Godzilla (Godzilla in Hell)
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Godzilla is a kaiju that appeared in the comic book series Godzilla in Hell. After annihilating the planet in his battle with SpaceGodzilla, Godzilla was sent to Hell and clawed his way back out through the many demonic foes that challenged him.
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." The name is said to have been chosen to represent the size and strength of both animals. Contrary to popular belief, the English name "Godzilla" was not invented by the American distributors of the original film. Before Toho sold the film to U.S. distributors, the company's international division had originally marketed English-subtitled prints of the film under the title of Godzilla, which were shown briefly in Japanese-American theaters. Toho themselves had decided on "Godzilla" as the English transliteration of Gojira. According to the 2002 book Since Godzilla, the English name "Godzilla" produces connotations such as the words "God," "lizard," and "gorilla." The word "God" is applicable to Godzilla because of his immense size and destructive power, which causes him to be seen as a god by some, "lizard" is applicable due to his reptilian appearance and ties to the time of the dinosaurs, and "gorilla" is applicable due to his strength and his creation having been inspired by the famous gorilla-like giant monster King Kong. "Godzilla" may be approximated into Japanese as ガッズィラ (Gazzira) or ガッズィーラ (Gazzīra).
Design
Throughout the comic run Godzilla utilizes 3 designs, those being the KiryuGoji design in issues #1 and #5, the MireGoji design in issues #2 and #3, and the GMKGoji design in issue #4.
Personality
Godzilla is extremely persistent and defiant, never ceasing his march to escape Hell. He rejects both Heaven's offers to join their army and the demons' and angels' attempts to worship him due to a lack of interest. Despite entering combat with every other being he came across, Godzilla stopped and inspected the Doppelgänger Demon while it was disguised as him, not attacking it until it revealed its true form.
History
- Godzilla in Hell (2015)
Godzilla in Hell
Godzilla in Hell issue 1
After falling down from the mouth of Hell, Godzilla destroyed an enormous rock tower rising from the ground with the famous line "ABANDON ALL HOPE YE WHO ENTER HERE", and moved on, passing through two alien-looking cities before coming across a nuclear reactor. He was ambushed by a Demon resembling a pile of organs crawling out from the smoke stacks, which Godzilla was able to stomp out.
As Godzilla moved on, an enormous cloud of souls blown around by a tremendous storm appeared. After making his way through the cloud, Godzilla found what appears to be another Godzilla. Suddenly, it transformed into another demon that lashed out with tendrils and attempted to devour Godzilla, however the King of the Monsters used a nuclear pulse to destroy the demon from the inside out. The blast also weakened the ledge of Godzilla's current level, causing him to plunge deeper into Hell.
Godzilla in Hell issue 2
Godzilla was looking out over a city when a demon representation of Rodan appeared. Godzilla fought and attempted to use his atomic breath, but Rodan dodged and began charging towards Godzilla. The latter readied his tail and smacked Rodan with it, sending him hurtling to the ground. Godzilla moved on and entered an icy region where a demon Anguirus was frozen in ice. Anguirus was freed and the two start to fight, but as Godzilla hurled Anguirus away the ice cracked and Godzilla fell into an endless ocean where he encountered a demon Varan. Godzilla's atomic breath drove off Varan, but a demon King Ghidorah appeared behind him. Ghidorah's appearance created a whirlpool, which sucked Godzilla down deeper.
Godzilla in Hell issue 3
With the world in ruins, Godzilla and SpaceGodzilla are seen fighting in Rio de Janeiro. SpaceGodzilla blasted his Corona Beam at Godzilla at full intensity, but Godzilla withstood the attack and countered by firing his atomic breath at point blank range, knocking SpaceGodzilla down. After roaring in victory, Godzilla fired his atomic breath down at his foe as SpaceGodzilla fired his Corona Beam at Godzilla, causing them to lock and explode, destroying the entire Earth and killing both kaiju. Godzilla woke up in Purgatory, where the angels and God tried to persuade Godzilla to join Heaven's army, but Godzilla was not interested in the slightest. After crushing an angel between his hands, Godzilla was thrown into Hell, where he landed in an icy cavern. There, he was confronted by a swarm of demons and a demonically-enhanced SpaceGodzilla. SpaceGodzilla tackled Godzilla and held him in place so the demons could make him a permanent servant of Hell. Angels arrived and help Godzilla by giving him a powerful force field, which destroyed the clone after it reflected his beam back towards him. The angels tried to persuade Godzilla to join them again, but Godzilla was still not interested and responded by sealing the entrance to Heaven with his atomic breath. Godzilla eats some of the angels and demons that had begun worshiping him before continuing on his way.
