be on and who is the real monster?
Spider-Man is back in black and is enjoying a light work day till the King of the Monsters arrives. What is Spider-Man going to do against Godzilla? However, when his options are between Godzilla and the women in his life the King of the Monsters is the least painful option. As much as I liked this story what is with all the hate for MJ?
Every type of weapon has been thrown at Godzilla and he keeps coming back, now it's time to throw the Mutant at him, but even they will need some help, and what if Godzilla is targeting something specific?
The Avengers are debriefing the head of SHIELD after a battle between Godzilla, Fin Fang Foom and a familiar Kaiju hunter.
The beast of destruction Vs Thor. These two will throw everything at each other. Who will stand and who will fall and will anyone survive to see the outcome?
This is a great fun book I enjoyed everything about it including all the different versions of Godzilla. I would love to see more of these crossovers. The book finishes with a huge thumbnail variant cover gallery.
October 7, 2025
A pretty mixed bag, as you might expect with every issue done by a different creative team.
Godzilla vs. The Fantastic Four - 2.5 stars
Godzilla vs. The Hulk - 2 stars
Godzilla vs. Spider-Man - 4 stars
Godzilla vs. The X-Men - 2.5 stars
Godzilla vs. The Avengers - 3 stars
Godzilla vs. Thor - 4 stars
Godzilla vs. The Fantastic Four - 2.5 stars
Godzilla vs. The Hulk - 2 stars
Godzilla vs. Spider-Man - 4 stars
Godzilla vs. The X-Men - 2.5 stars
Godzilla vs. The Avengers - 3 stars
Godzilla vs. Thor - 4 stars
July 17, 2025
Some hits and misses, but it's all worth it when you get to Godzilla vs Thor.
January 20, 2026
This ended up being a bit of a disappointment. I had big hopes after seeing how well Justice League vs. Godzilla vs. Kong turned out. Each issue is a standalone story set in a different era of Marvel history, with Godzilla treated as part of the natural order of that universe.
Three of the stories follow the exact same formula. We need to stop Godzilla, but wait, there’s an even bigger threat, so now we have to work together. Almost every issue ends with Godzilla transforming into a Marvel-themed hybrid, like Venom Godzilla, which were honestly the most interesting parts for me.
Where it falls short is in execution and variety. I don’t mind repetition when it has a purpose. The problem here is that the stories aren’t strong enough to justify how similar they are. I wish they had either told one larger story or taken much bigger risks with each individual issue.
The whole thing left me feeling underwhelmed.
Here’s how the stories ranked for me, from best to worst:
Godzilla vs. X-Men (1990s): The most thoughtful story in the collection.
Godzilla vs. Thor (2010s): The weirdest entry, and one of the few that tried something different.
Godzilla vs. Hulk (1970s): It was nice seeing Godzilla Hulk.
Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four (1960s): Feels like a straightforward Silver Age Fantastic Four story.
Godzilla vs. Spider-Man (1980s): Not especially interesting or funny.
Godzilla vs. Avengers (2000s): A parody only works if it’s funny, and this one didn’t land for me.
Three of the stories follow the exact same formula. We need to stop Godzilla, but wait, there’s an even bigger threat, so now we have to work together. Almost every issue ends with Godzilla transforming into a Marvel-themed hybrid, like Venom Godzilla, which were honestly the most interesting parts for me.
Where it falls short is in execution and variety. I don’t mind repetition when it has a purpose. The problem here is that the stories aren’t strong enough to justify how similar they are. I wish they had either told one larger story or taken much bigger risks with each individual issue.
The whole thing left me feeling underwhelmed.
Here’s how the stories ranked for me, from best to worst:
Godzilla vs. X-Men (1990s): The most thoughtful story in the collection.
Godzilla vs. Thor (2010s): The weirdest entry, and one of the few that tried something different.
Godzilla vs. Hulk (1970s): It was nice seeing Godzilla Hulk.
Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four (1960s): Feels like a straightforward Silver Age Fantastic Four story.
Godzilla vs. Spider-Man (1980s): Not especially interesting or funny.
Godzilla vs. Avengers (2000s): A parody only works if it’s funny, and this one didn’t land for me.
