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Godzilla has faced many challenges in his life. King Kong. Charles Barkley. The Justice League. Now, a new series from IDW Publishing pits the King of the Monsters against an all-star squad of literature’s greatest characters. This battle plays out in an epic fashion in Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre.

Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre is the brainchild of comic creator Tom Scioli. Best known for his work on Fantastic Four: Grand Design, Scioli also illustrated Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics. Fittingly, his style is comparable to Kirby, who dreamed big and drew bigger. This makes Scioli ideally suited to depicting literary giants battling the king of the kaiju.

The comic opens in the midst of a roaring party at the…