Author: Kenneth James | Banner: Jackson Morris
Kong snarled, tearing against his chains, displayed under a massive tent in the center of the city for all to see. The once mighty king of Faro Island now on public display for all to ridicule. The flashing of cameras angered him, as did the shouts of the crowd. He had to get free! He put all his force into tearing at the chains but could not so much as move. The primal monarch let out a mighty roar of fury at his situation before relaxing, having exhausted himself. As the Eighth Wonder of the World let himself recover, the cries of protestors broke the silence, the crowd being broken by chanting protestors, holding up signs ordering the return of the great ape to his natural habitat.
In a laboratory outside of town, a scientist watched the events transpiring and laughed. This was Glidor, a radical scientist in the field of biology, smirking deviously as he watched the protests on the news.
“This is perfect! Public sentiment being against bringing Kong here only helps my plan. It was a stroke of genius funding that mission to Farou to retrieve Kong, now I’ll be able to show everyone my genius!” he said, turning to a huge frozen humanoid nearby, cables hooked into it. “When I resurrect you to stop Kong, I‘ll be famous!”
He yelled, turning back to the terminal and pressing a button on the computer. “Time to start the show!”
At Glidor’s touch, small explosives planted under the anchors of the chains went off, weakening them enough that when the primeval king went into another fit of rage, they were torn from the ground, setting the massive ape loose. Realizing he was free, the South Seas Devil let out a fierce roar of fury, beating his chest as the crowd was thrown into a panic. Now completely infuriated, the giant gorilla tore the tent surrounding him to the ground. Once free of his entrapment, he smashed a nearby building with his fists, intent on taking out his pent up frustrations on those who had stolen him from his island home.
Glidor smirked as Kong tore through the city in a berserk rampage.
“Perfect! Now, to quote the one who made you…” he said, turning towards the frozen body and flipping a switch, sending a massive surge of electricity into the creature. Within seconds, the creature began to stir, a human-like hand erupting out of the ice block. Gildor cackled, watching the colossal Frankenstein’s monster rise from his icy tomb.
“It’s alive! It’s alive!
Man, I’ve always wanted to say that.”
Frankenstein groaned, looking around him in confusion. Where was he? Last he remembered he’d battled with Baragon and had fallen into the earth, unknowing that the mad scientist had spent over a year quietly excavating and transporting him to San Francisco where he‘d spent months repairing his body to resurrect him. “Frankenstein!” called Glidor, gaining the huge human-like kaiju’s attention.
“I am Glidor, the one who restored you to life, you understand me?” he asked, getting a slow nod, making him smirk. “I assumed you would. Now, there isn’t much time. You like humans, am I right?”
The revenant human slowly nodded, still confused at his situation.
“Well a monster named King Kong is attacking the city, you must stop him,” he explained, showing the image on the screen, enraging the kind hearted monster. Glidor smirked at this reaction, pressing a button and opening a large door in the side of the building to allow the lightning borne to leave the lab.
“Good luck,” he said, watching the giant exit and head off to battle the giant ape. Glidor then laughed, turning back to the monitor. “It doesn’t matter if Frankenstein beats that hairy ape or not, so long as he tries to protect the city, it’s to my advantage.”
Faro’s demon god let out a bellow of rage, ripping a building apart with his massive arms, the chains still hanging from them. He continued his fierce rampage through the city until another shout of rage attracted his attention. He spun around to see the kaijin staring him down, challenging him with intent to stop the ape kaiju’s rampage. The great gorilla roared and beat his chest, responding with a warning. The artificial being refused to back down and snarled back, getting in a fighting posture. The giant ape howled in fury and charged his new rival at full speed, throwing a punch at his stitched head only for the mutant human to duck under and tackle him in the gut, throwing him to the ground and driving fists into his face.
The Devil of The South Seas roared in shock and replied by swiping at the immortal with a clubbing blow, knocking him off. The Eighth Wonder of the World was quickly on the offensive and smashed his huge fists down on his foe’s back, driving him straight into the ground. The god howled and brought his arms up to slam down once more, only to have his target roll out of the way and evade the attack as the giant ape’s fists slammed into the pavement. The humanoid took a chunk of rubble left behind from the earlier rampage and slammed it full force into his foe’s face, driving the ape backwards. Before the storm king could respond, the undying creature charged forwards and put his entire weight behind a punch to his rival’s face, slamming him back first into a building.
