Griffon
Griffon (グリホン Gurihon) is a surgically altered lion kaiju who first appeared in the 1969 Toho film, Latitude Zero.
In order to finally destroy his nemesis Craig McKenzie, the mad genius Malic created the Griffon by surgically implanting the brain of the Black Shark captain Kroiga into the body of a lion and grafting the wings of a condor onto it. He then injected his creation with a growth serum, causing her to grow to gigantic size before he set her loose to destroy McKenzie and his allies as they approached his base on Blood Rock. However, the Griffon did not obey Malic's orders, remaining perched atop a cliff. When Malic later tried ...read more