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Godzilla is capable of shooting a beam of focused nuclear radiation out of his mouth. He gained this ability in [[Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters]] after absorbing the energy of a nuclear missile launched upon him. This weapon started out as a blue radioactive beam of fire with fluid movement, baring a resemblance to the Incandescent Light possessed by the [[Godzilla (First Generation)|Original]] and [[Godzilla (Second Generation)|Showa]] Godzillas in their debut films. The Atomic Breath is capable of inflicting great harm on most other monsters and engulf the surrounding environment in flames. In [[Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters]], it reduced various cities such as Nii-Jima Island, Tokyo, Yokohama, Los Angeles, and Washington DC to ruin. It set [[Biollante]] ablaze completely, leaving the monster in flames and agonizing pain as Godzilla left. By [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]], the atomic breath became more of a powerful, concentrated blast of energy, making it identical to the atomic breath of the Godzilla incarnations from the [[Millennium era]] | Godzilla is capable of shooting a beam of focused nuclear radiation out of his mouth. He gained this ability in [[Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters]] after absorbing the energy of a nuclear missile launched upon him. This weapon started out as a blue radioactive beam of fire with fluid movement, baring a resemblance to the Incandescent Light possessed by the [[Godzilla (First Generation)|Original]] and [[Godzilla (Second Generation)|Showa]] Godzillas in their debut films. The Atomic Breath is capable of inflicting great harm on most other monsters and engulf the surrounding environment in flames. In [[Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters]], it reduced various cities such as Nii-Jima Island, Tokyo, Yokohama, Los Angeles, and Washington DC to ruin. It set [[Biollante]] ablaze completely, leaving the monster in flames and agonizing pain as Godzilla left. By [[Godzilla: Rulers of Earth]], the atomic breath became more of a powerful, concentrated blast of energy, making it identical to the atomic breath of the Godzilla incarnations from the [[Millennium era]] films, especially that of the [[Godzilla (Godzilla Final Wars)|Final Wars Godzilla]]. | ||
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- This article covers the Godzilla that appeared in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Godzilla and Godzilla: Rulers of Earth. The Godzilla incarnations featured in IDW’s various other miniseries and media are not covered in this article.
Godzilla (ゴジラ Gojira) is a giant monster who first appeared in IDW Publishing's comic book series Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters. The third incarnation of Godzilla to star in an ongoing American comic book series, following the Marvel and Dark Horse Godzillas, this Godzilla was also the focus of IDW's two follow-up series, Godzilla and Godzilla: Rulers of Earth.
A prehistoric monster who suddenly awakened from under the sea in 2011, Godzilla was immediately attacked with a nuclear weapon which only served to grant him atomic powers. Godzilla terrorized the globe as other giant monsters began to appear as well. After clashing with Anguirus, Godzilla battled against King Ghidorah and humanity's own weapon, Mechagodzilla. He finally triumphed in battle against Rodan and Battra, who were under the control of the evil psychic twin girls Minette and Mallory. As time went on, Godzilla remained a constant threat, appearing in cities such as Washington, D.C. Mercenary Boxer formed an elite team specifically to hunt Godzilla and monsters like him, while humanity built a new and improved Mechagodzilla to combat him. Godzilla would turn out to be the lesser of two evils when a group of four space monsters arrived on Earth to wreak havoc. Godzilla joined forces with humanity and his fellow Earth monsters to battle the space monsters, finally defeating the powerful Keizer Ghidorah with help from Rodan. Godzilla gradually began to be seen as a force of nature, his occassional attacks much like a hurricane or earthquake. He became more active as other new monsters such as Zilla and Sanda and Gaira began emerging. The Earth soon fell victim to an alien invasion by the Cryogs and the Devonians and their armies of monsters. Godzilla stood at the front lines, defeating the Devonians' monsters and destroying their capital. However, the Cryogs struck back with monsters of their own, including an army of mass-produced Mechagodzillas and the deadly power-absorbing Trilopods. Only with the assistance of the other monsters of Earth and mankind's mecha units was Godzilla able to slay the Trilopods and their colossal queen Magita, earning him a much-deserved rest from battle.
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
The design of the IDW Godzilla changes throughout his appearances. In Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Godzilla debuts baring a heavy resemblance to the ShodaiGoji design. Over time, Godzilla vaguely resembles the Heisei Godzilla designs with the addition of pointed dorsal fins reminiscent of the FinalGoji design. In this comic series, Godzilla has no visible pupils or irises similar to the GMKGoji design, however close ups of his face or eyes show black eyes. Godzilla is a blend of gray and green in color, with his dorsal fins being roughly the same color as the rest of his body.