Frankenstein kept up his offense by attempting to slam a car into a sloped cranium, only for his arm to be caught and the great ape’s strength to force him back. Once on his feet, Kong punched the kaijin of justice in the stomach, doubling him over. Before the undying beast could recover, the savage ruler grabbed his ragged furcoat and lifted him overhead, throwing him and sending the giant man flying though a building. The legendary monster snarled, as he was quickly upon his enemy and grabbing him by the ankle. With a pale foot in his grasp, the giant ape swung him around with his great strength and before launching him a good distance away, leaving him laying at the base of the Pyramid Building. Faro’s monarch snarled, charging the immortal demon at full speed, but before he could reach him, the creature got to his feet and hurled a gasoline tanker into his face, the resulting explosion blinding the ape. The man-made mutant wisely got out of his natural foe’s path as he plowed through the structure and it collapsed on top of him. Sallow eyes surveyed the rubble, knowing King Kong was buried in there and likely still alive. The intelligent primitive wisely tore the spire off of a building and used it as a spear, stabbing the rubble to try and finish it.
After three stabs, Frankenstein’s weapon suddenly refused to be pulled from its place and a furred form erupted from the rubble, spear clasped in hand. The mighty monarch pulled hard, throwing the revenant right into a powerful punch from his other arm, driving the creation straight onto his back. The Eighth Wonder leapt on his smaller humanoid foe and drove pummeling blows into his misshapen face. Realizing he was in trouble, the synthetic human brought his legs up and kicked the Faro god in the stomach, throwing him off and back first into another building. As the giant ape attempted to stand, the mutant leapt on his back and wrapped his arms around his neck, strangling him with his own great strength. The great gorilla bellowed in panic, his oxygen cut off as he tried hard to pull the kaijin off but the humanoid had the leverage advantage and he couldn’t manage to force himself free.
Realizing he wouldn’t last long without air, the South Seas Devil grabbed his tormentor’s legs. throwing himself and the humanoid backwards into a building to try and dislodge him. When that failed, he tried it again to no avail. However, a third time made the living dead’s grip to slip enough that the simian could get his fingers under his arm, forcing it out enough to free himself and flip the revenant over him to the ground. The immortal being, though, managed to roll through and get back to his feet, quickly on the attack again by picking up and slamming a nearby truck into the leering ape’s head, forcing him backwards.
Before the creation could capitalize, The Eight Wonder grabbed hold of his arm and threw him face first to the ground. The great ape followed up by grabbing his foe’s stitched head and brutally driving the humanoid’s face into the ground multiple times, breaking his nose. Before more damage could be done, the kaijin of justice snatched some rubble from the remains of the Pyramid Building and threw it into the primate’s eyes in desperation, blinding him and allowing the lightning borne to escape his grasp. Realizing the storm god was too strong for him to fight head on, the gentle giant turned and ran towards the ocean, looking for a way to even the odds. Once the mighty king cleared his eyes, he saw the unnatural human fleeing and refused to allow an – in his mind – unprovoked attack to go unpunished, quickly giving chase
Looking around, Frankenstein saw the San Francisco Bay Bridge and came up with an idea, remembering the chains hanging from the primate’s arms before wading into the bay. The primal predator chased after him and soon caught up, grabbing him by the shoulder. But the artificial human swung around and pushed against the massive primate with all his might, driving the great ape backwards underwater. Before the storm god could surface, Frankenstein rapidly turned and continued towards the bridge, beginning to climb on the 227 meter tall supports. The great ape followed close behind and began climbing as well. With the bridge’s structure groaning under the weight of the two monsters who together made up half its height, the revenant knew he had to do something quickly.
