Schneckeczar

Schneckeczar Subtitle(s) The Snail Emperor Species Snail monster Relations Unnamed human-scale snail monsters Enemies Godzilla Conceived of by Adam Gorham Designed by Adam Gorham First appearance "The Big One"

Schneckeczar is a giant snail monster who appeared in the 2024 IDW Publishing one-shot anthology comic Godzilla: 70th Anniversary, in the segment "The Big One".

Name

Schneckeczar goes unnamed within the comic itself; creator Adam Gorham revealed its name on X alongside concept art of the monster. The name appears to be a portmanteau of "schnecke", meaning snail in German, and "czar", a Russian word for emperor.

Design

Schneckeczar resembles a giant, blue snail with a red shell that has two points. Its skin appears to have a bioluminescent glow, with most of its skin being dark blue with a lighter blue underbelly. In addition to its two red eye stalks, Schneckeczar has an additional striped stalk in the center of its head that can fire a beam. Schneckeczar has a mouth full of sharp teeth with mandibles at its side, as well as an extendable inner mouth resembling a lamprey's mouth. It also has a long tail with a spiked tip.

Comics

• Godzilla: 70th Anniversary (2024) ["The Big One"]

"The Big One"

Schneckeczar battles Godzilla

Schneckeczar battled Godzilla in a small town in the United States. A man known as Pop was caught in the midst of the battle alongside several of his fellow town residents, though he struggled to reconcile the idea of abandoning his hometown. As flood waters rose, smaller, human-sized snail monsters resembling Schneckeczar began invading the town and devouring survivors of the kaiju battle, forcing Pop and several other survivors to return to his store. Outside, Schneckeczar blasted Godzilla with a powerful laser beam, knocking Godzilla down into another building. Taking advantage, Schneckeczar slithered onto Godzilla and revealed a secondary inner mouth resembling that of a lamprey's with numerous sharp teeth, which latched onto Godzilla's throat. However, Godzilla grabbed onto Schneckeczar's eyestalks and promptly tossed the creature off of his body, destroying part of Pop's store. Pop and the survivors fled to the roof of the store, only to find themselves trapped as they witnessed Godzilla blasting Schneckeczar with his atomic breath. As Pop and the others battled the smaller snail monsters that besieged the building, a military helicopter finally arrived and began killing the smaller snail monsters. Godzilla and Schneckeczar continued their battle as Pop and the others were safely evacuated.

Months later, Pop returned to site of Godzilla and Schneckeczar's battle to pay his respects to the fallen with the intention of reopening his store to continue serving the community he held so dear, maintaining that even though most had left, someone had to look after the town.

Abilities

Eye stalk beam

Schneckeczar fires its beam at Godzilla

Schneckeczar can fire a powerful red beam out of the third stalk between its eyes, which was strong enough to knock Godzilla backwards and into a building.

Physical abilities

Schneckeczar reveals its inner mouth

Schneckeczar has a nested mouth resembling a lamprey's mouth, complete with numerous sharp teeth, which it can extend like a tongue to latch onto opponents. It used this mouth to latch onto Godzilla's throat, but was forced to let go after the reptilian grabbed its eyestalks.

Bioluminescence

Schneckeczar possessed a glowing blue aura around its body, although its shell did not possess any bioluminescent traits.

Durability

During its fight with Godzilla, Schneckeczar withstood a tail whip to its shell, having its eyestalks tugged on and being thrown into a building, as well as an atomic breath to its shell.

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  Schneckeczar enduring an atomic breath

Gallery

Concept art

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  Schneckeczar preliminary sketch by Adam Gorham

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  Schneckeczar concept art by Adam Gorham

"The Big One"

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Trivia

• Schneckeczar's preliminary character sheet sports a few minor differences from the final design seen within the comic, including having red skin on the back of its head and neck, blue eyestalks instead of red ones, and seems to lack its spiked tail.

References

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