This month we look at Japan's most recognizable kaiju: King Ghidorah.  Ghidorah made his on screen appearance in Ghidrah the Three Headed Monster (1964).  Arriving on Earth encased in a meteor that had crashed in Kurobr Gorge.  After being defeated by the combined efforts of Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra.  He would return (under the control of the Xians from Planet X), to once again battle Godzilla and Rodan in Monster Zero (1965), and a slew of monsters from Monster Island in Destroy All Monsters (1968), where the creature was finally killed.  When the Godzilla series was revised after Godzilla 1985, the three-headed menace would return in the third film Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1992), where the defeated Ghidorah would be transformed into Mecha-Ghidorah to defeat Godzilla (see "The Five Lives of King Ghidorah" for a complete run down of Ghidorah's chronology).  Ghidorah would also feature in two of the three Mothra films, as well as returning to battle Godzilla in Giant Monster All-Out Attack (2002).  

Ghidrah (1964 - 1972)

Height: 328 feet (100 meters)
Wing Span: 492 feet (150 meters)
Weight: 33,000 tons
Powers: Electric beams from mouths, hurricane winds
First Appearance: Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Filmography:
Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Monster Zero (1965)
Destroy All Monsters (1969)
Godzilla On Monster Island (1972)

King Ghidorah (1992)

Height: 492 feet (150 meters)

Mecha-Ghidorah (1992)

Height: 492 feet (150 meters)