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Say it ain’t so — just six issues into its current ongoing comic book series, IDW Publishing is killing off Godzilla, King of the Monsters. And they’re bringing in a man with some experience killing pop culture icons to make it happen, with Dan Jurgens, the man behind 1992’s The Death of Superman, providing a cover for the fateful issue.

Jurgens and inker Brett Breeding — who inked Jurgens in the fateful Superman #75, which killed off the Man of Steel for a handful of months and prompted a buying frenzy three decades earlier — are providing a special variant cover for IDW’s Godzilla #6, paying tribute to their own Superman work of the past. Take a look at it below:

“When the good folks at IDW asked about the possibility of a special 'Death of Godzilla' cover that would play off the iconic cover that Brett Breeding and I did for Superman #75, I was definitely up for it,” Jurgens said in a statement provided by the publisher. ”I’ve always been a fan of the big guy but hadn’t had a chance to draw him so this was the perfect way to scratch that itch. It was great fun to be able to contribute!”

Of course, you really can’t keep a good kaiju down, and Godzilla’s return is already announced: it’s coming in Godzilla #7, as Godzilla returns “freed from the constraints of its physical body and unleashed as its most powerful form ever: Kai-Sei Energy Godzilla!”

That name references ‘Kai-Sei,’ a mysterious energy that powers the kaiju in the shared universe setting of IDW’s current Godzilla comics: Godzilla, Godzilla: Escape the Deadzone, and the new Starship Godzilla, which launched October 1, 2025. Of course, that still leaves the question of what a non-physical Kai-Sei Energy Godzilla actually is very much open… at least for a few months.

“Comics should be insane. And personally, I can't think of a more insane way to end arc 1 of the first ongoing Godzilla series in over a decade than KILLING GODZILLA,” ditor Jake Williams said about the plans for the series. “For anyone waiting to check out this series  – now's the time to jump on. We're delivering a Godzilla unlike any other, and finally making good on our promise to showcase 'a boy with the power of Godzilla.'”

Godzilla #6 will be released January 7, 2026, with Godzilla #7 available in February.

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