M'nagalah

M'nagalah is a Great Old One in the expanded Cthulhu Mythos. It was originally created by Len Wein for DC Comics and made its first appearance in Swamp Thing Vol 1 #8 "The Lurker in Tunnel 13", depicting the character as a threat to the entire universe. 
Soon afterwards, M'nagalah was introduced to the Mythos proper in Ramsey Campbell's short story "The Tugging", where the entity is described as being a tentacled mass consisting of ropy intestine-like appendages and numerous eyes.
==Background==
In prehistoric times, M'nagalah ruled over the Tethys Ocean and was described as being "Cthulhu's right-hand man". (: Nightmare's Disciple) Some drawings of M'nagalah were documented in The Revelations of Glaaki. (: "The Tugging")
==In the DC Multiverse==
A cosmic doorway was located at Earth, through which the Elder Gods were able to roam the universe at will. One of which was "M'nagalah the Eternal" who had been observing the universe since before the emergence of man. His kind gave humanity violence and evil. M'nagalah and its kind were shut off from the universe a billion years ago, by the "Golden Ones" their rivals for control of the cosmos. Sometimes they would reach out across the dimensional barriers and touch the minds of learned men, corrupting their souls and twisting their intellect with visions.
M'nagalah claimed to have created life on Earth and played a role in the evolution of life since as far back as the dinosaurs. He touched the minds of writers such as H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe. M'nagalah's goal is to increase his mass by consuming organic life, until he reaches his correct size. Given enough time his eye alone will dwarf the Earth. Universal domination is his ultimate ambition. Throughout human history various individuals and groups have tried to open a portal for him to cross over to the Earth. For the last several centuries it has had a presence on Earth, but's a small one, a sliver of the entity. M'nagalah has clashed with the Swamp Thing, the Challengers of the Unknown, John Constantine and the Trenchcoat Brigade, the Atom, and others.
==Gallery==
M'nagalah_2_(DC_Comics).jpg|M'nagalah (DC Comics)
M'nagalah_3_(DC_Comics).jpg|M'nagalah (DC Comics)
M'nagalah_4_(DC_Comics).jpg|M'nagalah (DC Comics)
M'nagalah_5_(DC_Comics).jpg|M'nagalah (DC Comics)
M'nagalah_(Chaosium).jpg|M'nagalah (Call of Cthulhu)
M'nagalah (Malleus Monstrorum).jpg|M'nagalah (Malleus Monstrorum, Japanese version)
105_M'Nagalah.png|Ryuga Boumera's interpretation of M'nagalah.
==External Links==
* at the DC Comics Database
Category:Great Old Ones
Category:Characters Originating From Mythos-Adjacent Works