As the simian grabbed his ankle, the synthetic being kicked him in the face with his other leg, hanging on tight. Another kick freed his ankle, allowing the stitched human to climb up to the top of the structure, where he waited for his quarry, now having the high ground. However, the island ruler was no stranger to combat at a high altitude and climbed up after him. The dueling giants quickly began exchanging blows, each trying to gain the upper hand. Realizing the support both of them hung onto could break at any moment from their combined weight, the enhanced human took note of his location and grabbed Kong by the throat, throwing them both off, managing to get the larger monster under him as they plowed through the center of the bridge into the water below. Quickly regaining his wits, Victor’s Creature grabbed onto the support cables of the bridge that had broken from the impact of both plummeting through the bridge and entangled the arms of the stunned great ape with as many as he could get his hands on, in addition to those he‘d tangled in on the way down.
The king of Faro roared in fury, straining against the cables with all his might, threatening to bring the entire bridge down. Realizing he had to end it before the god broke free, Frankenstein grabbed hold of one of the chains hanging from his arms and wrapped it around his throat, strangling the primate with it. The Eighth Wonder flailed and struggled, trying desperately to get free but to no avail, soon beginning to lose strength. Frankenstein began to tire long before his foe did, but kept going, choking the life from the Eighth Wonder of the World. However, as the mighty primate lost consciousness, Frankenstein noticed something in his eyes. They were thinking eyes, not like Baragon’s feral monstrous eyes. He realized this savage king wasn’t just an animal, he was a thinking creature like he was…
The unnatural human released the chain before he could kill the primate, leaving the ape unconscious but still very much alive. That’s also when he realized something else: this monster monarch had been chained up. That meant he had been a prisoner, not just a monster that was there of his own accord. Curious, the immortal demon picked up the ends of the chains, seeing they hadn’t been torn out but instead were blasted off, still carrying scorch marks from the explosives. Despite not fully grasping the concept, he realized that the ape must’ve been willingly freed by someone. He then heard a car pulling up and looked up, seeing Glidor stepping out of his car on the most intact part of the bridge, applauding.
“Well done, you’ve defeated Kong, you’ll be a hero! And more importantly, I’ll be the hero who revived you and sent you to save the city, I’ll be famous!” he said, ecstatic. “Now, please kill Kong and take his body back to my lab. I’d very much like to take a look at him. He’s my property, I funded the expedition that found him, so it’s only right that I get the first opportunity to perform an autopsy and find out what makes him tick.”
The artificial human glared at Glidor, realizing he was the one who’d brought Faro’s king here in the first place. And judging by how happy he was, he’d let the beast loose to fight him just to prove a point. Enraged, Frankenstein roared and clinched his fists.
“Oh, you’ve realized the truth, have you?” replied Glidor, not intimidated. “Yes, I did bring him here just to fight you, but you won’t kill me. You love humans far too much for that, don’t you?”
The kaijin growled, Glidor had a point. The idea of killing any human, even an evil one, sickened him. Still, he knew someone who’d gladly do it instead. The stitched human turned and shook Kong awake, roaring to him and pointing to Glidor. The Eighth Wonder glared at the small human before curling his lips and letting out a fierce roar.
“Now Frankenstein… don’t do anything rash…” said Glidor, no longer so smug.
To his horror, the mutant tore the cables holding the savage king, allowing the massive ape to free himself. Glidor screamed in terror and jumped in his car, taking off down the bridge, trying to escape the enraged primate. The South Sea Devil tore through the bridge in front of the evil man, grabbing his car in his massive hand and roaring fiercely. Before the mad man could even scream, the great gorilla threw the car with all his might, sending it flying through the air and crashing into a hillside on shore, exploding in a large fireball. Having taken his revenge on he who deserved it, the Faro monarch let out a fierce roar of victory, beating his chest.
With Glidor dead, the lightning borne helped break off his new friend’s shackles once he calmed down, getting a thankful nod. The storm god roared and grunted, thanking the giant for his help. Later, Frankenstein stood on the shore, watching as King Kong swam through the surf towards his island home. The mutant then looked out over the ruined city, realizing that while the monster hadn’t come of his own accord, there were other monsters who would threaten mankind. He decided the best course of action was simple, stay and defend mankind. The son of Victor Frankenstein marched towards the mountains, intending to find himself a place to live in the world.
Draw: Frankenstein (Universal), King Kong (Showa)
