DC Announces a Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong Crossover Event

DC Announces a Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong Crossover Event

DC Comics has announced a collaboration with Legendary Comics which will be produced in partnership with Toho International. The monstrous crossover titled Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong will be a seven-issue crossover event that sees DC‘s biggest team of superheroes squaring off against two of pop culture’s biggest monsters in both size and popularity. The series was revealed during San Diego Comic-Con and will break down the barriers between these universes combining Legendary‘s Monsterverse with the DCU.

The creative team that will bring this crossover event to fans will be writer Brian Buccellato, artists Christian Duce and Luis Guerrero with covers from a slate of superstar artists including Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Drew Johnson, Rafael Albuquerque, Dan Mora, Francesco Mattina, and Alan Quah.

The series will see the Justice League battling their longtime foes, Legion of Doom which will open the doors to the crossover as the battle will open a doorway to the Legendary Monsterverse which sees Godzilla, Kong, and other monsters spill into the DC Comics universe.

Lee shared his excitement for this crossover, saying:

“As a comics fan—there’s nothing more fun and exciting than exploring those amazing ‘What If’ situations that come up when fandoms cross streams!” He continues “In this case, it’s a matchup of the world’s greatest Super Heroes in the Justice League who take on not only the King of the Monsters—Godzilla—but the mighty Kong himself! It’s a crossover no-holds-barred battle, decades in the making, and no bona fide comics fan will want to miss it!”

Buccellato added:

“I’ve had the good fortune to write most of the legendary DC Super Heroes before—from my time on The Flash, Detective Comics, and Injustice.” He adds “This time I get to build something way larger-than-life using all the toys in two different sandboxes. It’s such a thrill to tear open both the DC Universe and Legendary’s Monsterverse for this dream project.”

Call this wishful thinking, but as James Gunn prepares to usher in his and Peter Safran’s new phase of the DCU and as exciting as the casting announcements for Superman: Legacy has been, there are now new possibilities. Gunn has mentioned that all mediums of DC will be connected from what appears on screen to video games, and even comics.

Short of this crossover falling into an Elseworlds storyline, this could in fact make Legendary‘s Monsterverse canon in the DCU. The possibility of a crossover of this caliber spilling into the big or small screen is a very exciting thought and although this is likely just a geek’s dream, here’s hoping that the “Gods and Monsters” phase had some hidden meaning behind it until now!

Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong #1 will be available at your favorite local comic shop and digitally on October 17, 2023.

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