King Ghidorah

Real Name: King Ghidorah

Identity/Class:

Occupation: Intergalactic destroyer

Affiliations: Kilaaks, M Hunter bugs, Planet X, Futurians, Japan

Enemies: Godzilla, Mothra

Known Relatives:

Aliases:

Base of Operations:

First Appearance: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (Toho Studios 1964)

Powers/Abilities: Can fire different forms of energy from each of his mouths.

History: The best known theory concerning his origins is that he was formed the same way as Godzilla. Instead of the Godzillasaurus being mutated by radioactive energy, 3 Dorats were mutated into the three headed dragon.

His original history was that he was a mysterious intergalactic horror that went around wiping out entire planets. His latest origin (Godzilla, Mothra King Ghidorah) was that of a mystical Sacred Beast of Yamato, who arose to defend Japan from a nightmarish undead Godzilla and got beaten to death in the process.

Comments: King Ghidorah is the rival of Godzilla and a hated foe of Mothra.

Thanks to Olivia Quirk for providing information and images for this character.

The second paragraph of his history, detailing his changing origins, as well as some other additional details, was provided, were provided by Charles Ellis. He also notes that "The original Ghidorah was a true sadist, enjoying the suffering he gave his enemies."

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