Godzilla in Hell issue 4
Godzilla was seen roaring in victory after defeating King Ghidorah and Destoroyah. As Godzilla walked away from his foes, their injuries healed very quickly and the two monsters got back up to resume their battle with Godzilla, blasting him with their beam attacks. Destoroyah's flying form threw Godzilla into a building, and King Ghidorah and Destoroyah's flying and aggregate forms joined in. King Ghidorah grabbed Godzilla and dropped him onto a Hellish version of the Tokyo Tower, impaling him. Despite the seemingly fatal injury, Godzilla freed himself and noticed that a gigantic wall surrounded the city. Godzilla tried to blast it with his atomic breath, but the wall regenerates. While Godzilla was distracted, Destoroyah decapitated him with his horn, only for Godzilla to instantly grow his head back. King Ghidorah and Destoroyah then continued their assault until Godzilla allowed himself to be defeated, causing King Ghidorah and Destoroyah turn on each other. Godzilla tried to destroy the wall again, with King Ghidorah and Destoroyah seeing him and trying to use their beams again, but Godzilla fired his atomic breath while ducking to avoid King Ghidorah and Destoroyah's attack. Godzilla managed to make a hole in the wall and continued on his way.
Godzilla in Hell issue 5
Godzilla appeared from a white void, being bombarded by severe blizzards, but he pressed onward. Coming to a large bridge at the edge of a waterfall of blood, Godzilla burst through it and tumbled below into a pit of large stalactites. Swatting some of the spires with his tail in anger, he moved on, causing swarms of Hellbats to emerge from the spires. Godzilla kept the swarm at bay with his tail as he neared the end of his journey. Godzilla arrived at his final trial: an impossibly tall mountain that completely dwarfed even him, atop which slept the God-demon, who guarded the entrance to the living world. Godzilla tried to blast the demon with his atomic breath, but it doesn't move. Ever determined, the King of the Monsters began climbing the mountain , but the demon took notice and caused a landslide to knock Godzilla down and bury him under the rubble. Bursting forth, Godzilla appeared defeated and closed his eyes, allowing the Hellbats to devour him alive. The Hellbats swarmed around Godzilla and left only his bones. The Hellbats then began to fly away before all suddenly convulsing and each growing one eye. The Hellbats started screeching miniature versions of Godzilla's roar and flew back to his skeleton, swarmed around it, and reformed Godzilla's body with their own. The Hellbat-Godzilla then collectively roared at the God-demon in challenge, followed by each Hellbat firing its atomic breath simultaneously, thus causing a Godzilla-sized atomic blast to slam into the God-demon, killing it. The Hellbat-Godzilla then climbed the mountain and reached the gate, and in living world from the ocean bursted out a fully alive and reformed Godzilla, roaring in his ultimate triumph.
Abilities
Physical capabilities
Godzilla was shown to be a very strong combatant, as he was able to stomp the Nuclear Reactor Demon to death, use his tail to thwart an oncoming Demon Rodan and send him hurtling to the ground, throw Demon Anguirus away from him, and King Ghidorah and Destoroyah were seen with visible damage, such as scarred eyes and a broken horn, after Godzilla defeats them from the first time. When thrown in the air by the Doppelgänger Demon, Godzilla used it to his advantage and body slammed the creature before beginning to pummel it with his hands. Godzilla was also shown to be resilient against the extreme weather of Hell, making his way through a massive soul storm and a gigantic blizzard. Godzilla also attempted to climb the enormous mountain the God-demon was perched atop before the latter collapsed a portion of the rock onto him, but he was able to make it to the top after besting the foe from afar.
Godzilla uses his hands to pummel the Doppelgänger Demon
Godzilla stands temporarily victorious ontop of the mauled corpses of Destoroyah and King Ghidorah
Atomic breath
Godzilla is able to fire the character's trademark atomic breath, which was able to seal off the entrance to Heaven, knock down and deter foes such as Varan, SpaceGodzilla, and Destoroyah and, when entering a beam-fight with SpaceGodzilla, the resulting explosion blew the Earth to pieces. When he possessed and altered the Hellbats, each of them could fire his atomic breath, resulting in a massive beam of energy that obliterated the God-demon, an opponent that did not even move after being hit with Godzilla's single atomic ray.
Godzilla seals the entrance to Heaven
Nuclear pulse
Godzilla is able to discharge a nuclear pulse from his body, which obliterated the Doppelgänger Demon after it attempted to consume him.
Regeneration
While in Hell, Godzilla is able to regenerate at an astonishing rate, and even come back to life after suffering fatal injuries.
Possession
After they devoured his flesh and left nothing but bones, Godzilla was able to possess and alter the Hellbats into cyclopean versions of themselves that reformed Godzilla's body structure around his bones, vocalized his roar, and fired atomic breath.
Forcefield
Godzilla was temporarily granted a powerful barrier by the angels of Heaven to aid in his rematch with SpaceGodzilla, which was able reflect the mutant clone's corona beam back at him, destroying him.
Godzilla's forcefield reflects SpaceGodzilla's beam back at him
Gallery
Trivia
To be added.
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