List of monsters from comics and books
This is a list of various monsters that have originated from books, comics and manga, including print media related to characters such as Godzilla, King Kong and Gamera, as well as the Charlton Comics continuity which incorporated Gorgo, Konga and Reptilicus into a shared continuity.
Godzilla comics and books
Random House books
- Sasori
- Gopher
- Armie
- Gecko
- Gila
- Chuck
- Rattler
- Yellowback
- Giant Ants
- Ancient Ones
- Zoe Kemmering
- Kamakites
Marvel Comics
- Batragon
- Ghilaron
- Lepirax
- Centipor
- Red Ronin
- Yetrigar
- The Beta-Beast
- The Mega-Monsters
- Devil Dinosaur
- War Beasts (Godzilla, King of the Monsters, Marvel Comics)
- The Chargers
- Unnamed Marvel monsters
Other Marvel monsters
Dark Horse Comics
- Creature from the slab
- Kamerus
- Ornithomimosaur (flashback)
- Prehistoric creature's corpse (flashback)
- Inagos
- Soran
- Gekido-jin
- The Shrewmanoid's monsters (mentioned)
- Hero Zero
- Cybersaur
- Bagorah
- Burtannus
- All-Terraintula
- Dianii
- Sea dragons (vision / fantasy)
- Lower-level mutants
- Saber-toothed gorilla monster[1]
- Lord Howe Monster
- Stranger
- Piscatoid (A Decade of Dark Horse #4 of 4 ("Godzilla: The Origins of a Species"))[2]
IDW Comics
- Trilopods
- Magita
- Nightmare Creature
- Nuclear Reactor Demon
- Doppelganger Demon
- Hellbats
- God-demon
- Irradiated birds
- Demon Varan
- Demon Rodan
- Demon Anguirus
- Demon King Ghidorah
- Bezazelshun
- God (Kaiju Mountain form)
- Hell ice claw
- Demon Brigands
- Yamata no Orochi
- Kappa
- Heikegani
- Titans (mentioned but unseen)
- Hydra
Legendary Comics
- Shinomura
- Monarch museum specimens (Godzilla: Awakening)
- Giant shrimp[3]
- Giant ape
- Giant plant
- Giant bird
- Giant flying reptile (skeleton)
- Brain-like creature
- Bipedal creature
- MUTO Prime
The Godzilla Comic
- Gandora
- Bonsai Daughter
- Spirit of the Beast Tree
- Reincarnated Godzilla Child
- Biollante-King Ghidorah Hybrid
The Godzilla Comic Raids Again
- Yamata no Orochi
- Cancer Cell Godzilla
- Leukocyte Godzilla
- Sperm Godzilla
- Ba-Ba Godzilla
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (Kodansha manga)
- Sea Baragon
- Neo Biollante
- Megalon
- Mechagodzilla III
- Mechani-Kong II
- Rodan
- Ankylosaurus
- King Ghidorah III
- Neo Gigan
- Machine G
- King Godzilla
- Mosuko (Street Fighter Godzilla)
Miscellaneous manga and comics
- Godzilla egg (Monster Island Unleashed)
- Raban
- Raban-17
- Baby Godzilla (The Last Godzilla by Yoshiharu Hashimoto, 1957)
- Gyottos
- Sugon
- Zottos
- Osoros
- Unnamed frilled dinosaurian monster (Godzilla vs. Gigan manga adaptation)
- Unnamed horned dinosaurian monster (Godzilla vs. Gigan manga adaptation)
- Mecha Hedorah (Godzilla World)
- MOGUERA II
- MOGUERA III
- Millennian Io (Godzilla 2000: Millennium manga adaptation)
- Mothra Moths / Mothra Cloud (Big Comics Original: Godzilla Special)[4]
Gamera comics and books
Manga Boys Special Edition: Gamera
- Futakobukarappa
- Geboras
- Powered Gyaos
- Daburyuusu[5]
- Marugarappa[5]
- Garansharp (not to be confused with Garasharp)[5]
- Harinezura[5]
Gamera (Dark Horse Comics)
- Gyaos clone
- Greta Karbone's incomplete creations (Gamera)[5]
The Last Hope
- Arsinoitherium (The Last Hope)
- Garasharp Matriarch (The Last Hope)
Miscellaneous manga and books
- Breeding cave larvae[6]
- Phoenix
- Morphos (Gamera vs. Morphos)[5]
- Marine Gyaos (Gamera Gaiden ver. 2.5 from Weekly Shonen Champion) [7] [8] [9]
