Godzilla, the King of the Monsters, has had numerous countless incarnations over the years. The Big G has had almost 40 films, cartoon and anime adaptations, videogames, and, of course, countless comic book appearances. He's been passed around primarily by Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and IDW Publishing primarily in American books. Thanks to Marvel, he's even faced off against the likes of the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, and the Champions.

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Numerous incarnations mean that he's been reimagined and redesigned dozens of times as well. His powers and form have changed plenty of times on the big screen. Godzilla has shown the ability to use telepathy, magnetism, and even flight (sorta) in the movies and the comic books have certainly taken liberties in their versions of Gojira. It's gotten weird, wonderful, and wild.

10 Sophisticated Fighting Skills

Godzilla's fighting ability isn't something absent from the movies, the flying drop-kick from Godzilla vs Megalon being particularly legendary. However, the first thing one is likely to notice in reading the old Marvel's Godzilla: King of the Monsters comics is his sophisticated use of weaponry against those who would try to stop him.

He's using cranes like a medieval flail and power cables like whips. Godzilla has used weapons in the movies, but his use of them in the comics is often preternatural like a true martial artist.

9 Amphibious Mutations

Again, Godzilla is an amphibious creature in the films as well. His natural habitat is the depths of the ocean--when he's not hanging out on Monster Island with the likes of Rodan and Anguirus. However, Godzilla went through a series of drastic mutations in his Marvel tenure, and one such made him even more of an aquatic creature.

It's an interesting redesign--even if it does seem to lose the true Godzilla aesthetic a bit. This transformation was carried out by Doctor Demonicus and brought him into conflict with the West Coast Avengers, Iron Man, and the Fantastic Four.

8 Shrinking! (Sort Of)

During Godzilla's time with Marvel, Hank Pym, aka Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Yellowjacket of the Avengers, had a novel idea of how to deal with the King of the Monsters. Hank shrunk Godzilla down to the size of a common lizard and attempted to contain the creature.

Of course, Godzilla was able to escape later. Now, this isn't something Godzilla could do naturally of his own volition, but that doesn't change the fact that it happened. For a period of time, Godzilla was shrunken down to the size of the Geico Gekko, and that's something we all need to emotionally deal with.

7 Time-Travel! (Again, Sort Of)

This is another one that Godzilla couldn't technically do on his own, but he at least survived the process. This one comes from Godzilla's time with Dark Horse comics. A villainous professor by the name of Mason transports Godzilla back in time to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii. Mason hoped to use Godzilla's rampage through the past to change history in his favor, but the heroic G-Force follows Godzilla into the past.

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This leads to a time-hopping chase, with Godzilla popping up in the midst of England's war with the Spanish Armada, the sinking of the Titanic, and even the future!

6 Basketball Skills!

This one comes from a now-legendary Nikes Commercial where Godzilla plays basketball against Charles Barkley. This tale was transformed into a comic book that extended the idea into a full-length story.

Unfortunately, Charles wins the contest but tells Godzilla that he could get a position with "the Bulls, one of those second-rate teams." It appears that Godzilla didn't take the advice, as he never went on to play for the Bulls.

5 Black Hole-Resistance

Godzilla's powers were always a bit of a moving target, even in the movies, and even the likes of Marvel, Dark Horse, and IDW struggled to top that in the comics. As such, we now move to the "crazy things Godzilla survived in the comics" section of the list.

The first among these is an actual black hole gun, or "Dimensional Tide," unleashed upon Godzilla by Mecha-Godzilla 3, aka Kiryu, and the A.M.F in the final issue of Godzilla: The Half-Century War by IDW Publishing. The Dimensional Tide was a last-ditch effort for the A.M.F and ended up taking Kiryu with it. It appeared to kill Godzilla, but, of course, he is seen moving through the water before the comic ends.

4 God-Slayer

Godzilla: Rage Across Time #2 from IDW found the Big G doing battle with the Greek Gods of Mount Olympus. Godzilla killed Ares before Zeus unleashed the Hydra upon him, which Godzilla in turn used as a weapon to destroy Olympus, killing all but Zeus.

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Zeus then used all of his godly lightning to kill Godzilla, a measure which left Zeus as a mortal. Godzilla, ironically, was reborn in Vesuvius, causing it to erupt and destroy both Zeus and Pompeii. This proves that Godzilla has what it takes to wipe out even the gods of myth.

3 Hell-Resistance

Another insane thing Godzilla has survived is the fires of Hell itself. This one also comes from IDW Publishing in a comic aptly called Godzilla in Hell. Here, we get to see Godzilla do battle with the supernatural tortures of the underworld and fight demonic versions of his past foes such as King Ghidorah, Destroyah, and Space Godzilla.

He also battles against the very realm itself and comes face-to-face with God. Despite all of this, Godzilla survives damnation, proving that even eternal punishment can't stop the King of the Monsters.

2 Dimensional Travel

There is another power inherent in Godzilla in Hell: dimensional travel. It's not made explicit that Godzilla died before arriving in Hell, which implies that Gojira just stumbled into perdition.

That's quite an impressive feat, even for Godzilla himself. Furthermore, he is able to escape Hell by the end of the story, which must take quite a bit of power too.

1 True Immortality

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At the risk of restating things, Godzilla's true power seems to be immortality. This is both literal and figurative in his film and graphic novel adventures. Time travel, black holes, the gods, dimensional travel, eternal damnation, nor Charles Barkley have what it takes to bring down Godzilla, the King of the Monsters.

He's beaten back aliens, gods, and demons, and, even when it seems that Godzilla has been reduced to blood and dust, he comes back for another round and wins the day. This is made even more explicit in the comics than the films, and it's what makes him an absolute icon.

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