HOG-ZILLA
Real Name: Hog-Zilla
Identity/Class: Extradimensional
(Earth-8311/Larval Earth) anthrotoon dinoswine (tyrannoswinus rex - see
comments) mutate
Occupation: Rampaging beast; briefly movie
candidate
Group Membership: None
Affiliations: Cur-Asawa
(Earth-8311)
Enemies: Raymond Bear, Jacques Gooseteau, J. Jonah Jackal, Iron Mouse,
Mechano-Hog-Zilla, Spider-Ham (Peter Porker),
Throg(? - see comments), Japanese
military, basically
all of Tokyo, Japan (all Earth-8311); Spider-Man (Earth-616),
Spider-Man (Earth-1048)
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Tokyo, Japan (Earth-8311)
First Appearance: Peter Porker, the
Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1 (July, 1986)
Powers/Abilities: Hog-Zilla is incredibly
strong (potentially Class 100), very durable and has fast reflexes. He
has human-level dexterity in his hands and use of his arms. He is
amphibious and can expel atomic flame from his snout at will
(or
possibly something in his breath combined with his nostrils would ignite with oxygen to create a
similar effect). Most of the damage he inflicts is from stomping and
kicking. Another attack he uses is to quickly swing his left arm like a
windmill as a distraction for his powerful right-fisted punch. He has
instinctive intelligence. An ancient beast, he
is still susceptible to modern swine flu.
Height: 70'
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Red
Hair: None
History:
(Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1 (fb)
- BTS) - The exact origins of Hog-Zilla are unclear but he appears to
be a giant mutated dinoswine of the type that existed millions of years before the
current era of Spider-Ham. In the current day, Hog-Zilla's undersea movements off the coast
of Japan caused significant seismic activity.
(Peter Porker, the
Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1) - American TV reporter Raymond Bear
reported on the earthquakes and oceanographer Jacques Goostreau
submerged to investigate, but quickly fled from what he found. This
drew international media attention and Daily Beagle newspaper editor J.
Jonah Jackal took reporters and Peter Porker (secretly the superhero
Spider-Ham) to Japan to gather news stories. They arrived in time to
see the giant Hog-Zilla emerge from the sea and begin its rampage,
tearing apart a fast food joint for food, kicking away military tanks
and roasting soldiers with his fiery breath. While some locals joked,
scientists quickly assembled the giant robot Mechano-Hog-Zilla, but
Hog-Zilla destroyed it with one punch. Despite having the flu, Porker
entered the fray as Spider-Ham. Curious about the new being, Hog-Zilla
sniffed Spider-Ham, but unwittingly also inhaled Porker's swine flu germs. The
effect was quick and Hog-Zilla fell to the ground sick. Acclaimed
Japanese film director Cur-Asawa arrived and desired Hog-Zilla to star
in a movie, possibly with a toupee, and led Hog-Zilla away. The local
Japanese cleaned up the mess but Jackal wasn't interested in that news.
(Spider-Man Unlimited Infinity Comic#6) - Seeking
respite from Spot's
multiversal mayhem, Spider-Man of Earth-616 and Spider-Man Earth-1048
teleported into Earth-8311 (possibly New York City/New Yolk City),
expecting it to be harmless as a "cartoon"
world, but both had their spider sense go off as Hogzilla prepared to
stomp on them from behind.
(Spider-Man Unlimited Infinity Comic#7) - The two
Spider-Men leapt clear and webbed the monster's feet, but he easily
tore free. Hogzilla readied his snout to blast fire in retaliation when
Spider-Ham, Iron Mouse and Throg arrived, and distracted the colossal
beast. Spider-Ham explained that his dimension's natives could survive
Hogzilla's attacks (basically due to his world's bizarre physics), but
"fleshy humans" could not. The two Spider-Men quickly fled through
another dimensional portal.
Comments:
Created by Steve Mellor, Tony Salmons, Joe Albelo, based loosely on the
character created by Toho Productions.
Peter Porker identifies Hog-Zilla as a dinoswine
called tyrannoswinus rex, "king of the thunder pigs!" Given that Porker
is not a paleontologist and in keeping with the original Godzilla's
concept (upon which Hog-Zilla is based), Hog-Zilla is perhaps better
described as a giant amphibious prehistoric reptilian-like or dinosaurian
creature. Hog-Zilla has a navel, so is very unlikely to have hatched from an egg like a reptile.
