The book, which features introductions by Halloween and The Thing directing legend John Carpenter and recurring Godzilla ...

Godzilla has morphed over the years, but one constant is the devotion of its fans, who celebrated the Japanese monster’s 70th ...

Godzilla: The First 70 Years is a 432-page book filled with stories, interviews and photos of one of cinema’s most enduring figures.

Steve Ryfle remembers scouring the TV Guide each week to find the monster movies and Universal horror films he loved.

But, "unbeknownst to many people, Godzilla's international stardom actually began right here in Los Angeles," said Steve Ryfle, who co-authored the book, Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, from ...

Authors Steve Ryfle (L) and Ed Godziszewski pose with a copy of their book about the first 70 years of the "Godzilla" ...

That’s because for five decades, according to Ryfle, pretty much the only way audiences in the U.S. and other parts of the Western world could see the film was through a highly altered version of the ...

In Steve Ryfle’s new book, Godzilla: The First 70 Years: The Official Illustrated History of the Japanese Productions, the author digs into the well-known monster's filmography and the ...

That’s because for five decades, according to Ryfle, pretty much the only way audiences in the U.S. and other parts of the Western world could see the film was through a highly altered version of the ...