LIFE "Godzilla"
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"Godzilla" is the 15th issue of volume 19 of LIFE magazine. It was published by LIFE Books on May 31, 2019, with a revised "2021 Edition" published on March 19, 2021 and two reissues published on February 22, 2023 and January 1, 2024.
Description
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Contents
- Run! It's Godzilla (p. 4)
- The Birth of the Monster (p. 6)
- Godzilla's Many Lives (p. 34)
- Godzilla Goes to Hollywood (p. 64)
- Godzilla Filmography (p. 90)
- Just One More (p. 96) [changed to Couch Lizard in the 2023 reissue]
Inaccuracies and inconsistencies
This issue contains multiple inaccuracies. These are presented below, divided by the chapter that they appear in.
- Multiple chapters
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II is written with the Arabic numeral "2" instead of the Roman numeral "II," conflicting with Toho's preferred rendering.
- Godzilla: Tokyo SOS is stylized as "S.O.S.," conflicting with both Toho's preferred rendering and the real-world distress signal.
- Godzilla's Many Lives
- Anguirus is said to be a mutated turtle. Rather, Anguirus is stated in Godzilla Raids Again to be an irradiated Ankylosaurus.
- Rodan is said to have been based on Archaeopteryx. While some concept art of Rodan did resemble Archaeopteryx, his final look drew primarily from Pteranodon.
- A promotional still of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla is used to represent Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II.
- Godzilla Goes to Hollywood
- A promotional still of Godzilla Final Wars is used to represent Godzilla 2000: Millennium.
- Godzilla Filmography
- The Futurians are erroneously referred to as aliens. In actuality, they are humans from the 23rd century.
- The Cosmos are said to hail "from an ancient civilization that created Mothra as well as Battra." In actuality Godzilla vs. Mothra never details Mothra's origins, and explicitly states that Battra was created by the Earth itself in order to destroy the civilization's weather control device.
- SpaceGodzilla is said to have been "created after cells from Biollante and Mothra entered a black hole." The cells which entered the black were actually Godzilla's, with Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla presenting two possible explanations for how they got there: contained in the spores of Biollante which flew into space after she split apart, or carried into space on Mothra's wings.
- It is stated that the Millennian UFO "morphs into [...] Orga" in Godzilla 2000: Millennium. In reality, Orga is a mutated amalgamation of the aliens onboard the ship; the ship continues to exist and is even remotely piloted by Orga against Godzilla.
- It is stated that "the planet Gorath is on a collision course with Earth" in Godzilla Final Wars. A planet named Gorath being headed for Earth was actually a ruse by the Xiliens, who sent a meteorite carrying Monster X to Earth instead.
Gallery
Scans
Page 1
Pages 2-3
Pages 4-5
Pages 6-7
Pages 8-9
Pages 10-11
Covers
"2021 Edition" front cover
2023 reissue front cover
2024 reissue front cover
2019 and 2021 back cover
See also
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