Godzilla: The Wrathful God

Godzilla: The Wrathful God is a 1987 six-issue comic book miniseries starring Godzilla. It was written by Frank Miller, illustrated by Miller and Klaus Janson, with

color by Lynn Varley, and published by Dark Horse Comics. It tells a new origin story for Godzilla. The story also features King Ghidorah as the main antagonist, and is not controlled by aliens.

Godzilla: The Wrathful God is considered to be the greatest and most influential Godzilla Comic ever made, as well as one of the greatest works in comic book history. It's notable for inspiring other Dark Horse Godzilla titles thanks to it's darker and more mature-oriented takes on the Godzilla franchise outside the films. Elements of the series have been incorporated in subsequent Godzilla works.

It would later be localized and licenced in Japan by Phase Six, who have localized other Dark Horse and IDW Godzilla comics.

Plot
In French Polynesia in the 1950s, a nuclear test finds an unknown organism swimming in the water. Years later in the present day of 1987, a Japanese vessel is attacked by a giant creature. Fishing catches drop to zero, seemingly without reason. An elder of the village blames this on the sea god "Gojira," who would rise from the sea to unleash his fury on humanity.

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Characters
· Steve Martin

· George Lawrence

Background and creation
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Reception
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Influence
The popularity of Godzilla: The Wrathful God inspired Toho to release 1989's Godzilla vs. Biollante and re-introduce King Ghidorah in 1991's Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah. Elements of the series we're incorporated in subsequent other Godzilla installments, such as various other Dark Horse Godzilla titles, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah, Godzilla 2000, Godzilla vs. Megaguirus: G-Extermination Strategy, Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, Godzilla: Final Wars, Godzilla (2014), Shin Godzilla and Godzilla: Minus One. Other monster films like Godzilla (1998) and Kong: Skull Island used Godzilla: The Wrathful God as influence.

Godzilla: The Wrathful God Raids Again (1988)
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Godzilla: The Vengeful King (1997)
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Godzilla's Kingdom (2005)
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Anime Adaptation
An ONA (Original Net Animation) Anime miniseries adaptation of Godzilla: The Wrathful God was released from March to June 2012, with Studio Khara animating and Shinji Aramaki Directing. It was localized by Warner Home Video and released in the United States and Europe in December 2012.

Merchandise
In 2010, Bandai released a figure based on this series incarnation of Godzilla (nicknamed MillerGoji) as part of their Movie Monster Series. In 2017, to coincide with the comic's 30th anniversary, Tamashii Nations released articulated figures of the series' incarnations of Godzilla and King Ghidorah as part of their S.H. MonsterArts line. X-Plus released highly detailed vinyl, resin and polystone figures based on the series later that year, including "Chibi-like" figures. Popular artist Noriyoshi Ohrai made a painting based on the Miniseries. It was used as the cover for the 10th anniversary release in 1997. The painting is used as a poster for fans.