In Godzilla, Godzilla more explicitly resembles the later Heisei designs, specifically the MogeGoji design. Godzilla is considerably bulkier in this comic, with thick, powerful legs. His dorsal fins are similar to the Heisei Godzilla's, with a black center and white outline. His eyes are seemingly white with black pupils. His skin seems to be a gray and blue blend in color courtesy of the art style, however, it otherwise appears black.
In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Godzilla now closely resembles the KiryuGoji and FinalGoji designs. He possesses scaly gray skin, large bone-white dorsal fins, pointed ears, large brow ridges, and gold eyes. When charging his atomic breath, his dorsal plates, and eyes occasionally, glow blue. They turned orange when Godzilla utilized an abnormal nuclear pulse to obliterate Magita.
Personality
In Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Godzilla is a violent and destructive creature that indiscriminately lays waste to human civilization. He displayed great hostility towards other monsters and occasionally humans upon encountering them, deliberately obliterating a helpless group of humans trapped in a dangling Limousine at one point. However, during his fight with Anguirus in Los Angeles, he took notice of the renowned “HOLLYWOOD” before deliberately obliterating it with his atomic breath for unknown reasons. He continued to demonstrate horrifying malice when he fired his atomic breath upon a thick line of civilian traffic in addition to trampling everything, leaving behind a field of destruction and only one survivor. He remains extremely aggressive throughout the majority of Godzilla; however, he is convinced to stand down at one point by Mothra. By the end of this series, Godzilla joins forces with other monsters such as Mechagodzilla, Kumonga, and Rodan in order to defend the Earth against the invading space monsters Hedorah, SpaceGodzilla, and Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah. In Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Godzilla is still highly aggressive and often attacks other monsters he encounters; however, he is often the lesser of two evils and fends off the other more malevolent creatures employed by both the Cryogs and the Devonians. However, Godzilla is not above allying with former enemies like with SpaceGodzilla and Megaguirus once they shared a common enemy in the form of the trilopods. He is also friendly toward some of his fellow monsters, such as Mothra and Anguirus. When one of the Mothra larvae took an interest in his tail after defeating Destoroyah, Godzilla simply walked away instead of attacking it. By the storyline's finale, Godzilla joins forces with nearly all of Earth's other monsters, even those that were once his enemies, to defeat the Trilopods in a final confrontation in Los Angeles. Afterwards, Godzilla went back into the ocean in peace as the other monsters proceeded to follow him.
Origins
Godzilla's origins are somewhat ambiguous in the series. Presumably, Godzilla's origins are similar to most origins, being a prehistoric amphibious reptile, though his role in the balance of Earth's kaiju is brought into question as the mural on Infant Island does not feature him. Unlike most versions of Godzilla, he rampages through Japan before being mutated by a nuclear bomb strike, a reverse of the character’s usual backstory character.
History
- Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters (2011-2012)
- Godzilla (IDW comic) (2012-2013)
- Godzilla: Rulers of Earth (2013-2015)
Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters
As a sibling duo, were enjoying their day at the beach on Nii-jima Island off the coast of Japan, an enormous protrusion erupted from the ground. The two kids were left shocked as the ground began to rise and reveal teeth. They soon find themselves hanging onto a pair of Godzilla’s teeth as the monster’s head burst from the sand. Subsequently, Godzilla deliberately laid waste to the nearby town before entering the ocean on a trajectory for Tokyo. Godzilla’s journey was paused when a nuclear missile from a JSDF submarine was launched at him. The resulting explosion engulfed Godzilla and left the Japanese breaking into celebration. To their horror, Godzilla is revealed to be alive and completely unharmed. Godzilla roared in rage at the sky as a blue burst of fire exited his mouth. When he reached Tokyo three hours later, Godzilla utilized his newly acquired weapon to set the surrounding area ablaze in a rampage through the city. Godzilla eventually travels to Yokohama and does the city the same as he had done to Tokyo. At one point, Godzilla stops in front of a building as a fisherman, the vengeful father of the children from Nii-jima Island, jumped down onto the monster’s snout covered in explosive material. His attempt at harming Godzilla occurred in vain as the miniature explosion only made Godzilla scratch his snout like an itch. Afterwards, Godzilla continued his rampage into a Korean demilitarized zone. After trampling the tower housing North Korean soldiers, Godzilla directed his rampage in a trajectory east towards the US on an intercept course with Anguirus. The two monsters’ eventually met in Los Angeles, California, where they engaged in a long and brutal battle. The fight ended with a triumphant Godzilla continuing East while Anguirus lied vulnerable and bleeding from his snout. Subsequently, Godzilla continued traveling east over the course of a month. At one point, Godzilla, with deliberate malice, slaughtered a long line of thick traffic via his atomic breath and trampling, leaving behind complete destruction and a sole survivor. Godzilla soon was met in South Dakota by the global collaborated project and line of defense, a robot built in his image dubbed Mechagodzilla. Godzilla quickly triumphed over the Mecha after firing his atomic breath at its propulsion boosters, causing it to fly away and go on a rampage in a unnamed city. Afterwards, Godzilla eventually arrived in Washington, D.C., reducing the American capitol city to ruin off-panel.
