Yellowback
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Yellowback is a coral snake kaiju who appears in the Scott Ciencin novels Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island and Godzilla vs. the Space Monster.
Design
In Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island, Yellowback is described as a "huge coral snake with bright yellow markings on its black and red body".
Origins
Originally an ordinary coral snake waiting to hatch in the Nevada desert, Yellowback was among the monsters created by a Cryo Chem lab accident which exposed local wildlife to nanomachines that caused them to gradually grow to gigantic proportions. Kamacuras and Kumonga, among the first of the monsters to reach their full size, traveled to Las Vegas to prepare a larger nest for their comrades, but retreated after confronting Godzilla, Sasori, and a U.S. superweapon called Deep Freeze which could reverse their growth.
History
This section is a - Godzilla Invades America (1997) [allusion]
- Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island (1998)
- Godzilla vs. the Space Monster (1998)
Godzilla Invades America
Yellowback was implied to be among the numerous creatures transformed into giants by the accident at the Cryo Chem laboratory. Unlike his fellow monsters Kamacuras and Kumonga, Yellowback did not set out to create a nest elsewhere, and stayed behind with his smaller comrades, alongside Varan and Rattler.
Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island
Yellowback was part of a group of monsters traveling the America and following Godzilla's trail. When Godzilla was under assault by a full-scale military force that had been tracking him and waiting for an excuse to attack, Yellowback and other members of the group came to Godzilla's aid and forced the military to pull back.
After a parlay between Varan, Godzilla and the twin psychic orphans Roy and Amy, Yellowback and the rest of their companions joined him in heading towards an island the military had recently discovered to be home to Anguirus and Rodan.
During the journey, a mind control device far away on Monster Island that Godzilla perceived as "a dark cloud" sent Yellowback and his fellow snake monster Rattler into a rage while the monsters were traveling down a waterway. Yellowback constricted Godzilla with his long body, but Godzilla fended off the two snake monsters until the mind control faded and they resumed their journey.
Godzilla vs. the Space Monster
Yellowback, along with Rattler, lived in a swamp on Monster Island until King Ghidorah destroyed the swamp and dried it out with his gravity beams.
Yellowback played a pivotal role in the final battle against King Ghidorah, biting his wing in order to ground the three-headed dragon.
Abilities
Physical abilities
In Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island, Yellowback constricted several tanks ambushing Godzilla, restraining them for Kumonga to destroy. He later constricted Godzilla after being driven into a rage by a mind control device. In Godzilla vs. the Space Monster, Yellowback bit into one of King Ghidorah's wings, grounding the dragon with the help of Rattler.
Venom
In Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island, Yellowback unhinged his jaws to reveal dripping venom, before clamping down on Godzilla. The injected venom left Godzilla weakened and feeling faint, allowing Varan to barrel into him.
Gallery
Trivia
- Manda's trademark icon appears on the back covers of both Godzilla: Journey to Monster Island and Godzilla vs. the Space Monster despite the character never appearing in either story. It is possible this was either an error or that Toho felt Yellowback and Rattler were similar enough to Manda to require use of the license.
Notes
- ↑ While an exact size was not given for Yellowback, he was described as being as long as a freight train.
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