made his cinematic debut in 1958's Varan the Unbelievable. Made in the style of the original Godzilla movie from 1954, it saw Varan emerge as a threat to humanity before meeting its end in the ...

Godzilla remained the central figure, so everyone else stepped into his orbit. Though he's much less well-known, Varan is another example of a monster from a solo movie who later joined Godzilla's ...