Marvel’s Epic Monsters Unleashed Event is Now Upon Us
David Gelmini
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Superheroes and giant monsters are both incredibly hot commodities, so Marvel was wise to combine the two for their latest event series, Monsters Unleashed.
The core series, written by Cullen Bunn and illustrated by Steve McNiven, centers on teenager Kei Kawade, also known as Kid Kaiju, who has the ability to summon giant monsters into the real world simply by drawing them. Once the giant creatures emerge into our world, they’ll be doing battle with famous superheroes and laying cities to waste in the process. There’ll be some familiar Marvel beasts in the series, including the dragon Fin Fang Foom, the hulking one-eyed swamp creature Monstrom, the half man/half ape Gorgilla, The Abominable Snowman, Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy, and more. We’ll also be seeing some badass original monsters too.
The core miniseries will last for five issues, the first of which has just been released, and you can buy it over on ComiXology. Then there’s an ongoing series which will also be called Monsters Unleashed, which will take place shortly afterwards and will continue the story of Kid Kaiju and his monsters.
Then there are the spinoffs. Yup, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man and Deadpool, the Hulk, the Champions, Guardians of the Galaxy, the Uncanny Inhmans, and the All New X-Men and the Avengers are all starring in their own Monsters Unleashed spinoff books which will tie into the main event. Click on the links to buy pre-order. It’s kind of strange that the X-Men were included, because Disney have been trying to erase all memory of the mutant superteam from the Marvel canon because their film rights are owned by 20th Century Fox, but that’s a story for another day.
Below I’ve complied a list of most of the covers released thus far from the various Monsters Unleashed comics, and there sure are some beauties among them.
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