Decades before Marvel wowed audience with wide - scale team - ups inAvengers : Infinity WarandAvengers : Endgame , there was Toho’sDestroy All Monsters , which was at the clip , the biggest crossover moving picture ever made . The classic 1968Godzillamovie accomplished something that few films in the history of movie house have been able to attain .

What ’s so noteworthy about Marvel’sAvengersfilms is that they ’re so much more than just movies packed with cock-a-hoop - name superheroes from Marvel Comics . They bind together various other Marvel movies and unite them for epic team - ups . Avengers : Endgame , for instance , included fictitious character fromIron Man , Captain America , Thor , Ant - Man , Guardians of the Galaxy , Doctor Strange , Spider - Man : Homecoming , andBlack Panther . Having all of these stories represented in one motion picture is perhaps the biggest part ofAvengers : Endgame ’s appeal .

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The scale ofInfinity WarandEndgameis regard by many to be unprecedented , but there is one film that comes close , and it was released 50 geezerhood beforeInfinity Wareven hit theaters . In 1968 , Toho releasedDestroy All Monsters , a movie which unite Godzilla withRodan , Mothra , Anguirus , Kumonga , Gorosaurus , Manda , Varan , Minila , andBaragonfor a encounter with his smashing enemy , King Ghidorah . What ’s so impressive aboutDestroy All Monstersis that it ’s more than just a monster mash - up ofGodzillacharacters . It ’s a crossover of epic proportion that get upon several Toho properties from outside theGodzillafranchise .

Like the Cuban sandwich of theAvengersmovies , none of the kaiju were created forDestroy All Monsters . They all debuted in different films . Manda was in 1963’sAtragon , Varan was the nominal villain inVaran the Unbelievable , Gorosaurus was a foe of King Kong inKing Kong Escapes , and Baragon was the adversary inFrankenstein vs. Baragon . Kumonga , Minila , and Anguirus were supporting fibre in previousGodzillamovies , and both Mothra and Rodan had their own solo moving picture prior to meeting Godzilla .

Seeing so many monsters from different pic appear together on the same screen is what makesDestroy All Monsterssuch a fun picture show , even if it makes for a lop - sided terminal battle . While Thanos was able to give the heroes all they could handle at the end ofEndgameand near win , Ghidorah ’s situation was far less optimistic . Ghidorah stood no luck against all of them , and the creative enjoyment of teamwork used by Godzilla and his allies – such as the monsters holding down Ghidorah while Gorosaurus delivers a barbarous kangaroo kick against King Ghidorah – created one of the most enjoyable fight conniption in the history of demon movies .

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