Exactly how powerful is the comics version of Godzilla?

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LGU
So I've been reading a load of Godzilla comics, old and new, over the last few days because I got all nerd excited from seeing the trailer for the new film.

Basically it got me wondering exactly how powerful people think of Godzilla as he is portrayed in the comics?

Is he elite top tier, a peer to guys like Thor, Hulk, Superman or whoever, but just really, really big?

Is he less powerful than them, but just really, really big and so awkward to deal with?

Or is he more of a threat, more like a Kurse or maybe even a Mangog, untouchable by the conventional attacks of the top tier?

Or is it more like a middle-ground thing - he isn't necessarily above or even equal to elite top tiers overall, but he has certain outstanding attributes that make him a major threat? e.g. ridiculous durability

Thoughts please!


I'm going to follow this post with a quick scan-heavy recap of each iteration of comics Godzilla that you may or may not want to read/enjoy. There are three versions, with the latest (published by IDW) easily the most impressive.


Cheers.

LGU
The Marvel version of Godzilla I guess is the most obvious place to start a comparison. But, in my opinion, this was almost certainly the weakest average portrayal of Godzilla of the three companies who have handled him in western comics. He was nowhere near as unstoppable as other versions - for example, it was made quite explicit that a nuclear explosion would have killed him (more on this later).

BUT, he was still portrayed as an Avengers PLUS Fantastic Four level threat when he went on the rampage. He shrugged off Mjolnir shots to the dome, caused Thor to have a moment of doubt about his own capabilities, and even prompted Thor to compare him to the Midgard Serpent. He also achieved a brief (and somewhat inconclusive) stalemate with Thor in a test of strength. In the end, Godzilla was never defeated even by the combined efforts of the two premiere Marvel super-teams; he had to be pacified and allowed to leave.
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He was also portrayed as a Fantastic Four level threat whilst at an explicitly tiny fraction of his normal power-level (he seemed a good brawl for the Thing and was strong enough to easily shatter Invisible Woman's force-fields, KO'ing her in the process).
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When he was restored to full size and power, Reed basically said they had not the foggiest hope in hell of stopping him and got on the phone to Thor and the Avengers ASAP.
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Whilst at that same massively, massively reduced power-levels he was shown as flat-out stronger than Devil Dinosaur in a direct test of strength. (I don't actually know if this is impressive or not as I have no idea what level DD is supposed to be at)
http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af191/lgu88/GODZILLA/Marvel/023-Godzilla-21d_zps5fa88dfa.jpg

He did get thrown by Hercules, but neither Herc nor any of the other Champions were able to significantly injure Godzilla.
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He also shrugged off a blast to the face from a Stark-tech weapon, stated to be the most potent weapon Tony Stark had ever built.
http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af191/lgu88/GODZILLA/Marvel/004-Godzilla-01a_zps43bf6e76.jpg
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Finally, he was described as "one of the most powerful entities" existing on Marvel Earth.
http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af191/lgu88/GODZILLA/Marvel/017-Godzilla-12c_zps1ebfde16.jpg



Cheers.

LGU
The Dark Horse version is probably the hardest to assess as he doesn't really do much in the way of feats and only fights new characters so not much room for ABC comparisons.

The best I can come up with is him apparently shrugging off a nuclear submarine exploding in his face:
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And he apparently withstood some measure of the meteor impact that killed the dinosaurs (judge for yourself how much of it he had to endure):
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Cheers.

LGU
The current comics Godzilla, published by IDW, seems to be the most powerful version of him we've seen - probably even including Final Wars movie Godzilla. It's also got some outstanding art so if you've ever enjoyed giant monsters punching each other in the face you'll probably enjoy some of these scans.

He's basically portrayed as completely unstoppable. Even before he had reached full power he no-sold a nuclear missile blowing up in his face.
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Is fine (gets better than he was, actually) at ground zero of a nuclear power plant blowing up.
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He bounces right back up from being dropped on his head from what looks like low orbit (or close), and then having Keiser Ghidorah (heavier even than the Big G himself) jump on him from the same height.
http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af191/lgu88/GODZILLA/IDW/Godzilla/008-Godzilla-13e_zpse405bf2b.jpg
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http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af191/lgu88/GODZILLA/IDW/Godzilla/008-Godzilla-13i_zps94ac1632.jpg

His EP is also pretty beastly. He basically wiped out Washington DC (and KTFO Ghidorah) with a nuclear-level blast of radioactive fire.
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Here he gets locked into a beam war with Battra. The resulting explosion destroys mountains and, according to the narration, "alters the world forever."
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He breaks out of an "unbreakable" energy field composed of "experimental black hole energy." I dunno what that means but it sounds impressive!
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A three-way beam war between Godzilla, Space-Godzilla and Monster X explodes with enough force to completely wipe out Manhattan.
http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af191/lgu88/GODZILLA/IDW/Godzilla/006-Godzilla-12a_zps076cb05a.jpg
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http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af191/lgu88/GODZILLA/IDW/Godzilla/006-Godzilla-12c_zps4ab057cf.jpg

Feats-wise, this version has even a) physically resisted the pull of a black hole and b) survived being dragged into the middle of a black hole. That's pretty high-end even for comic character durability.
http://i1007.photobucket.com/albums/af191/lgu88/GODZILLA/IDW/HCW/004-HalfCenturyWar-05c_zps8f0f76eb.jpg
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He's also an absolute monster (pardon the pun) in combat, he beats everyone. Sometimes everyone at the same time. Think how Final Wars Godzilla handled other monsters and you are basically there, maybe even dial it up another notch.


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So yeah... where do you rank him exactly?

Is he a simple top tier (or in that ballpark), but just bigger and uglier? Or is he something more, a higher level threat than the conventional top tier requiring powerful teams of heroes to deal with? Or is he even something less than the conventional top tier?

Opinions please!


Cheers.

Starscream M
he's skyfather level

carver9
This belongs in a respect thread.

Galan007
I agree with carver... You should have just put this in the respect thread forum.

As for your question: a solid herald could pull off most of the feats you listed. A trans-leveler definitely could. So yeah, somewhere around there.

LGU
Originally posted by carver9
This belongs in a respect thread.

It's only a few highlights. I've got a crap-load more scans uploaded, ready to post a comprehensive respect thread. Once I've written it all up I'll make a respect thread in that forum but for now I was more interested in how people viewed him on here, with a selection of highlights to remind/show people what he has done.


Cheers.

zopzop
@ LGU
Are those Marvel scans canon? If so, Godzilla is a powerhouse! LOL.

guy222
I saw this on ICT. Yay

Galan007
Frankly, I am shocked that LGU didn't include scans of Goozeera's 1-on-1 game with Charles Barkley:
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.......http://i.imgur.com/SyqfzyJ.jpg




The lizard's got mad hops, I'll give him that, but Chuck dunked all over dat ass, yo!

LGU
Originally posted by zopzop
@ LGU
Are those Marvel scans canon? If so, Godzilla is a powerhouse! LOL.

They are canon for the Marvel characters and for that version of Godzilla. There is no shared canon between the Marvel Universe version of Godzilla and any other version (i.e. Dark Horse, IDW or movie Godzillas).


Cheers.

Sundipped
Originally posted by Galan007
The lizard's got mad hops, I'll give him that, but Chuck dunked all over dat ass, yo!

Looks like he's got on a custom pair of Air Zillas. cool

Badabing
Moving.

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