What's Throg, frog of thunder, doing up against
Hogzilla in the Infinity Comic? My guess is that the writer and/or
artist wasn't familiar with Earth-8311's version of Thor being Thrr,
dog of thunder. So maybe the thunder mantle has been passed on there or
maybe Thrr was transformed into a frog; perhaps Throg from Earth-616 (or
similar) stopped by. The latter seems unlikely as Spider-Ham was
concerned about the two Spider-Men being not native to Earth-8311 and
therefore squishable.
Hog-Zilla is a clear homage/parody of the legendary
Godzilla, which first appeared in the classic Japanese motion picture Godzilla
in 1954 with a later Americanized
version in 1956.
The movie
spawned many sequels and remakes. Godzilla was published by Marvel in
1977 and made a grand return to take on Marvel heroes in 2025, so
Hog-Zilla is basically the Earth-8311 version of Earth-616's Godzilla.
Hog-Zilla lost his hyphen with the 2023 Infinity
Comic (post-Secret Wars III), gained a few pounds and grew more teeth;
maybe he's an adult now.
How about Hogzilla the movie? Well, there was a Hogzilla movie in
2014 that had nothing to do with Marvel. The Hogzilla
movie looks to be a low-budget horror film.
Profile
by Grendel
Prime.
CLARIFICATIONS
:
Hog-Zilla has no known connections to:
- any other "Hog-Zilla" characters
Raymond
Bear
Raymond Bear was an American reporter and friend of newspaper editor J.
Jonah Jackal. He reported on the unusual seismic activity in Japan that
turned out to be coming from the huge creature Hog-Zilla. He maintained
reporting throughout the monster's rampage through Tokyo, and kept his
dignity in his closing report while locals made funny faces behind him.
Raymond Bear is a clear reference to
Raymond Burr, the popular American actor who played the role of a
reporter in the 1956 Americanized version of Godzilla.
--Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1
Cur-Asawa
Cur-Asawa described himself as Japan's greatest film
director and appeared after Hog-Zilla's rampage was stopped by illness.
Impressed by the creature's presence and power, Cur-Asawa intended to
make Hog-Zilla a movie star, but first wanted to clear the monster's
complexion and add a toupee.
Cur-Asawa is a clear reference to the
legendary Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosawa; however, Kurosawa never
touched Godzilla films but his friend Ishiro Honda was the director of
the first Godzilla film.
--Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1
Jacques
Gooseteau
The French anthrotoon Jacques Gooseteau was in Japan
to
investigate the unusual seismic activity just off the coast using his
special collapsible submarine called the Collapso. He submerged but
quickly reappeared in fright and fled.
Jacques Gooseteau is a clear reference
to the great French oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and his research
ship the Calypso.
--Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1
Mechano-Hog-Zilla
The Japanese Army constructed a giant metal robot
comparable in size and shape to Hog-Zilla in a last ditch effort to
stop the monster. It marched toward Hog-Zilla amid the ruined buildings
but one punch from the monster destroyed the contraption into a pile of
portable electronics. Presumably Mechano-Hog-Zilla was remote
controlled and not piloted.
The speed of Mechano-Hog-Zilla's
construction should not be surprising given many people in Japan on
Earth-8311 used humanoid robots as transport.
Mechano-Hog-Zilla is a parody of the
counter-weapon used in several Godzilla films called Mechagodzilla.
--Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1
images:
(without ads)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1, p12, pan1 (main image)
Spider-Man Unlimited Infinity Comic#6 (headshot)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1, p13, pan4 (windmill
punch)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1, p7, pan3 (Bear, main)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1, p17, pan5 (Bear,
headshot)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1, p16, pan4 (Cur-Asawa)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1, p1, pan2 (Gooseteau)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1, p13, pan2
(Mechano-Hog-Zilla)
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1, p11, pan6 (souvenirs!)
Appearances:
Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham I#8/1 (July, 1986) - Steve
Mellor (writer),
Tony Salmons (pencils), Joe Albelo (inks), Larry Hama (editor)
Spider-Man Unlimited Infinity Comic#6 (2023) - Christos Gage (writer),
Simone Buonfantino (art), Ellie Pyle (editor)
Spider-Man Unlimited Infinity Comic#7 (2023) - Christos Gage (writer),
Rob Di Salvo (art), Ellie Pyle (editor)
First posted: 07/19/2025
Last updated:
07/19/2025
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