King Kong
The King Kong Show
- Angry Sea Monster (The King Kong Show coloring book)
- No. 18 (Akio Itou manga)[10]
- Giant ants (Akio Itou manga)[10]
- Frankenstein's monster (Akio Itou manga)[10]
- Werewolf (Akio Itou manga)[10]
- Red-yellow colored big-eared humanoid (Akio Itou manga)[10]
- Wild Woolly Mammoth (Akio Itou manga)
King Kong (Editorial Orizaba)
- Leopard man (issue #3)
- Horned bear beast (issue #15)
- Mechanical insect monster (issue #27)
- Reptilian sea monster (issue #25)[11]
- Giant skull snakes (issue #31)
- Giant Gillman (issue #36)
- Giant dragonflies (issue #38)[12]
- Giant lavender-colored snake (issue #42)[13]
- Giant eagle flock (issue #47)
- Giant statue man (issue #65)
- Deadly Dimetrodons (issue #78)
- Giant caveman (issue #96)
- Humanoid frog creature (issue #104)
- "Cyclops with a gorilla's body" (issue #106)
- Giant bald humanoid (issue #107)
- Giant lion (issue #122)
- Giant ferret (issue #131)
- Giant small-headed mutant (issue #132)
- Scaly Mermen (issue #137)
- Polar bear monster (issue #142)[14]
- Neck-chomping reptile creature (issue #144)
- Razor-spiked Ankylosaurus / turtle creature (issue #144)
- Giant ghoul (issue #152)[15]
- Giant fly (issue #160)
Kong Reborn
- Kong Mark II
- Carnosaur
- Raptor
- Scavenger Raven
- Killer Vine
- Hadrosaur
- Giant Crocodillians
- Frog-Lizard
- Giant One-Horned Rhino
- Gorilla gigans
- Giant Gaur
- White Spider
- Goliath Fly
- Purple Fly
- Giant Scorpion
- Flat Beetle
- Giant Centipede
- Giant Vulture
- Monster Trevally
- Monster Gull
- Black Eagle
- King Kong
- Giant Pteranodon
- Giant Stegosaurus
- Brontosaurus
- Matthilde
The World of Kong: A Natural History of Skull Island
- Ambulaquasaurus
- Asperdorus
- Atercurisaurus
- Avarusaurus
- Burglar Monkeys
- Carvers
- Cunaepraedator
- Diablosaurus
- Dirt Turtles
- Dirusuchus
- Dracomicros hospes
- Gaur
- Gladiodon
- Great Grey Herons
- Gribblers
- Hebeosaurus torvus
- Incultulepas
- Inox
- Killer-Eels
- Malamagnus
- Malevolusaurus
- Megaprimatus kong
- Monstrutalpus
- Moonspiders
- Mortifillex venefecus
- Needlemouths
- Noctupervagus
- Novusaurus
- Pinnatono
- Pugbats
- Pugiodorsus squameus
- Scimitodon
- Skin-Birds
- Skull Island Snappers
- Sparklesides
- Spinaculex
- Stink-fish
- Sun-fins
- Swamp-Wings
- Sylvaceratops
- Termito'saurus
- Turturcassis
- Udusaurs
- Ursusuccus / Bear-Crocs
- Volucerictis
- Zeropteryx
Kong of Skull Island (property)
Kong: King of Skull Island
- Deathrunners
- Gaw
- Slashers
- Kong's father
- Kong's mother
- Sleeks
- Phobosuchus
- Brachiosaurus
- Pterodactyl
- Ceratopsians
Kong of Skull Island
- Fer'rah
- Valla
- Konga
- Tul
- B'lal
- B'lan
- Tuno
- Takani
- Janu
- Ghost
- Two-Headed Gaw
- Kid Kong
- One-armed Kong
- Marine reptile
Kong: Gods of Skull Island
Legendary Comics
- Psychovultures (Skull Island: The Birth of Kong)
- Death Jackals (Skull Island: The Birth of Kong)
- Sirenjaws (Skull Island: The Birth of Kong)
- Magma Turtles (Skull Island: The Birth of Kong)
- Swamp Locusts (Skull Island: The Birth of Kong)
- Camazotz
Miscellaneous
- Stegosaurus (1947 manga adaptation of King Kong by Osamu Tezuka)[16]
- Silver King (Silver King manga by Ippei Sama)[17]
- Nezulla (Nezulla manga by Ippei Sama)[17]
- White Kong (Nezulla manga by Ippei Sama)[17]
- Microcosmos octopus (King Kong in the Microcosmos #15)[18][19]
- Fire breathing parasaurolophus (King Kong in the Microcosmos #21)
- Junior (King Kong's Cousin)
Charlton Comics: Gorgo, Konga, and Reptilicus
