History ComicBook / GodzillaRulersOfEarth

* HumongousMecha: MOGUERA makes its first IDW appearance here.

** [[spoiler: Mecha-King Ghidorah makes an appearance in the latest issue]].

* Godzilla fights Sanda and Gaira which is a reference to a scrapped movie revolving around a similar premise.
* In issue 10, there is a street called Rolisca which is a reference to the original Mothra film.

** [[spoilers: Mecha-King Ghidorah makes an appearance in the latest issue]].

* WeCanRebuildHim: Gigan gets upgraded from his Showa appearance to his ''Final Wars'' appearance.

** Gigan still has his broken visor from the previous series.

The twelve-issue series received positive reviews. A sequel is already confirmed.

* HeroKiller: Destoroyah is in fine form - driving Zilla ashore, defeating Godzilla during their first battle, and then fighting Godzilla, Mothra, and two of Mothra's larvae at the same time.

** ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'': The number "1966" is seen multiple times in various places.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Manda and Gezora were not Godzilla foes in the films, but are in this comic.

* BadassNormal: Captain Steven Woods.

** Zilla is shown to be almost as smart as his [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries "son" of a different universe]]: ducking under Godzilla's first atomic breath; digging underground in an attempt to gain an advantage over Godzilla; and when caught in a NeckLift by Godzilla, notices the [=CKR=] attack helicopters and moves his head out of the way so Godzilla takes the brunt of the missiles.

* ManEatingPlant: Biollante puts in an appearance as a Devonian monster.

** Lucy's hotel room number is 1954, while a poster in the background during a meeting between her and Woods says "[[{{Film/Godzilla2014}} MUTO-54]]".
** 1998 ''[[{{Film/Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]]'': The first indicator of Zilla arriving is the classic water {{Wormsign}}. While most citizens and tourists are running away after Zilla makes landfall, Lucy runs ''towards'' him with camera in hand, akin to Animal grabbing his news camera for taping in his first encounter. Zilla bursts out from underneath the streets right in front of [=CKR=] member Chavez, similar to him appearing in front of Nick Tatopoulos. Later on, when Zilla doesn't see Godzilla and thinks it's safe, the Big G bursts right through one of the skyscrapers behind Zilla in a surprise attack, which was the same thing Zilla did to three military helicopters when ''they'' thought they got him.
** ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'': Sanda throws a truck at Godzilla that looks like it has "Saradia" on it.

* ShapeShifter: The Cryog

* VillainousValour: Both Gigan and Zilla display it when they choose to keep fighting despite being outgunned by larger, stronger, and in the case of Gigan, more numerous opponents. Zilla's tenacity in the face of Godzilla's overwhelming superiority actually helped to earn the big iguana some of the fans he had been lacking.

* {{Badass}}: Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, Gigan, Orga, Zilla, Jet Jaguar, Destoroyah, it'd probably be faster to list the creatures that ''aren't'' badass in one way or another.

* MythologyGag: Here and there.

The fifth of IDW Comics' series to feature Godzilla, and the third set in the shared universe that includes ''Kingdom of Monsters'' and ''Godzilla: Ongoing'', ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth'' picks up shortly after ''Godzilla: Ongoing'' left off, as the reemergence of Godzilla coincides with a plot by the aliens from ''Ongoing''--now revealed to be the shapeshifting Cryog and the aquatic Devonians--to seize control of the planet.

** To the 1998 ''[[{{Film/Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]]'': Zilla bursts out from underneath the streets right in front of Chavez. Later on, when Zilla doesn't see Godzilla and thinks it's safe, the Big G bursts right through one of the skyscrapers behind Zilla in a surprise attack (the same thing Zilla did to the helicopters in his movie).

The fifth of IDW Comics' series to feature Godzilla, and the third set in the shared universe that includes ''Kingdom of Monsters'' and ''Godzilla: Ongoing'', ''Godzilla: Rulers of Earth'' picks up shortly after ''Godzilla: Ongoing'' left off, as the reemergence of Godzilla coincides with a plot by the aliens from ''Ongoing''--now revealed to be the shapeshifting Cryorg and the aquatic Devonians--to seize control of the planet.

* BigBadDuumvirate: The Cryorg and Devonians, who eventually fall out with one another.
* TheBrute: Orga to the Devonians.
* TheDragon: Gigan to the Cryorg and Destoroyah to the Devonians.
* EvilCounterpart: Titanosaurus and Destoroyah can both be viewed as these for Godzilla.

** To the 1998 ''[[{{Film/Godzilla1998}} Godzilla]]'': Zilla bursts out from underneath the streets right in front of Chavez. Later on, when Zilla doesn't see Godzilla and thinks it's safe, the Big G bursts right through one of the skyscrapers behind Zilla in a surprise attack.

* ShapeShifter: The Cryorg

* BadassNormal: Steven Woods.

* FriendshipMoment: Possibly. Following their battle with Destoroyah, one of the Mothra larvae tries to play with Godzilla's tail. Godzilla turns around and glares, only to see the two larvae hide under their mother's wings. Godzilla and Mothra lock eyes, he nods, and then he heads off.
* HeroKiller: Destoroyah is in fine form, driving Zilla ashore, defeating Godzilla during their first battle, and then fighting Godzilla, Mothra, and two of Mothra's larvae at the same time.

* VillainousValour: Both Gigan and Zilla display it when they choose to keep fighting despite being outgunned by larger, stronger, and in the case of Gigan, more numerous opponents. Zilla's tenacity in the face of Godzilla's overwhelming superiority actually helped to earn the big iguana some of the fans he had been lacking.
* ItCanThink: Woods' conclusion after watching Mothra come to Godzilla's aid again, confirming for him something the audience already knows.
** Zilla is shown to be almost as smart as his [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries "son" of a different universe]]: ducking under Godzilla's first atomic breath; digging underground in an attempt to gain an advantage over Godzilla; and when caught in a NeckLift by Godzilla, notices the [=CKR=] attack helicopters and moves his head out of the way so Godzilla takes the brunt of the missiles.
* SeaMonster: Manda, Gezora, Titanosaurus, Zilla, and Godzilla himself.
* RoguesGallery: Godzilla's rogues are on display here, as usual in the IDW Comics.
* RoguesGalleryShowcase: Let's see, we have appearances from: Zilla, Gigan, Orga, Destoroyah, Titanosaurus, ''and'' other Toho monsters like Manda and Gezora, who don't normally face Godzilla but do here.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Manda and Gezora were not Godzilla foes in the films, but are in this comic.

* SeaSerpent: Manda.

** Zilla is shown to be almost as smart as his [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries "son" of a different universe]]: ducking under Godzilla's first atomic breath; digging underground in an attempt to gain an advantage over Godzilla; and when caught in a NeckLift by Godzilla, notices the [=CKR=] attack helicopters and moves his head out of the way so Godzilla takes the brunt of the missiles.

* AdaptationalBadass: Gigan, who has his ''Final Wars'' look, his Showa Era sadism, and a level of competency displayed by neither, fighting Godzilla, MOGUERA, Jet Jaguar, and his own berserk partner, Orga, all at once and holding his own. Zilla is also far more badass here than he was in either his own film or ''Final Wars'', withstanding multiple blows from Godzilla and even getting in a few hits of his own.

* ItCanThink: Woods' conclusion after watching Mothra come to Godzilla's aid again.

* ItCanThink: Woods' conclusion after watching Mothra come to Godzilla's aid again.