December 20, 2025
I like Godzilla. I’ve been watching various Godzilla movies since I was around 4-5, and in fact one of my earliest memories from childhood was sitting in the auto body classroom with my dad at my future high school, watching Godzilla vs Megalon on a giant projector screen. My recent forays, beyond the modern schlock involving Kong, include Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One. So when I found out about this, I was hoping it would have some connective tissue between the chapters, but instead each issue feels mostly like a standalone one-shot. None of these felt like they really stood out save maybe the Spider-Man issue — getting to see a Venom-Godzilla is a neat idea. I’ve already forgotten the crux of the first two (FF and Hulk) and Thor’s felt derivative. I will acknowledge the attempt at making these feel like older throwback issues in both language and tone to fit the eras when Godzilla was at different levels of popularity. I was planning to read the Ultraman crossover next, and I REALLY hope that one is a single story across multiple issues…
December 31, 2025
Some of the art is nice, I suppose.
There are a couple of decent attempts to do something more interesting than "Godzilla turns up, the Avengers stop him" (including the -- very stupid -- Avengers chapter that subverts that expectation) and I sort of like the idea of each chapter tying a different era of Godzilla to the Marvel Universe of that time (so 60's Godzilla fights a classic Fantastic Four, 80's Godzilla fights black costume Spider-Man, and so on), but it's all a bit half-hearted and poorly developed.
The book is a series of mostly unconnected one shots so there's no room to develop any interesting concepts, and so it's just a sequence of fights, each with a vague handwavey attempt to tie Godzilla to a central concept of the hero or heroes that fight him (Godzilla is angry... like the Hulk! He's misunderstood... like the X-Men!), and most of the fights don't even work because of the scale difference.
(Oh, and it would have been nice to get at least one issue of the original Marvel Godzilla comic reprinted here, just for fun.)
There are a couple of decent attempts to do something more interesting than "Godzilla turns up, the Avengers stop him" (including the -- very stupid -- Avengers chapter that subverts that expectation) and I sort of like the idea of each chapter tying a different era of Godzilla to the Marvel Universe of that time (so 60's Godzilla fights a classic Fantastic Four, 80's Godzilla fights black costume Spider-Man, and so on), but it's all a bit half-hearted and poorly developed.
The book is a series of mostly unconnected one shots so there's no room to develop any interesting concepts, and so it's just a sequence of fights, each with a vague handwavey attempt to tie Godzilla to a central concept of the hero or heroes that fight him (Godzilla is angry... like the Hulk! He's misunderstood... like the X-Men!), and most of the fights don't even work because of the scale difference.
(Oh, and it would have been nice to get at least one issue of the original Marvel Godzilla comic reprinted here, just for fun.)
January 15, 2026
Fun premise - stories pitting Godzilla against a Marvel hero or team, each in the style of a specific decade - but disappointing execution.
- Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four (1960s): The best of the set, as everything but the art feels very much of the time.
- Godzilla vs. Hulk (1970s): The worst of the set, since it completely misfires on how 1970s Hulk comics sounded (plus there's an unwelcome revelation about a Hulk ally).
- Godzilla vs. Spider-Man (1980s): Trying a little too hard on that 80s vibe, but mostly entertaining enough to compensate.
- Godzilla vs. X-Men (1990s): Just OK: overdid it a bit on the quirky plot twists, but does try and make some interesting parallels.
- Godzilla vs. Avengers (2000s): Tries much too hard to pastiche Bendis's New Avengers, and turns into a parody. (Also kind of a waste of Fin Fang Foom.)
- Godzilla vs. Thor (2010s): Pass. (C)
- Godzilla vs. Fantastic Four (1960s): The best of the set, as everything but the art feels very much of the time.
- Godzilla vs. Hulk (1970s): The worst of the set, since it completely misfires on how 1970s Hulk comics sounded (plus there's an unwelcome revelation about a Hulk ally).
- Godzilla vs. Spider-Man (1980s): Trying a little too hard on that 80s vibe, but mostly entertaining enough to compensate.
- Godzilla vs. X-Men (1990s): Just OK: overdid it a bit on the quirky plot twists, but does try and make some interesting parallels.
- Godzilla vs. Avengers (2000s): Tries much too hard to pastiche Bendis's New Avengers, and turns into a parody. (Also kind of a waste of Fin Fang Foom.)
- Godzilla vs. Thor (2010s): Pass. (C)
January 23, 2026
As I noted with my Aliens vs. Avengers review, there have been a ton of these IP crossovers lately, and most of them haven't been great. Godzilla vs. the Marvel Universe lowers the bar.
Instead of an overarching plot, we get six one-shots of Godzilla taking on some element of the Marvel universe (Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Thor, etc). Most of the issues feel like throwbacks to a previous era of comic storytelling - boring, obvious plotting with unnecessary, dense narration. The art is variable and few of the plots amount to anything more than "hero punches Godzilla, finds him invincible, tries again with some obscure piece of Godzilla lore."
