Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens issue 1
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Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #1 is a comic book from IDW Publishing. It was released on May 14, 2025.[1]
Description
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Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens is both a fully standalone limited series and the epic conclusion to the Eisner-nominated Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons trilogy! Brought to us by veteran scribe Frank Tieri (Wolverine, Jughead: The Hunger) and new series artist Angel Hernandez (Star Trek).
It’s the middle of the 20th century, and Americans everywhere are terrified by the strange lights hovering above them in the night sky…and they should be.
These UFOs are actually the Xilien invasion force! Revealed to have already been on Earth during the events of Here There Be Dragons: Sons of Giants, the Xiliens have been attempting to destabilize the planet with the help of kaiju from outer space! With the aliens’ claws deep inside the U.S. government, will our rogue operatives manage to band together to save humanity?[1] |
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Plot
Washington, D.C., 1954: U.S. agent Bob Jones, sole member of Project Colossus, attempts to convince his superiors of Godzilla's existence. Records of the monster date back to Japan's feudal era, though no clear photographs of him exist. He hesitantly mentions several eyewitnesses "who haven't entirely been discredited", causing the other men in the room to joke that they might be Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or Santa Claus. Director Stone asks him how the giant monsters he's investigating have proved so elusive. Bob launches into an overview of the Sons of Giants, a secret society whose members included numerous historical figures such as Queen Elizabeth I, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Benjamin Franklin and worked to conceal kaiju from the public. He begins to explain the significance of a coin bearing Godzilla's likeliness, but an incredulous Stone cuts him off, informing him that they'll determine the fate of his program in the next few days.
Bob, assuming he'll soon be unemployed, ponders becoming a carpenter while at home with his wife Betty. She reminds him that his last brush with carpentry was less than successful and raises the prospect of him working for her father, which horrifies him. Their banter is interrupted by a news report on a attack on Japan by a seemingly unstoppable giant monster: Godzilla. As Bob gloats that he was right, Betty takes a call from President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who want to meet with Bob immediately. As he packs, Betty expresses her fears, but he remains upbeat, determining to help his country however he can now that it no longer regards him as a joke. His son, clutching a plush creature, is just happy that his dad's going to catch monsters. When Bob answers the door, however, he's met by two men in black suits and sunglasses, who quickly drag him into their car.
As Betty notices his sudden absence, Bob meets Dr. Kyoto, who apologizes for her agents' roughness. She explains that she runs a division of the U.S. government that even the rest of the government is unaware, which she defected from Japan during World War II to found. His one-man Project Colossus was a front for the genuine article, but now they believe he's ready to join them, and the present crisis requires nothing less. He assumes she's referring to Godzilla, but she replies that the monster were merely looking for the Xiliens, shape-shifting aliens who have had designs on Earth for centuries. Their plans for a full-scale invasion in the 1800s were foiled by a war with another alien race, the Simians, but they've emerged triumphant and ready to finish what they started. They exit the car at an airfield, and Kyoto tells Bob it's bound for Area 51.
Meanwhile, Director Stone orders his agents to search for Bob. Returning to his office, he shifts into his Xilien form and informs his superiors that conditions are finally right to begin their attack. Dozens of Xilien UFOs in orbit around Earth launch Hedorah drones at New York City. The sludge monsters immediately attack the populace.
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Gallery
Cover A by Fero Pe
Cover B by Angel Hernandez
Cover RI by Fero Pe
Trivia
- This issue was published on the same day as Marvel Comics' Godzilla vs. X-Men.
- The TV show interrupted by a news report on Godzilla is I Love Lucy.
Notes
- ↑ Also credited for production.
References
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