Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #2
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Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #2 is a comic book from IDW Publishing. It was published on August 7, 2024.[1]
Description
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Hiding in the shadows of history, there is an Illuminati-esque cult that has been pulling the strings of every major kaiju encounter. In this issue, their identities are finally revealed.
Also revealed for the first time is the story of Smog Monster’s earliest encounter with humans, and its first meeting with Godzilla in ancient Rome.[1]
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Plot
In ancient Denmark, a meteor containing Hedorah lands near the mead-hall Heorot. The Danes who travel to investigate the meteor find the alien kaiju, who they call Grendel, to be immune to arrows, while its touch is lethal. As the monster terrorizes the country, King Hrothgar puts out a call for help that is answered by the legendary hero Beowulf. Hedorah slaughters Beowulf's men, growing in size at it does so, while the hero attacks it from behind, severing an arm. To his horror, the monster swiftly regrows the arm and kills him. The figure wearing a Godzilla mask concludes by stating that this is the true version of the famous Beowulf tale.
The abducted Mortimer Lane stands before the figure and numerous other masked Sons of Giants, feigning ignorance as to why he has been brought to them. The masked man sees through him, and Lane admits that he has been able to learn little about the Sons in his years of investigation, other than their ruthlessness in concealing the secrets of the kaiju. He asks the Sons to hurry up and kill him. Instead, the masked man flips the Godzilla coin to him and confronts Lane with its true origin: the pirate Henry Hull, Lane's ancestor. Lane comes clean, briefly recounting Hull's encounters with kaiju while hunting for treasure with Sir Francis Drake and his execution by a member of the Sons. He reveals his suspicions that Vice President Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton for the same reason. The masked man confirms this, saying that while Hamilton was a longtime member of the Sons, he was prepared to go public and had to be stopped, especially with history about to repeat itself.
The force that drew Godzilla to Rome, he expounds, also called Hedorah, and the two kaiju resumed their old rivalry. Godzilla blasted Hedorah with atomic breath, then burned his hand as he grabbed the monster. Mothra and Rodan soon arrived in the city as well, making for the largest gathering of kaiju in centuries. The threat that brought them together has only increased in strength, he concludes. He removes his mask to reveal President Thomas Jefferson, shocking Lane. This meeting of the Sons has been taking place in the White House.
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Gallery
Cover A by Inaki Miranda
Cover B by Gavin Smith
Cover RI by Gavin Smith
Trivia
- The depictions of Hedorah on this comic's covers and some pages resemble the Lovecraftian monster Cthulhu.
References
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