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Kaiju
Godzilla
Godzilla
First Appearance: Godzilla: King of the Monsters #1 (May, 1977)
Marvel Comics' adaptation of Godzilla, standing at approximately 184 meters tall.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: The first time Godzilla was portrayed as being green instead of grey (discounting the American poster for Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956)).
- Breath Weapon: This version of Godzilla still spews radioactive fire, but it's drawn and colored to look like "normal" fire, with no real reason given.
- Forced Transformation: After the series ended, he kept popping up in various off-model and Lawyer Friendly forms, the result of Dr. Demonicus capturing and mutating him further.
- Notzilla: When Marvel owned the comic book rights to Godzilla, he fought The Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D.. Since that time, after Marvel lost the rights to Godzilla, whenever there have been flashbacks or references to these events, Godzilla's name is absent. The villain known as Dr. Demonicus had used a horned kaiju that was hinted at being a mutated Godzilla. More recently, in an issue of Mighty Avengers, the Fantastic Four villain Mole Man used a swarm of giant monsters to attack New York, one of which looked suspiciously like Godzilla.
- Sudden Name Change: After Marvel lost the rights to use Godzilla to Dark Horse Comics, their Godzilla's appearance was altered by further mutations and he was given alternative codenames such as Leviathan.
- Writing Around Trademarks: Marvel eventually lost the right to use the character so instead they mutated him and stopped calling him Godzilla.
- Your Size May Vary: Officially stated to be 184 metres tall but was rarely, if ever, actually that tall in illustrations, and like many large comic book characters had an incredibly inconsistent size range.
Red Ronin
Red Ronin
First appearance: Godzilla: King of the Monsters #6 (October, 1977)''
A giant samurai-themed robot created by Stark International for use by S.H.I.E.L.D. to combat Godzilla and other monsters. He often served as both an ally and foil to the King of the Monsters.
- Canon Foreigner: Foreign to the Godzilla mythos, he appeared exclusively in the Godzilla comic published by Marvel. He's still around as part of the Marvel Universe.
- Expy: Archie Goodwin, the Editor-In-Chief at the time the comic was being published, admitted that Red Ronin is based off of japanese Super Robot anime, most famously the Shogun Warriors that Marvel was publishing a comic about at the same time, but which for legal reasons could not do a crossover with Godzilla.
- Gatling Good: His shield doubled as a gatling laser gun.
- Hack Your Enemy: The reason why Red Ronin in later appearances clashed with other Marvel heroes, as he was often reprogramed by villains such as Doctor Doom.
- Humongous Mecha: A Samurai-themed robot constructed by Tony Stark and S.H.I.E.L.D. to fight Godzilla. Originally intended to be piloted by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, in true genre fashion the robot's controls are accidentally mapped to the brain patterns of a young boy who refuses to use it for its original monster-slaying purpose. Though Godzilla has since faded away from the Marvel Universe, the Red Ronin still shows up occasionally — perhaps most notably in Earth X (see below) and Exiles where it has a short bout with Fin Fang Foom.
- Put on a Bus: Averted. Though Marvel eventually lost the license to use Godzilla, they still owned the rights to original characters they created specifically for the comic. As such, Red Ronin continued to appear in other comic series without Godzilla, often clashing with Marvel's other superheroes such as the Avengers and the Inhumans.
- Rent-a-Zilla: Red Ronin becomes a rent-a-zilla after Godzilla ends when it is used in comics such as The Avengers.
- Rogues' Gallery Transplant: Originally created to fight Godzilla, nowadays it's used as an enemy for any hero.
Yetrigar
Yetrigar
First Appearance: Godzilla: King of the Monsters #10 (May, 1978)
A frozen, prehistoric protohuman who got thawed out and mutated by atomic radiation and grew to be very, very large. He first fought Godzilla (he lost, because well, he was fighting Godzilla), but has returned to stomp around and fight other heroes occasionally since then.
- Nuclear Mutant: A yeti encased in ice is released from its slumber thanks to nuclear radiation, which also grows it into Godzilla-size. It is dubbed Yetrigar by a supporting character.
Humans
Dr. Yuriko Takiguchi
Dr. Yuriko Takiguchi
First Appearance: Godzilla: King of the Monsters #1 (May, 1977)
Japanese Scientist enlisted by S.H.I.E.L.D. for his advice and expertise when Godzilla appears in America.
- Character Death: Died in Uncanny X-Men 515 at the age of 86 from old age.
- Comic-Book Time: Doctor Yuriko Takiguchi, a Marvel Comics character that originally appeared in Godzilla: King Of The Monsters, is an interesting exception. When he originally appeared, he was already a middle-aged man. When he reappeared in the Uncanny X-Men, he aged quite visibly, which would make sense if one was to assume that in Marvel continuity, Godzilla comics took place in the same time as they were printed (mid 1970s). The thing is, though, Godzilla comics took place in then-contemporary Marvel Universe, and many characters that age in Comic-Book Time appeared in supporting roles.
- Transplant: Became a supporting character of the X-Club
Doctor Demonicus
Doctor Demonicus
Alter Ego: Douglas Birely
First Appearance: Godzilla: King of the Monsters #4 (November, 1977)
A Mad Scientist who specializes in creating giant monsters to help him take over the world. He's had great success with the making-giant-monsters part; not so much with the taking-over-the-world part, but so it goes. Although he's tussled with mainstream heroes like the Avengers from time to time, he's best known for getting into fights with Godzilla and the Shogun Warriors (see above).
- Back from the Dead: Demonicus (and most of his teammates) were apparently killed in Avengers West Coast #95 (June 1993), in a massive earthquake caused by Klaw. He returned with little to no explanation in New Avengers, over a decade later. According to that series, several supposedly dead villains had been secretly captured by government agents and incarcerated in the Raft.
- Bad Boss: He has frequently employed regular humans as employees and/or slaves. And he has a habit of mistreating them. He nearly killed an Inuit tribe which he employed, by working them to exhaustion and providing no protection from the radioactive material of his experiments. In an Avengers West Coast story, Demonicus ordered the death of one of his own technicians, because the man caused a minor accident in the workplace.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In The '90s, Demonicus formed his own super-villain team, the Pacific Overlords. He fell in love with his teammate Kuroko (a Japanese woman), but did not want her to see his deformities.
- Evilutionary Biologist: A guy who makes giant mutant monsters to help him take over the world.
- Horned Humanoid: The horns on his mask are used to disguise the real horns of his head. He never managed to gain actual powers through his experiments, but accidentally transformed himself into a demon-like form.
- Maker of Monsters: His whole shtick, although he also builds Humongous Mecha that get into fights with the Shogun Warriors.
- Man Behind the Man: Maur-Kon, the archenemy of the Shogun Warriors, is eventually revealed to be his patron.
- Nightmare Face: You see that mask? It's modeled on his horribly disfigured real face.
- Professor Guinea Pig: According to his origin story, he noticed that radiation had caused mutation in various cases. So he subjected himself to radiation experiments, and contracted skin cancer as a result. Which started his change into becoming a Mad Scientist.
Aliens
Triax
Triax
First Appearance: Godzilla: King of the Monsters #12 (April, 1978)
Triax was a biomech monster and a member of The Mega-Monsters.
- Heli-Critter: Can spin its three tails like a helicopter rotor and fly.
Rhiahn
Rhiahn
First Appearance: Godzilla: King of the Monsters #12 (April, 1978)
Rhiahn was a biomech monster and a member of The Mega-Monsters.
- Heli-Critter: Can spin its three tails like a helicopter rotor and fly.
