Know Your Monster: 21
MONSTER X
Monster X is a new Godzilla foe that Toho Studios introduced for Godzilla: Final Wars, the 2004 film released to commemorate the 50th-year anniversary of the franchise. Monster X is one sinister looking monster — a skeletal wraith who can levitate and shoot gravity beams from his eyes. His beam blast is roughly equivalent in strength to Godzilla’s nuclear ray. What’s more, Monster X deflects the ray with ease, making him one of the most formidable opponents Godzilla has ever had to face. As if that weren’t enough, Monster X can transform into the three-headed Keizer Ghidorah, each head firing the gravity beam.
Godzilla travels around the world vanquishing monsters in Final Wars, but none of them give him a tougher match than Monster X. Besides being Godzilla’s physical equal, Monster X is as wily and resourceful. He’s a space monster, controlled by a race known as the Xiliens, a villainous group first introduced in Invasion of Astro-Monster. In something of a sop to The Matrix, the Xiliens wear black coats and sunglasses. They’re said to hail from Planet X, explaining how Monster X acquired his name.
Monster X hasn’t been seen since 2004 in any new movies, but has shown up in various DC Comics.
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