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Godzilla Species Giant Radioactive Amphibious Reptile Allies Anguirus Enemies Gigan, Megalon, Yamata No Orochi, Hydra, Mothra, Rodan, Varan, Baragon, Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah, Mongols, Hannibal, Poseidon, Ares, Zeus, Ancient Greek Gods, Humans First appearance Latest appearance Godzilla: Rage Across Time #1 Godzilla: Rage Across Time #5

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“	...Godzilla has changed our history more then we did his.	„
	— Dr. Benjamin Thompson, Godzilla: Rage Across Time #2

Godzilla is a kaiju that appeared in the comic book series Godzilla: Rage Across Time. Over the course of human history, Godzilla repeatedly made an appearance before humankind and fought many enemies including certain groups of humans, other giant creatures, and even the Ancient Greek Gods themselves.

Name

See also: Godzilla#Name.

Godzilla's Japanese name, Gojira (ゴジラ), comes from a combination of the Japanese approximation of "gorilla" (ゴリラ,   gorira), and kujira (クジラ), the Japanese word for "whale."

Design

Throughout the series, Godzilla’s design generally uses the look of the MireGoji design with certain details changing with each issue. In issue #1, Godzilla’s atomic breath is cyan in color and bares the appearance of a fluid, vapor like blast of fire. His eyes are gold and his facial structure and skin texture somewhat mirror that of the FinalGoji design. His tail is relatively longer than that of the MireGoji design.

Origins

While mainstream public belief holds that humanity's relationship with Godzilla began with his 1954 exposure to the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests, historian and archeologist Benjamin Thompson theorizes that Godzilla and other kaiju have been shaping human history for thousands, if not millions of years. Though his assistant Nikki Kasumi believed the uncovered historical evidence could point towards them being the actions of Godzilla's species in general, Thompson believes that it could very well be a single impossibly ancient individual.

History

In the early Cretaceous period, around 136 million years ago, kaiju ruled the Earth with the dinosaurs scrambling to survive in the crossfire of their wars for territory. As Godzilla and Anguirus were locked in battle with Rodan, Varan, and Baragon, meteors began crashing to the Earth, knocking their enemies into crevasses opened up by the impact. These were heralds of the arrival of Keizer Ghidorah and a Xilien invasion fleet, with the three headed dragon turning its attention to Godzilla and Anguirus after taking out Mothra and Battra. Transforming into Monster X, the skeletal beast threw Anguirus into a chasm of magma, enraging Godzilla, who tackled him onto a cliffside and began beating into him before he was able to throw Godzilla over the edge into the lava. Believing their colonization was now unopposed, the Xiliens dropped off two Homo erectus to tame the land and spread across the planet to prepare it for their eventual return. As the Xiliens left however, Godzilla re-emerged from the lava pit, immediately incinerating the two colonists and a nearby Velociraptor, leaving behind confusing fossil evidence in modern day northern Israel.

In Ancient Greece, Godzilla would emerge and destroy two warring ships, catching the attention of Hermes, who brought the news to Olympus. Having grown arrogant and uncaring for the mortals worshipping them, Zeus scoffed at the news to Aphrodite's chagrin. Poseidon decided to look into the incident to ease Aphrodite's mind, only to run afoul of the untameable sea beast. Godzilla would not be moved by Poseidon's fury and the massive tidal waves created in their clash would sink a coastal city into the sea near Olympus's doorstep, the citizens cursing the gods as they drowned. With Poseidon dead, Godzilla turned his attention towards Olympus, incinerating Ares in an atomic blast. With Godzilla shrugging off his lightning bolts, Zeus would summon the Hydra to fight Godzilla. With the Hydra regrowing its heads even after Godzilla used his atomic breath to blast them off, Godzilla would slam the Hydra into Olympus and bring the whole mountain down on top of the beast. Now the last remaining god, Zeus would put all of his remaining power into one massive thunderbolt that seemingly obliterated Godzilla, with no one being alive to witness the deed. Ashamed, powerless and humbled, Zeus would leave Greece and settle in the Roman city of Pompeii to live among the mortals he had taken for granted and try and rekindle some faith in him. However, in 79 AD, Godzilla re-emerged in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, with Zeus being petrified by the volcanic ash that buried the city.