In this thrilling short, witness the dramatic showdown between Godzilla and King Kong! Initially, Godzilla seems to have the ...

Get ready for an epic showdown as King Kong attempts to outsmart Godzilla in this thrilling and hilarious short! Watch the ...

Godzilla vs. Kong might not really need to be either of those things, though, because a major chunk of these movies’ appeal is actually something viewers bring to the story.

Easily the longest crossover featuring the King of the Monsters was when it debuted in the pages of Marvel Comics in 1977.

Here’s how it works. Had 2020 gone according to plan, we would have been watching Godzilla and King Kong duke it out on the big screen this past weekend in the aptly-named Godzilla vs. Kong.

When King Kong vs. Godzilla opened in August 1962 in Japan, the giant gorilla hadn't been seeing onscreen since 1933's King Kong sequel, The Son of Kong.

King Kong vs. Godzilla is also the third film for each franchise, with Godzilla following 1954's Godzilla and 1955's Godzilla Raids Again, and King Kong after 1933's two-fer King Kong and Son of Kong.

Godzilla shows up and takes the Skull Island king to task. In Kong’s defense, he is literally fighting with one hand (chained) behind his back.

But the rivalry between King Kong and Japan’s personification of nuclear devastation, Godzilla, goes back much further. Before 1962, Godzilla and King Kong were has-beens on a collision course.

We knew this was coming, and with a trailer for Godzilla vs. King Kong (which is now set to be released on March 31, 2021 domestically) finally touching down, we get our first look at what ...