Gorgo comics
- Gorgo (Charlton Comics version)
- Ogra (Charlton Comics version)
- The Sea Beast (Gorgo issue #5)
- Giant Twilight Fish (Gorgo issue #6)
- Atlanteans (Gorgo issue #6)
- Crab-Things (Gorgo issue #6)
- Venusians (Gorgo issues #10 and #12)
- Passing giant squid (Gorgo issue #11)
- Tyrannosaurs (Gorgo issue #15)
- Brontosaurus (Gorgo issue #15)
- Triceratops (Gorgo issue #15)
- Chloryllfids (Gorgo issue #16)
- Giant squid (Gorgo issue #17)
- The Space Scourgers (Gorgo issue #18)
- Dr. Zhunli / The World Shaker (Gorgo issue #19)
- Enlarged honey bees (Gorgo issue #19)
- Gorgo duplicate / Gorgo facsimile (Gorgo issue #20)
- Aliens from Another Planet (Gorgo issue #20)
- Deep sea killer (Gorgo issue #22)
- Tyrannosaurus (Gorgo issue #23)
- Ceratosaurus (Gorgo issue #23)
- Brachiosaurus (Gorgo issue #23)
- Giant pterodactyl (Gorgo issue #23)
- Giant sharks (Gorgo's Revenge #1)
- Koorii of the Frog People of Corpus (The Return of Gorgo #2)
- Deadly giant squid (The Return of Gorgo #2)
- Borko Slaves (mentioned only) (The Return of Gorgo #2)
Konga comics
- Konga (Charlton Comics version)
- T-rex (Konga issue #2)
- The Sea Monster (Konga issue #3)
- Deadly Squid (Konga issue #4)
- Giant octopus (Konga issue #7)
- Vegetable Aliens (Konga issue $7)
- Brontosaurus (Konga issue #8)
- Carnivorous dinosaurs (Konga issue #8)
- Giant of the pterodactyl family (Konga issue #8)
- Two-horned ceratopsian (Konga issue #8)
- The Mole Men (Konga issue #10)
- Giant clams (Konga issue #11)
- Galaxy of Jila Aliens (Konga issue #14)
- The Unians (Konga issue #16)
- 9K (Konga issue #16)
- Simulo Models (Konga issue #16)
- Giant land crabs (Konga issue #17)
- Martians (Konga issue #18)
- Martian robots (Konga issue #18)
- Giant leopard (Konga issue #18)
- Giant tiger (Konga issue #18)
- Lukk the Challenger (Konga issue #21)
- The Yagolians (Lukk's extraterrestrial people, Konga issue #21)
- The Creatures of Uuang-Ni (Konga issue #23)
- Hogar (Fantastic Giants #24; despite the title, this is the last issue of the series)
- The mountain monster (Fantastic Giants #24)
- Torga, Konga’s mate (The Return of Konga #1)
Reptilicus / Reptisaurus the Terrible comics
- Reptilicus / Reptisaurus (Charlton Comics version)
- Reptisaurus' mate (issue #4)
- Reptisaurus' brood (issue #7)
- The People's Dragon / The Mechanical Dragon (issue #5)
- The abominable snowman (issue #5 and #6)
Charlton back-up stories
- Manta-squid (Gorgo #1)
- Giant worms (Gorgo #2)
- Space Monsters (Gorgo #3)
- 'Strange life-form of the deep' (Gorgo #6)
- Sea Serpents (Gorgo #6)
- Nessie (Gorgo #6)
- Giant Octopus of the South Seas (Gorgo #6)
- Kilos III Aliens (Gorgo #7)
- The Monster / The Earth Monster (Gorgo #8)
- The Executioner (Gorgo #9)
- Stalk-like aliens (Gorgo #10)
- The Creatures of Lao-Shung (Gorgo #11)
- The Creature from Beyond Time (Gorgo #13)
- Cave Bear (Gorgo #19)
- Venusian giants (Gorgo #21)
- "Giant prehistoric dinosaur" (Gorgo #21)
- Apis mellifera / Honey Bees from Atlantis (Gorgo's Revenge #1)
- Giant Ants from Antigoma (The Return of Gorgo #3)
- The Dragon of China (Konga #5)
- Giant Reptiles (Konga #6)
- Howard Morgan's Monster (Konga #7)
- Dreamland Dragon (Konga #10)
- Sam Marshal (Konga #10)
- The Kaalaa (Konga #10)
- The Talking Dog (Konga #11)
- Denizens of the Land of the Odd (Konga #13)
- Averill (Konga #13)
- The Himalayan Alien (Konga #15)
- Leosians (Konga #17)
- Flying Fish People (Konga #20)