The Thor story was decent, if only because Jason Aaron took it to absurd cosmic levels and Aaron Kuder did a wonderful job playing along with the art.
Instead of an overarching plot, we get six one-shots of Godzilla taking on some element of the Marvel universe (Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Thor, etc). Most of the issues feel like throwbacks to a previous era of comic storytelling - boring, obvious plotting with unnecessary, dense narration. The art is variable and few of the plots amount to anything more than "hero punches Godzilla, finds him invincible, tries again with some obscure piece of Godzilla lore."
The Thor story was decent, if only because Jason Aaron took it to absurd cosmic levels and Aaron Kuder did a wonderful job playing along with the art.
January 14, 2026
I really enjoy the marvel 'vs' comics even when they typically end the same way, because no one's favorite can lose. It's always a little silly and a little campy, and this collection is no exception...except when it is. We get the fun kaiju fights of the monster battle Godzilla films, but there are two that go fully into the introspection and destruction with as much gravity as they can while keeping it 'light'. We get to see marvel universe terrors mixed with kaiju, and it leads to some incredible ideas and really cool visuals
My ranking of the match ups
1) Thor - the last story and the one that hit the hardest. it has fantastic art as well
2) Hulk
3) X-Men
4) Spiderman
5) Fantastic Four
6) The Avengers
My ranking of the match ups
1) Thor - the last story and the one that hit the hardest. it has fantastic art as well
2) Hulk
3) X-Men
4) Spiderman
5) Fantastic Four
6) The Avengers
October 2, 2025
I'm a sucker for anything Godzilla, and a huge Marvel fan. Throw those two together and I'm a happy camper. The only thing holding me back from glazing the heck out of this series is how limited it felt by cramming each fight into one issue. Some of the stories (X-Men and Avengers, for me) were a little lackluster compared to the heavy hitters (Fantastic Four and Thor), so there definitely was some inconsistency. Still overall a fun monster mashup and if you are interested in a more linear story between the heroes and the big G i would recommend "Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe", a 5-part series released between 2025-2026.
December 26, 2025
This is a solid 4.5 for me.
This is a love-letter to both Marvel and Godzilla, and on that note, it's succeeds.
It's also an anthology, with the big G taking on a different superhero (or team of heroes) every issue. Like most anthologies, it has highs and lows, but for the most part, it's a lot of fun.
I think the Spider-Man and New Avengers are my favorites. I particularly liked that David Walker emulates Brian Michael Bendis' dialogue-heavy style without going overboard. That's probably the thing I like the most about this collection - it features a lot of nods to the past, making it an absolute must for fans of both comics and kaiju.
This is a love-letter to both Marvel and Godzilla, and on that note, it's succeeds.
It's also an anthology, with the big G taking on a different superhero (or team of heroes) every issue. Like most anthologies, it has highs and lows, but for the most part, it's a lot of fun.
I think the Spider-Man and New Avengers are my favorites. I particularly liked that David Walker emulates Brian Michael Bendis' dialogue-heavy style without going overboard. That's probably the thing I like the most about this collection - it features a lot of nods to the past, making it an absolute must for fans of both comics and kaiju.
January 16, 2026
The first story with the big G going up against the FF reminds me of an old Godzilla movie where G is basically construed as a bad guy, is defeated and then turns out to be the hero everyone needs. At this point Mothra gives G his life-force, rejuvenating G and he wins the big battle. In this story it is the Silver Surfer that empowers G but the rest is essentially the movie ending except G gives the Surfer the power cosmic back. Still a good story. Whether the plot steal was intentional, meant to honor the movie or something else I have not a clue.
Wasn't crazy about the Spider-man/Venom/G story but the Hulk vs. G. had some fun surprises. I mean, it's always been a bad idea to make Godzilla mad but now it's even a worser [sp?] idea.
The Avengers story was a joke. No, literally. They were trying to be funny. They weren't successful.
The Thor story had some merit and interesting parts, but when you add such a McGuffin it kinda ruins the point imo.
Overall, I liked the book. It had greater potential than it actually delivered though.
Wasn't crazy about the Spider-man/Venom/G story but the Hulk vs. G. had some fun surprises. I mean, it's always been a bad idea to make Godzilla mad but now it's even a worser [sp?] idea.
The Avengers story was a joke. No, literally. They were trying to be funny. They weren't successful.
