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King Ghidorah (キングギドラ Kingu Gidora) is a three-headed dragon kaiju who first appeared briefly in Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #3 before having larger roles in the sequels Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants and Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens. King Ghidorah was initially an Xilien pawn set upon Earth to wreak havoc only to fight and eventually be killed by four kaiju: Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan and Hedorah. Though the Xiliens discarded King Ghidorah after cloning Mecha-King Ghidorah from it, the Simians collected and resurrected the monster as Frankenghidorah, pitting it against its clone in the battle for Earth.
Name
- Main article: King Ghidorah#Name.
The "Ghidorah" (ギドラ Gidora) part of King Ghidorah's name comes from the Japanese word for "hydra" (ヒドラ hidora), which shares two of its three katakana characters with "Ghidorah."
The name of King Ghidorah's resurrected form, Frankenghidorah, is an obvious portmanteau of "Frankenstein" and "Ghidorah", the former referring to an 1818 novel in which a scientist creates an organism by stitching together body parts.
Design
In both Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons and Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants, King Ghidorah is identical to his 1991 film counterpart from Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, albeit with consistently yellow eyes instead of red ones.
In Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens, Frankenghidorah (TBA)
Personality
King Ghidorah is never seen acting under his free will, obeying the commands of whoever his masters are. When controlled by the Xiliens, King Ghidorah is a vicious monster who is tasked with wreaking havoc all over Earth and attacks the four battling kaiju unprovoked. When resurrected as Frankenghidorah by the Simians, the three-headed dragon relentlessly attacked his cyborg clone, Mecha-King Ghidorah.
Origins
King Ghidorah was originally an extraterrestrial monster controlled by the Xiliens as part of their invasion force to conquer Earth. However, the invader was eventually killed in ancient Rome by the combined forces of Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and Hedorah, the latter being a defective Xilien probe. King Ghidorah would go on to inspire tales of the Hydra, presumably told by those who witnessed the battle in Rome.
While the Xiliens abandoned King Ghidorah's corpse and instead cloned it to create Mecha-King Ghidorah, the Simians salvaged the monster's corpse and reanimated it by 1954.
History
- Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #1, 3 (2023) [map in #1, story and mask in #3]
- Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #1–5 (2024) [mask only in #1–2, flashbacks in #3–5]
- Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #1–2, 4–5 [mask in flashback only in #1–2]
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #1
King Ghidorah was featured on a map as Henry Hull spoke about the treasure Martin Yanes had hidden on Monster Island.
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons #3
In the 16th century, King Ghidorah was among the various kaiju known to the Sons of Giants, a secret society that sought to conceal the existence of the monsters from the rest of the globe. One of the group's members wore a mask resembling one of the dragon's heads.
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #1
In 1804, a member of the Sons of Giants wore a mask resembling King Ghidorah.
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #2
The King Ghidorah-masked individual was present when the Sons of Giants abducted reporter Mortimer Lane and remained present as the group's leader told Lane tales of the kaiju.
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #3
The group's leader, President Thomas Jefferson, detailed a historic kaiju brawl in ancient Rome between Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan, and Hedorah. As the battle escalated, Godzilla and the other monsters were interrupted when a hail of lightning knocked them off their feet, marking the arrival of the extraterrestrial King Ghidorah. After recovering, Godzilla, Hedorah, Mothra, and Rodan decided to end their own clash and resolved to take on the alien invader that threatened their shared home together.
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #4
The Earth-defending kaiju fought valiantly, though King Ghidorah quickly gained the upper hand and incapacitated the kaiju one by one until only Godzilla remained. The King of the Monsters fought fiercely and charged King Ghidorah, though the three-headed monster grabbed Godzilla and slammed him to the ground, leaving the alien victorious.
Godzilla: Here There Be Dragons II - Sons of Giants #5
With no one else to fight, King Ghidorah prepared to ravage the planet unopposed, though as he flew away, he was suddenly caught by the recovered Godzilla, who bit into King Ghidorah's tail and pulled him back as the other kaiju also recovered. Working together, the three kaiju attacked their three-headed foe simultaneously and soon prevailed, killing the alien invader and saving the Earth from his wrath. As he recounted this legend, Jefferson revealed that witnesses to the titanic battle for Earth subsequently formed the Sons of Giants to honor the kaiju, knowing that they could rely on them to defend the planet in times of crisis - times which included the present, as Jefferson believed the Earth to be under siege by the same extraterrestrial force that sent King Ghidorah to Earth centuries prior. His fears were soon proven correct when Jefferson and Lane uncovered a conspiracy led by the Xiliens, who were preparing to launch a full-scale invasion of Earth.
Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens
Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #1
A member of the Sons of Giants donned a mask of King Ghidorah.
Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #2
While speaking with U.S. agent Bob Jones as the Xiliens launched their full-scale invasion of Earth, Dr. Kyoto detailed the downfall of the Sons of Giants over the years, including an individual donning a King Ghidorah mask who met their end at the hands of Xilien assassins, paving the way for the aliens' invasion.
Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #4
After being exposed as a Simian, Dr. Kyoto brought Jones to their base on the Moon to request his assistance in helping their people stop the ongoing Xilien invasion of Earth. There, she unveiled their upgraded Jet Jaguar and their armada of ships to combat the threat, but Jones expressed concern over the Xiliens' ultimate weapon that felled even Godzilla himself, Mecha-King Ghidorah. Dr. Kyoto revealed that after the Xiliens' failed invasion of Rome in which they abandoned King Ghidorah, the Simians recovered the extraterrestrial dragon's corpse, explaining that Mecha-King Ghidorah was actually a clone of the original. Dr. Kyoto led Jones to the original King Ghidorah, revealing that the Simians had reanimated his corpse and dubbed their creation "Frankenghidorah".
Godzilla: Here There Be Aliens #5
The Simians launched their counterattack against the Xiliens as Godzilla, Jet Jaguar, and Hedorah besieged Monster Island, the Xilien stronghold. After the Xiliens deployed Mecha-King Ghidorah, the Simians released Frankenghidorah to combat his clone, allowing Godzilla the opportunity to free several other monsters that had been captured by the Xiliens and allowing them to focus on battling Mechagodzilla, Gigan, SpaceGodzilla, and Megalon. Frankenghidorah engaged Mecha-King Ghidorah in an aerial battle, unleashing gravity beams while dodging his clone's own beams until their beams locked, generating a vast explosion that soon consumed the entirety of the island, including the Xilien and Simian armies as well as both Ghidorahs and the rest of the kaiju.
Abilities
Gravity beams
King Ghidorah's gravity beams were effective in harming all four of his kaiju opponents when King Ghidorah arrived in Rome, knocking them all to the ground. A gravity beam shot from the middle head was also effective in dealing major damage to Hedorah in particular, leaving the smog monster defeated on the ground.
As Frankenghidorah, more TBA
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King Ghidorah using gravity beams against Hedorah
Lightning
In addition to his regular gravity beams, King Ghidorah appeared to be capable of summoning lightning in areas close to him, with numerous bolts of lightning appearing during the battle in Rome though none struck his opponents.
Physical abilities
King Ghidorah uses his raw strength to break free from Mothra's silk imprisoning him and later lifts Godzilla into the air using his jaws from all three heads and then forcefully throwing him to the ground.
As Frankenghidorah, more TBA
Flight
King Ghidorah is naturally capable of flight, flying during the battle and attempting to leave the Colosseum to wreak havoc elsewhere using his ability of flight before being restrained.
As Frankenghidorah, more TBA
Winds
In addition to flight, King Ghidorah also uses his wings to create powerful winds which overpowered those from Rodan and knocked him into the Colosseum.
Durability
King Ghidorah was merely irritated by Mothra's silk attack and Rodan's winds, and appeared to be completely unaffected by the corrosive properties of Hedorah's tentacles. King Ghidorah also quickly recovered when Godzilla charged into him, almost immediately picking Godzilla up and throwing him to the ground.
As Frankenghidorah, more TBA
Weaknesses
Though much more powerful than the four kaiju individually and even managing to defeat the four of them initially despite their attempts at teamwork, King Ghidorah was swiftly restrained and killed when they truly cooperated with one another, with Godzilla killing him with his claw.
As Frankenghidorah, more TBA
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King Ghidorah restrained by Godzilla and his allies
Gallery
- Main article: King Ghidorah/Gallery.
Roar
TBA
Trivia
- This King Ghidorah being the in-universe basis for the mythological Hydra is a trait it shares with the Monsterverse King Ghidorah.
- This King Ghidorah is unusual in being allies with Godzilla, albeit after starting off as enemies and only as Frankenghidorah. He also allies with several other monsters traditionally portrayed as enemies such as Mothra, Rodan, and Anguirus though again only as Frankenghidorah and after starting off as enemies with the former two.
- On the other hand, this is the only King Ghidorah incarnation outside of the web series Godziban who is an enemy of Gigan.
- This is the only King Ghidorah to be related to his respective Mecha-King Ghidorah incarnation without the latter being the former's cyborg form, with Mecha-King Ghidorah instead portrayed as his clone.
See also
References
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