Godzilla's iconic atomic breath has always been a fan-favorite ... easily taken them down with a single burst of his nuclear pulse, but the movies never explain why that doesn't happen.

Godzilla was a symbol of thermonuclear weapons as well as a victim, an intentional directorial decision by director Ishiro Honda, who explained, "I took the characteristics of an atomic bomb and ...

Godzilla retaliates by unleashing his atomic breath, which would have killed the Fantastic Four if the Invisible Girl hadn’t shielded them with a force field. As Godzilla reaches land ...