The Thor story had some merit and interesting parts, but when you add such a McGuffin it kinda ruins the point imo.
Overall, I liked the book. It had greater potential than it actually delivered though.
November 13, 2025
This trade paperback was originally issued as six comic books, each one featuring Godzilla taking on a different superhero or superhero team: The Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and Thor. I found the artwork to be very good. There was some witty dialogue in the Avengers story, but on the whole, I didn't really get into the writing. Maybe I am just an old fuddy-duddy, but I just don't think they make comics as well as they used to.
January 7, 2026
A reasonably solid crossover that is bogged down by a confusing chronology, an overreliance on fanservice and half-baked name drops, and varying levels of artistic quality (both in art and writing).
Vs. Thor might be the best story due to the insanity of the God of Thunder tangling with GMK Goji in an increasingly Gurren Lagann -coded fight, but I did also enjoy vs. Hulk and vs. Spider-Man.
Vs. Thor might be the best story due to the insanity of the God of Thunder tangling with GMK Goji in an increasingly Gurren Lagann -coded fight, but I did also enjoy vs. Hulk and vs. Spider-Man.
July 15, 2025
5 different Godzilla stories where he takes on different heroes in different decades.
Fantastic Four - G gets Silver Surfer's powers
Hulk - G gets Hulk powers
Spider-man - G gets Venom powers
X-Men - Sentinel gets Kaiju powers
Avengers - Jet Jaguar gets SHIELD upgrade
Thor - G gets Gor powers
Fantastic Four - G gets Silver Surfer's powers
Hulk - G gets Hulk powers
Spider-man - G gets Venom powers
X-Men - Sentinel gets Kaiju powers
Avengers - Jet Jaguar gets SHIELD upgrade
Thor - G gets Gor powers
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 5, 2025
Some out of continuity stories set in various Marvel eras where different heroes fight Godzilla. It's all pretty innocuous but it's also not all that great. There's a lot of strange stuff like Godzilla getting a Venom suit, the Trasks combining multiple mechs from Toho into a sentinel, that kind of thing.
October 12, 2025
A little disappointing honestly. I thought it was building to something but no the stories are aren’t connected at all. There’s never really a reason given for Godzilla to be attacking. The Spider-Man, Hulk; and author issues were the highlights, and the Avengers one was bad despite a Jet Jaguar appearance and some Fin Fang Foom jokes.
November 12, 2025
I read all the individual issues for this and not the TPB, but it's just easier to list this way.
Most of them were pretty good, highlights: Spider Man and Thor, if you like Marvel and you like Gozilla, pick this up!
I enjoy how it spans different eras of Marvel's history.
Symbiote Godzilla was awesome!
Most of them were pretty good, highlights: Spider Man and Thor, if you like Marvel and you like Gozilla, pick this up!
I enjoy how it spans different eras of Marvel's history.
Symbiote Godzilla was awesome!
December 15, 2025
Lackluster art, repetitive and boring plots with lots of exposition dumping, too many characters, lame
Superhero humor, too short of stories, just felt rushed and underwhelming. Like fanfic “Drabbles” rather than fleshed out stories. Not even Ryan North could make me care. I’m not the biggest comics fan though, so this probably wasn’t for me.
Superhero humor, too short of stories, just felt rushed and underwhelming. Like fanfic “Drabbles” rather than fleshed out stories. Not even Ryan North could make me care. I’m not the biggest comics fan though, so this probably wasn’t for me.
January 18, 2026
Technically six separate stories. The best two are the Hulk & Thor stories. Thor fights GMK which, iykyk, but it’s amazing. Hulk is a great variant story that seems to be mostly based in the 70s Hulk magazine. Spider-man, the Avrngers, and the Fantastic Four are all good. The X-Men is the weakest of the bunch, but it’s not surprising. Worth checking out.
January 26, 2026
These were all pretty cool tales of Godzilla messing around with Marvel. I think the strongest ones here were Spider-Man and Thor. Fantastic Four was also pretty good and the rest I found the rest to be just alright. I like how Godzilla looked different in each story and that they all involved different Kaiju throughout.
October 28, 2025
This is a must have for any Marvel and Godzilla fan. Each story is so incredible depicting several teams from Marvels universe battling the King of the Monsters. Its everything you want in a good comic book/paperback!
October 20, 2025
Fun! Some arguably weird reads, but it has its charm.
November 4, 2025
These were a lot of fun. I think the Thor and Spider-Man one's were the best
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