- Giant Bug (Konga #22)
- Polyhydra (Reptisaurus the Terrible #5)
- Space-Worm (Reptisaurus the Terrible #5)
- Giant Spiders of Galaxy 40 (Reptisaurus the Terrible #5)
- Lizard people (Reptisaurus the Terrible #5)
- Space Rats of Mars (Reptisaurus the Terrible #5)
- Giant Space-Faring Manta Rays (Reptisaurus the Terrible #5)
- Ant aliens (Reptisaurus the Terrible #5)
Nemesis Saga
- Nemesis
- Nemesis Prime
- Karkinos (Project Maigo)
- Drakon (Project Maigo)
- Scrion (Project Maigo)
- Scylla (Project Maigo)
- Typhon (Project Maigo)
- B.F.S. (Project 731)
- Tsuchi (Project 731)
- Mega-Tsuchi (Project 731)
- Lovecraft (Project Hyperion)
- Giger (Project Hyperion)
- Hyperion (Project Hyperion)
Miscellaneous
- Cokra
- Dogzilla
- Kat Kong
- Great Old Ones (Daimajin Adventure by Hirofumi Tanaka)[20]
- Yagosu (from Daikaiju Yagosu, 1960s)
- Mytek / King Kong Robot (Mytek the Mithy 1964-1976 (also known as King Kong the Robot in France)
- Gogra's Giant Robot (Mytek the Mighty #3)
- Giant Roman Gladiator (Mytek the Mighty #8)
- Gorgus (Mytek the Mighty #10)
- Oversized flies / insects (Mytek the Mighty #13)
- Spiky carnivorous plant (Mytek the Mighty #14)
- Zagoran (from Sekai No Kaiju, 1967)[21]
- Dagigon (from Sekai No Kaiju, 1967)[22]
- Bagun (from Shin Sekai No Kaiju, 1967)
- Dorugo (from Shin Sekai No Kaiju, 1967)[23]
- Gyo (Kaiju Gyo by Kazou Umezz, from Weekly Shonen Sunday 1971)
- Garla (Garla by Go Nagai, 1976-1978)
- MachineSaur (MachineSaur by Go Nagai, 1979-1986)
- Ohmu (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki, 1982-1994)
- Giant Warrior (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki, 1982-1994)
- Ohma (Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki, 1982-1994)
- Gojiro (Gojiro by Mark Jacobson, 1991)
- God of Clay (The God of Clay by Masamoto Nasu, 1993)
- Lord Suchimikado (Koujin)
- Glowbat (MM9: Monster Magnitude 9 by Hiroshi Yamamoto)
- Princess (MM9: Monster Magnitude 9 by Hiroshi Yamamoto)
- Titanicus (SoulWar by Titanic Creations, 2023)
- Nosferadon (SoulWar by Titanic Creations, 2023)
- Skureaus (SoulWar by Titanic Creations, 2023)
- Skureaus eggs (SoulWar by Titanic Creations, 2023)
- Grifixis (SoulWar by Titanic Creations, 2023)
- Apex Grifixis (SoulWar by Titanic Creations, 2023)
Unmade and abandoned characters
- Dragon-Hydra from Space (unused Dark Horse Comics monster based on King Ghidorah)[24]
- Great Turtle (unused Dark Horse Comics monster; it was the basis for Kamerus)[25]
- Mothra-like monster (unused Dark Horse Comics monster)
- Anti-Godzilla (unpublished Dark Horse Comics storyline)
- Giant Terminator T-800 (Dark Horse Comics' proposed but rejected crossover storyline Godzilla vs. the Terminator)
- Raijin / Daitengu (Godzilla and the Lost Continent)
- Earth (Biollante avatar and triffid-like forest growth, Godzilla and the Lost Continent)
- Cthulhu (IDW's proposed but rejected crossover storyline Godzilla vs. Cthulhu in Infestation 2)[26]
- Crystal Pod Soldiers (Godzilla: Lolitas and Leviathans, unused comic pitch by Matt Frank)[27]
- Saiyori Kazuma (Godzilla VS Reborn, unused comic pitch by Matt Frank)[28]
- Godzilla clone (from a scrapped Godzilla: Rulers of Earth storyline)[29]
- Biollante Monster Island mutation (from a scrapped Godzilla: Rulers of Earth storyline)[29]
- Monster zoo menagerie (from a scrapped Godzilla: Rulers of Earth storyline, replaced by the Trilopods)[29]
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