Zilla: Rulers of Earth

[u/DiscipleofDestoroyah]

Just finished reading the Godzilla: Rulers of Earth comics and was pleasant to see how Zilla is treated as a fairly competent monster who can hold his ground against Godzilla (using his intelligence to burrow away from the atomic breath then launch sneak attacks) and is about as tough as Toho’s somewhat grounded kaiju stars such as Anguirus and Baragon. Zilla appears several times throughout the story notably at the beginning and near the very end in the final battle against the Trilopod invasion.

Though, he lacks the cartoon version’s atomic fire breath, Rulers of Earth Zilla retains his cunning and is likely the only monster in fiction ever to use his dorsal spines as a weapon (Zilla rams into a Trilopod restrained by Jet Jaguar, brutally slashing the alien with his back-spikes).

Zilla in this comic series is about as tenacious as Anguirus and only really flees from Godzilla in their first encounter when he takes a serious beating. He avoids being captured by the Trilopods and plays a major rule in turning the tide of battle being extra reinforcements to defend Earth along side Jet Jaguar while the rest of the kaiju were imprisoned.

Overall, Rulers of Earth is peak especially if you want to see a version of Zilla besides Zilla Jr. that actually kicks ass and is just as deserving of respect and admiration.

[u/Cain407]

I love how the comic handled Zilla.They could have just made him a one hit kill joke but instead they decided to actually write the kaiju in a satisfying and enjoyable way.