Starship Godzilla issue 2 (2025)
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Starship Godzilla #2 is a comic book from IDW Publishing. It was published on November 19, 2025.[1]
Description
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Stranded in the territory of King Ghidorah!
On its crew’s mission to deliver kaiju eggs to a mysterious buyer, Starship Godzilla crashes! Stuck on a strange gambling planet, they must either win big or steal the parts they need to get flying again. The situation gets even dicier when the crew discovers that hitting the jackpot on this world involves provoking King Ghidorah into an attack! It’s not too late to hop onboard Chris Gooch and Oliver Ono’s thrill ride across the Kai-Sei Era cosmos.[1] |
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Plot
An old woman watches S.S. Mechagodzilla scream through a planet's atmosphere towards a landing pad. Ickblob reports to Rohan that its thermal sealant is on the brink of failure. The captain tells his crew to brace for impact before ordering Ayan to engage the thrusters. The maneuver is successful, though Mechagodzilla still comes to a rough landing. Ayan dashes out to embrace the woman, her grandmother Gen. She shows off Bug; though Gen approves of the creature, Ayan laments that she heard from Lif that Ilsa fled the ship because she was scared of her. Rohan attempts to greet Gen as well, but she smacks him with a roll of paper for the condition he's left her ship in. He runs through the damage the past month has inflicted: broken infrared scanners, A.P.U. offline from an ice storm, and half of the converter block melted thanks to Bug. Repairs will be expensive, but they won't be able to afford them until they deliver the kaiju eggs to their client. Gen offers to handle the repairs if Rohan places her bets in the meantime.
At the casino, Lif explains to Ickblob the fishing game everyone's gambling on. The organizers fire a cannonball out into space; the first racer to return it to the starting line in their ship wins. The wrinkle is that the cannonball sends out a pulse to attract predators: usually schools of boro eels or a Trilopod, but occasionally something massive. As the race begins, Gen leads Ayan to an inactive racing ship so they can steal its parts, to her shock. She shows Ayan how to remove an igniter plug, reminding her that she won't be around forever and Ayan needs to know how Mechagodzilla works. Just then, the driver spots them and levels his gun.
Rohan spots the racer Gen ordered him to bet on: still on the ground and kicking his ship in frustration. Ayan knocks out the guard and drags Gen away before she can remove the part. She reports to Rohan that the area is too crowded and the people too heavily-armed for a successful heist; he replies that so far none of the three racers they've bet on have won. The cannon fires again... and the central head of King Ghidorah seizes the cannonball in his jaws, several racers exploding against his scales. The casino erupts in cheers; as a class 19 kaiju, the three-headed monster's arrival has tripled all of their bets. The kaiju quickly descends on the casino, but the Kilaaks in the control station deploy a stimulant that causes the building to rapidly bloom with vegetation, disguising it. With the gamblers and racers having fled inside, Ayan and Gen resume stealing parts. Ayan remembers the combination of turns to remove an igniter plug, to Gen's pride. Her triumph is cut short when King Ghidorah lands in front of her, one head staring directly at her. Rohan asks Lif to cause a distraction, prompting the Simian to punch the nearest gambler. As a brawl breaks out, Rohan climbs up to the control station and fires the cannon once more. King Ghidorah chases after the projectile, returning to space.
Its repairs complete, Mechagodzilla takes off. Gen walks Ayan through installing the igniter plug, while Rohan apologizes to his client, Elvira, for the delay. Staring at a muzzled reptilian kaiju, she tells him she'll be waiting.
Appearances
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Gallery
Covers
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Cover A by Oliver Ono -
Cover B by Chris Gooch -
1:25 retailer incentive cover by Louis Joyce
Scans
Trivia
- Unlike the issues before and after it, this issue is not given a title.
- This issue marks the first appearance of the Kilaaks in an American comic.
- This issue was published on the same day as Marvel Comics' Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe #5.
- Cover RI recreates the poster for The End of Evangelion (1997). The Evangelion franchise has crossed over with Godzilla on numerous occasions, and its creator, Hideaki Anno, codirected Shin Godzilla.
References
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