Godzilla is set to trample the Lone Star State, but should folks in the Hub City brace for impact?<\/p>\n
A new comic book arc, Godzilla Versus America, is branching into a Texas-focused storyline called Godzilla Versus Texas<\/a>. Some online chatter makes it sound like the big guy is ready to flatten the entire state \u2014 but there’s one major flaw in that theory. Texas is absolutely enormous. Even a skyscraper-sized lizard would need a lot of time (and a really good pair of walking shoes) to squash every major city. Even trying to set one city on fire and let it spread wouldn\u2019t work, because Texas towns are separated by so much wide-open space.<\/p>\n Godzilla Is Set To Destroy Texas<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Getty Images\/Nessmania<\/p>\n Is the Hub City Safe From a Giant Lizard Rampage?<\/p>\n Only small leaks <\/a>have emerged about the upcoming first issue, but here’s what we know so far. Godzilla reportedly makes landfall in Corpus Christi, then stomps through San Antonio, and lingers for a while in Austin. Honestly, I can\u2019t blame him \u2014 there’s plenty I\u2019d like to crush in Austin myself. But several big Texas cities are noticeably absent from the preview. There\u2019s no early sign of Houston or Dallas\u2013Fort Worth, and the West Texas trio of Lubbock,<\/a> Amarillo, and El Paso appears to have been ignored entirely. You\u2019d think a giant radioactive monster would beeline for the Pantex plant near Amarillo, but that\u2019s not on the radar yet.<\/p>\n Of course, this is just the teaser phase \u2014 the comic book equivalent of a movie trailer \u2014 so we\u2019re only seeing a sliver of what\u2019s coming. And yes, it would make for one heck of a panel to see a giant lizard casually crunch the Buddy Holly statue. Nothing personal against Buddy or the bronze; it\u2019s just one of the most recognizable icons of the Hub City, making it perfect giant-monster-fodder.<\/p>\n