Shuma-Gorath
Sign in to saveShuma-Gorath () is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner, the character first appeared in Marvel Premiere #10 (September 1973). Shuma-Gorath belongs to the Great Old Ones, a race of ancient eldritch beings who predate Earth. It is a recurring antagonist to the superhero Doctor Strange.
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- Shuma-Gorath as shown on a trading card (art by Jim Nelson)
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- Shuma-Gorath
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- Great Old Ones / Many-angled ones
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- Marvel Comics
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- Marvel Premiere #10(September 1973)
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- Multiverse
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- Great One Who SlumbersConqueror of MidnightAll-Killer of the DawnFather of All EvilLord of Chaos
- Comics character.powers
- Vast mystical powers Reality manipulation Energy projection Shapeshifting Teleportation Immortality Levitation
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- Performer
- Paul Dobson
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- Earth-616
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- enemy
- Doctor Strange
- character type
- supervillain
- name in native language
- Shuma-Gorath
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Encyclopedic overview
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Shuma-Gorath () is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Englehart and Frank Brunner, the character first appeared in Marvel Premiere #10 (September 1973). Shuma-Gorath belongs to the Great Old Ones, a race of ancient eldritch beings who predate Earth. It is a recurring antagonist to the superhero Doctor Strange.
==Publication history== Shuma-Gorath first appears as an adversary for Doctor Strange in Marvel Premiere #10 (September 1973), created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Frank Brunner. The character's name is taken from Robert E. Howard's short story "The Curse of the Golden Skull," which features a dying magician named Rotath invoking the "iron-bound books of Shuma-Gorath" in a curse against humanity.
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