Kaijudo (IDW Publishing)

Kaijudo is a comic book series by IDW Comics, based on the TV series Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters.

Plot Threads
The comic picks up where the show left off, with the Choten back in the Creature Realm, the monarchs still trapped in the Null Zone, and the artifacts still missing.
 * Ray adjusting to having his father around, and Ken adjusting to normal life
 * The First Gauntlet
 * The Vortex
 * Tiera summoning creatures around the world
 * The recovery of the artifacts and the awakening of the monarchs
 * Brightmore having become a wild card in the conflict between the masters and the Choten
 * Aqua Seneschal's character arc
 * Carny's character arc
 * The Zero Civilization, home to an entity feared even by the monarchs

Protagonists

 * Raiden "Ray" Pierce-Okomoto
 * Tatsurion the Unchained
 * Allison "Allie" Underhill
 * Scaradorable of Gloom Hollow
 * Gabriel "Gabe" Wallace
 * Reef Prince Glu-urrgle
 * Sasha, Channeler of Light
 * Alakshmi Verma
 * Razorkinder Puppet

Duel Masters

 * Master Hector Chavez
 * Master Jaha
 * Master Benjirou Kimora
 * Master Nadia Lobachevsky
 * Master Isao Okamoto

Antagonists

 * The Choten
 * Tiera
 * Megaria, Empress of Dread
 * Alexander Carnahan
 * Joseph "Fingers"
 * Heller

Supporting Protagonists

 * Ken Okamoto
 * Janet Pierce-Okamoto
 * Lucy
 * The Mystic

Anti-Heroes

 * Nigel Brightmore
 * Aqua Seneschal
 * Carny

Monarchs

 * Infernus the Immolator
 * King Tritonus
 * Almighty Colossus
 * Queen Kalima of the Infinite Dark
 * Eternal Haven, Angelic Liege