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Ultraman/ Linebarrels of Iron Manga Creators Shimizu, Shimoguchi to Attend Comic-Con Int'l

Comic-Con International. The convention will take place July 9-12 at the San Diego Convention Center.

Viz Media announced in February that it will ship the first volume of the Ultraman manga in August.

Viz describes the story:

Decades ago, a being known as the Giant of Light ed Shin Hayata of the Scientific Special Search Party to save Earth from an invasion of terrifying monsters known as Kaiju. Now, many years later, those dark days are fading into memory, and the world is at peace. But in the shadows a new threat is growing, a danger that can only be faced by a new kind of hero – a new kind of ULTRAMAN… Shinjirō is an ordinary teenager, but his father is the legendary Shin Hayata. When he learns that his father ed on the “Ultraman Factor” to him, and that he possesses incredible powers, nothing will ever be the same again?

The team Monthly Hero's magazine in 2011. The manga's fifth compiled volume shipped in Japan on November 5. The series has over one million copies in print.

A new Ultraman television series titled Ultraman X is slated to premiere in July.

Shimizu and Shimoguchi also created the ended in April.