The MonsterVerse, the Godzilla shared cinematic universe that began with 2014’s Godzilla and is set to continue on the big screen with next year’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, expands to television this week with the Apple TV Plus original series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. With a story spanning from the 1950s to the immediate aftermath of Godzilla’s battle with the MUTOs in San Francisco in 2014, Legacy of Monsters is an ambitious exploration of the history of Titans around the world in the 20th century. Among the figures that helped bring the series to life is acclaimed comic book creator Matt Fraction, who co-developed the show for television with showrunner Chris Black.
For the unfamiliar, Fraction has been creating comic books since 2001, most extensively with Image Comics and Marvel Entertainment. At Marvel, Fraction had celebrated runs on Iron Man and Thor, while his run on Hawkeye, with David Aja, was universally well-received and strongly influenced the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) miniseries Hawkeye, which saw Fraction join the team as a consultant. At Image, Fraction co-created the widely praised Sex Criminals with Chip Zdarsky, and Casanova with Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon.
