Warning: contains potential spoilers for Godzilla: Heist #1!
Godzilla has a new master, crowning an unexpected “King of the Monsters.” The very idea of anyone, or anything, controlling Godzilla might seem far out to many, but it is not outside the realm of possibility. In a preview for IDW’s Godzilla: Heist #1, a clever criminal finds a high-tech way to manipulate Godzilla for his own ends, but how long can this relationship last?
IDW shared a preview for Godzilla: Heist #1 with AIPT. The preview for the book, written by Van Jensen and drawn by Kelsey Ramsay, opens with a thief casing a casino. He boasts he does not need a crew for this heist, but he does have help: Godzilla! The thief has somehow acquired a series of drones that can bait Godzilla. The King of Monsters goes on a rampage, providing a smokescreen for the thief to go in and steal cash and gold. The thief, named Jai, likens it to “playing fetch with a god.”
Godzilla Is Earth’s Premiere Kaiju–And Its Most Powerful
How Did Godzilla End Up on a Heist Crew?
Godzilla helped kick off the “kaiju” genre in 1954, and it is only fitting he is the most powerful of them all. Awakened by atomic testing in the Pacific Ocean in the early 1950s, Godzilla would stomp a path across Japan. His enormous size and atomic breath made Godzilla extremely hard to kill, and even after he was seemingly defeated, he returned time and again. Godzilla became a hero as the movies continued, fighting King Ghidorah and King Kong, and his popularity would skyrocket throughout the world.
The preview does not make it clear if different frequencies can elicit different responses, but Jai got Godzilla to use his atomic breath to break through an impenetrable barrier.
Throughout Godzilla’s career, one constant has emerged: he cannot be controlled, which makes Jai’s actions in the preview for Godzilla: Heist #1 all that more impressive. The technology Jai uses special frequencies that he shoots into the air, all designed to rile Godzilla up. The preview does not make it clear if different frequencies can elicit different responses, but Jai got Godzilla to use his atomic breath to break through an impenetrable barrier. Jai swears by this system, as it has helped him pull off some big heists.
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Godzilla as part of a heist crew sounds even wilder than someone being able to control him, but the preview makes it clear the King of Monsters is vital to Jai’s success. Scenarios placing him in unique situations have been a hallmark of IDW’s line of Godzilla comics since they began. Various minis and one-shots have transported Godzilla to different historical contexts and locations. A forthcoming series will see Godzilla come to America’s shores, visiting cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago. Other IDW Godzilla books have placed him in feudal Japan.
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Godzilla has become a lasting pop culture icon, and his longevity is proof that he can be reinterpreted in new contexts, and Godzilla: Heist is taking a clever and unique approach to the King of Monsters. The distractions Godzilla creates help Jai pull off his elaborate heists, and by not having a crew, he can keep all the loot he steals for himself. The preview does not reveal how Jai obtained the equipment to manipulate Godzilla, making it one of Heist’s central mysteries. Regardless of how he got the technology, it seems to work.
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Godzilla Might Be Too Much for Jai
On paper, Jai’s “arrangement” with Godzilla seems perfect, which raises questions about how long it can last. In the preview, Jai seems confident in his abilities to control Godzilla, but such a system is untenable. Godzilla is too large and too powerful to be controlled for any amount of time, meaning it will not be long before Jai’s system of controlling him falls apart, and the King of Monsters goes on another destructive spree.
Source: AIPT
Godzilla: Heist #1 is on sale February 19 from IDW Publishing!
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