Godzilla (IDW comic)
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Godzilla: Rulers of Earth
In the Pacific Ocean, an Earth Defense Force submarine picked up an enormous lifeform on its sonar. Though the mysterious creature was deemed too fast and thin to be Godzilla, the Monster King himself was strolling along the ocean floor at the time.
Abilities
Atomic breath
Godzilla is capable of shooting a beam of focused nuclear radiation out of his mouth. He gained this ability in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters after absorbing the energy of a nuclear missile launched upon him. This weapon started out as a blue radioactive beam of fire with fluid movement, baring a resemblance to the Incandescent Light possessed by the Original and Showa Godzillas in their debut films. The Atomic Breath is capable of inflicting great harm on most other monsters and engulf the surrounding environment in flames. In Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, it reduced various cities such as Nii-Jima Island, Tokyo, Yokohama, Los Angeles, and Washington DC to ruin. It set Biollante ablaze completely, leaving the monster in flames and agonizing pain as Godzilla left. By Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, the atomic breath became more of a powerful, concentrated blast of energy, making it identical to the atomic breath of the Godzilla incarnations from the Millennium era films, especially that of the Final Wars Godzilla.
Spiral Heat Ray
Godzilla possesses an unnamed, but far more powerful version of his atomic breath, which is orange in color. He used this beam in his fight with Magita.
Nuclear Pulse
Godzilla sports a nuclear pulse, which is capable of incinerating Destoroyah’s aggravate forms as well as completely obliterate Magita.
Physical Abilities
Godzilla has a breathtaking amount of strength, overpowering most other monsters with ease, even standing his ground against the likes of Destoroyah and SpaceGodzilla. He triumphed over Anguirus with tremendous brutality in their fight in Los Angeles, leaving the latter lying in a vulnerable state of being and heavily bleeding. He threw Zilla over an incredible distance with just his jaws, and later held him by the throat with one hand. He overpowered Biollante despite his size disadvantage. He used Anguirus as a flail-like weapon against Mecha King Ghidorah with great efficiency. In the final issue of Godzilla: Rulers of Earth, Godzilla upholds Magita as she attempts to crush him, holding the mountain-sized alien long enough to kill her.
By his last appearances, Godzilla had mastered a particular martial art and is incredibly prow in hand-to-hand combat, taking on numerous opponents at once on at least three occasions. The first was when he fought multiple Mechagodzillas before facing Mecha-King Ghidorah. The second was when he temporarily faced the numerous trilopods sent to earth alone. At one point, Godzilla took on Titanosaurus, Manda, Gezora, Ebirah, and Destoroyah all alone underwater.
Durability
Godzilla's resilience is unrivaled by most kaiju, being able to endure many powerful attacks, even when facing a worthy opponent.
Intelligence
Godzilla has proven to be very intelligent both in and out of battle. In his fight with Anguirus in Los Angeles, for unknown reasons, Godzilla deliberately obliterated the famous “HOLLYWOOD” reading in the outskirts of the city upon noticing it. Immediately afterwards, Godzilla countered Anguirus in mid-air before the Ankylosaurid-Monster could succeed in pouncing on him. He pulled off a successful ambush on Zilla during their fight. He is capable of effectively coordinating and strategizing in battle with other Kaiju such as Anguirus, Mothra, Jet Jaguar, SpaceGodzilla, and more.
Healing Factor
Godzilla possesses regenerative capabilities that can heal injuries quickly, sometimes with enough speed to heal from blood-drawing attacks as soon as they are inflicted.
Radioactive Emissions
In Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, Godzilla’s rampage in Tokyo produced a radioactive fallout, causing a mass contamination that left masses of fish dead and sources of water undrinkable.
Weaknesses
As seemingly unstoppable as he is, Godzilla has had blood drawn by many of his enemies. He can be overwhelmed when facing too many opponents, and has required help with defeating certain enemies, such as in his fight against Destoroyah before Mothra intervened, his fight with Mecha-King Ghidorah prior to Anguirus’ help, and Magita prior to channeling his atomic energy into a powerful nuclear pulse.
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