Battra

Battra is a dark moth kaiju from Toho's Godzilla franchise — a malevolent counterpart to Mothra, serving as Earth's destructive guardian against humanity. IDW's comics brought this fearsome larva-to-imago monster into its shared kaiju universe alongside Godzilla and other classic Toho creatures.

Battra crashes into IDW's Modern Age kaiju universe with a debut in Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths #4 (2011), brought to the page by artist Alberto Ponticelli. Over a run stretching into 2023, this formidable creature turns up across titles like Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters and Godzilla: Best of Rodan, sharing panel space with an absolute murderers' row of classic monsters — Godzilla, Rodan, Anguirus, Kumonga, and King Ghidorah. With only seven catalog appearances, Battra is a rare sighting, making every issue a genuine find for the devoted collector hunting the full scope of IDW's sprawling monster mythology.