Talk:Gigan/@comment-26370406-20140810235257/@comment-7620759-20140823041844

I think showa Gigan. Keep in mind Kong fought Godzilla to a standstill after being powered by electricity and still was physically weaker.This is shown in the brief scene wen the two grappled each other. Godzilla quickly threw him to the side. Gigan, on the other hand, nearly killed Godzilla. Even after Godzilla got his strength back at the end, Gigan did seem to keep up with the king of monsters quite well. Notice how Godzilla immediately fell down after only getting head butted or kicked by Gigan. Also, when he met King Kong Godzilla was not as cunning or as powerful as he was when he battled Gigan. He was still established as a simple force of nature. It seems in each movie Godzilla was in, during the showa series, he was stronger than he was in the last movie. Look at Ghidorah The Three Headed Monster and Monster Zero back to back. Godzilla was clearly over powered by Ghidorah in the former(despite having Rodan and Mothra to help him)  yet in Invasion Of The Astro Monster Godzilla, while still having trouble, handled Ghidorah quite well( ex. body slamming him, punching him rocky style, etc), The 1970's was Godzilla at his best. Kong probably would not hold up to 70's Godzilla. Gigan, however went up against 70's Godzilla and both crippled and out smarted him. Gigan was very cunning. ( ex. Holding Jet Jaguar hostage to dissuade Godzilla, Faking death numerous times only to ambush the opponent, communicating and bossing around Megalon and Ghidorah, and showing human emotion such as amusement, etc.) King Kong(Toho), wile very resourceful and clever, he still was limited to animalistic behavior , such as completely being confused after seeing the explosions of Godzilla's still developing atomic breath or instantly getting hostile torwords new environments(much like the 30's kong). I already explained why Zilla would lose in another debate. So I think Gigan has this one, but both opponents are powerful and would put up a good fight.