God-demon
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The God-demon[1] is a demonic kaiju that appears in issue #5 of the IDW Publishing comic book miniseries Godzilla in Hell. An enormous being that guards a gate out of Hell, the God-Demon was Godzilla's last and most powerful challenge on his quest to returning to the living world. When it seemed that Godzilla had given up hope and allowed himself to be consumed by the Hellbats, the God-demon bore witness as Godzilla reformed his body from the Hellbats and charged up his newly gained power. Unable to counter Godzilla's willpower and newfound energy, the God-Demon was ultimately obliterated.
Name
Though the creature goes unnamed in its sole comic appearance, writer Dave Wachter referred to it as a "God-demon" in his script for the issue.[1]
Design
The God-demon is a massive, almost cephalopod-shaped being that is mostly concealed by clouds, leaving very little of it visible. The demon has a large rounded head with multiple eyes, tentacles surrounding its mouth, and sharp fangs. Its skin is a grayish color and has a decayed, uneven texture with spikes sprouting from it. The demon has several long tentacles that extend down from its perch on the mountain. These tentacles possess scaly undersides like that of a snake and additionally bear sucker pods that divide their dorsal side from their ventral side.
Personality
The God-demon is a mysterious being who acts as the guardian of a torii atop a mountain that leads from Hell to the living world. It acted quickly in the gateway's defense, causing a landslide to prevent Godzilla from reaching it. Its eyes later widened in surprises as Godzilla took possession over the Hellbats and reformed himself through them.
Origins
Writer Dave Wachter described the God-demon's nature ambiguously, saying that "[i]t could be a demon, devil, or something else."[1]
History
Godzilla in Hell
After traversing through a blizzard, a blood waterfall, and a field of stalagmites, Godzilla came upon a huge mountain, where the God-demon guarded the gate from Hell back to the living world. Godzilla attempted to blast the demon with his atomic breath, but to no effect. Godzilla then tried to climb the mountain, but the God-demon caused a landslide and knocked Godzilla back down to the foot of the mountain. Emerging from the rubble, Godzilla seemed to give up and allowed himself to be devoured by the Hellbats that had been following him. After eating Godzilla down to the bone, the Hellbats suddenly grew eyes and began to screech Godzilla's roar, then reformed Godzilla's body around his skeleton. The Hellbat-Godzilla roared at the God-demon, drawing its attention. Every single Hellbat making up Godzilla's body then fired their atomic breath at once, producing a huge Godzilla-sized blast of atomic breath that destroyed the God-demon, allowing Godzilla to scale the mountain and return to the living world, where he was then reborn.
Abilities
Tentacles
The God-demon possesses enormous tentacles, though it did not use them in combat.
Geokinesis
The God-demon summoned a landslide to knock Godzilla down from its mountain.
Weaknesses
The God-demon was caught off guard by Godzilla possessing the Hellbats and reforming, and was powerless to defend itself from a fatal blast of his magnified atomic breath.
Gallery
The God-demon atop its mountain
The God-demon notices the reformed Godzilla
The Hellbat-Godzilla destroys the God-demon with a huge atomic blast
References
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