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Mechagodzilla has long been a Brobdingnagian part ofGodzillalore , giving the King of Monsters the staring manmade opposite - now , theMonsterVerseis at long last givingKongthe same kind of black mirror image with his own robotic nemesis .
The new villain is introduce inGodzilla x Kong : The Hunted- an prescribed in - canon funny prequel to the 2024 movieGodzilla x Kong . The serial introduce Raymond Martin - a millionaire whose category were kill during the originalGodzilla vs MUTO battlein San Francisco . A tenner afterward , Martin has make a novel weapon known as the Titan Hunter mech . Equal in strength to Kong and boasting two mammoth horns claimed from a anterior Titan killing , the Titan Hunter is taken to the Hollow Earthso Martin can trace and stamp out as many Titans as possible .
While ( sadly ) not given the Mechakong name , the Titan Hunter is Kong ’s verbatim reverse in all other ways , with exchangeable dimensions , the same stomping ground , and a fellow hierarch ' at the steering wheel . ' Their conflict gives Kong an awful equal vs equal combat and contrast Martin ’s killing - felicitous approach to Kong ’s own approach to Skull Island ’s megafauna . Godzilla x Kong : The Huntedcomes from Brian Buccellato , Dario Formisani , Drew Johnson and Zid .
Outside MonsterVerse continuity , Kong does have a automatic equivalent named Mechani - Kong , aka Kong of Steel , which featured in the 1967 filmKing Kong Escapes .
In the prelude to Godzilla X Kong : The New Empire , the MonsterVerse explains the sorry reason why administration slay their military to fight Titans .
Kong Meets His Literal Match in the Titan Hunter
Kong Liberates the Hollow Earth from Its Would-Be New King
Kong and the Titan Hunter collide while Martin ishunting some Spineprowler cubs , having already killed their mother . Kong steps in to defend the cubs , trading blows with the Titan Hunter and eventually suplexing it over the edge of a cliff . The declivity destroys the armour , while Martin is quickly discover and eat by the cubs he was planning to slaughter . Kong does n’t yet have the gauntlet fans see inGodzilla x Kong , defecate this one of the fairest fights in MonsterVerse canon , as two goliath of roughly equal sizing , strength and ability battle to the expiry .
Mechagodzilla is one of the most interesting scoundrel in Godzilla lore because of how it body forth the themes of the franchise - an oversized weapon created to gain humanity , but which quickly turns out to be a misunderstanding . In the same way , the Titan Hunter is a dark reflection of Kong - while Kong keeps order on Skull Island and in the Hollow Earth by fighting off life-threatening megafauna who predate on their lessers , theTitan Hunter slaughters those same animalsout of pure vengeance , with no gumption of simpleness or reason . The Titan Hunter underscore Kong ’s heroism in the same way Mechagodzilla underscore Godzilla ’s horse sense of balance and restraint- each mech doppelgänger comprise its respective Titan as their enemies see them , exposing the lie that humanity and Titans of necessity have to survive in opposition .
While it would have been great forGodzilla x Kongto fully receipt the Titan Hunter / Kong mirror by using the Mechakong / Mechani - Kong name , Martin ’s mech last gave Kong his own cybernetic equvialent inMonsterVersecontinuity . Hopefully , the franchise chooses to revisit the thought , as while seeingKongvs the Titan Hunter in the comics was cool , Martin ’s tech could easy be upgraded for a jaw - dropping bighearted - screen baddie .
Godzilla x Kong : The Hunted
Godzilla x Kong : The Huntedis available now from Legendary Comics .
