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* The ''[[Justice League of America]]'' sometimes faces these.
** Starro, the very first foe they dealt with, slowly moved in this direction over the years, being a literal [[Starfish Aliens]] that latches onto you and takes away your free will, though there was recently [[Retcon|revealed]] to be a humanoid alien controlling the giant starfish "Starro" that the Justice League faced in the past. {{spoiler|The humanoid alien has a smaller starfish on his chest. He controls the Starri from ''that''.}}
** The [[Silver Age]] [[Homage]] ''[[Justice League New Frontier]]'' had "The Centre", an ancient and unstoppable monstrosity. It also happens to be a [[Genius Loci|giant island]]. [[Everything's Better
** The ultimate would be the Anti-Monitor, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Crisis
*** It only took all this because, since this was a [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]]/[[The Bronze Age of Comic Books|Bronze Age]] story, it ''had'' to be visually entertaining. Since then, he's been [[Retcon|Retconed]] to be at Galactus-tier levels.
** And now, thanks to ''[[Blackest Night]]'', {{spoiler|he's baaaaack...}}
** Mandrakk, on the other hand, is a gigantic vampiric Monitor that feeds on reality itself. To quote Zillo Valla: "[[The Authority|Carriers]], Destroyers, Tankers, and Explorers...''vast'' in scale from your perspective, these machines are mere Monitor ''nanotechnology!'' The '''eyes''' of Mandrakk." Or, to quote Mandrakk himself: "'''[[Omnicidal Maniac|Let me feed and feed until nothing remains but Mandrakk! Bloated and alone beneath a skyful of murdered stars!]]'''" To stop him, the Question and Captain Marvel (of [[Alternate Universe|Earth-5]]) have to bring forth the Supermen of the Multiverse, an entire ''army'' of alternate universe Supermen, and Nix Uotan has to summon [[Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (Comic Book)|Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew]], the Angels of the Pax Dei, the Forever People of the 5th World, and finally, the Green Lantern Corps has to ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|stake it with a giant energy stake]]''. This, of course, all takes up about the space of three or four pages, but it is an awesome sight to behold.
*** What makes it [[Tear Jerker|even worse]] is that the subtext that implies that Mandrakk is the [[Crisis
** Another Abomination is the [[Mind Screw|baffling]] entity known as the Overmonitor or Overvoid. It's a sentient void, inside which ''the entire DC Multiverse'' exists. It created the Monitors, and it's heavily implied that both the Monitor and Anti-Monitor were born from a probe it sent to investigate: meaning it's responsible for two eldritch abominations already. And, even [[Mind Screw|weirder]], it's described as being the embodiment of the very concept of the narrative.
** [[Darkseid]] also becomes this during [[Final Crisis]]; after his reincarnation into Dan Turpin, his presence actually starts to decay time and space. Mandrakk is using Darkseid's attack to hide his own plans (but is stopped before getting too far). How does Darkseid [[Reality Warper|break reality]] (one parallel universe actually is destroyed by this)? He sits on his throne, waiting for reality to die ''merely because he exists''. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Awe. Some.]]
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** Imperiex could also be considered one, given that it was the power of the Big Bang given form who sought to reboot the universe due to an impurity in the fabric of existence that it detected. {{spoiler|Ironically enough, that flaw was Imperiex itself.}} It proved to be enough of a threat to force Mongul II and fucking '''''[[Complete Monster|Dark]][[A God Am I|seid]]''''' to ally with Superman and the rest of the resistance force. One of his most immense displays of power was reducing Doomsday to a skeleton in one shot. He was finally [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|destroyed by a sun-drenched Superman]] after an enormous battle, though not before killing off a good portion of both the resistance force and Earth.
*** And even then, he had to be sent back to the dawn of time, because ''the Big Bang itself'' was the only thing that could finish him off completely. [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Lord Genome's got him beat, though.]]
** Finally, there's the King of Tears, an extradimensional god who, after Johnny Sorrow is [[Hoist
* [[
** He used another member of Starro's species simply called the Star Conqueror during his run of JLA. It had a different color scheme and was ''much'' bigger -- like Hudson Bay bigger. In its second and so far final appearance, it invaded the dreams of the American populace, putting to sleep and taking control of nearly everyone in the ''entire country''. It took a two front assault on the creature -- some of the remaining JLA members attacked its physical self while ''[[The Sandman|the Lord of the Dreaming]]'' aided the other JLA members in attacking its mental self -- to stop it. It was finally driven off into deep space while its mental self was [[Sealed Evil in
** Mageddon, the [[Big Bad]] of his ''JLA'' run, is a cosmic doomsday weapon that survived the death of the universe of the god-like beings who built it. Its purpose is to initiate universal suicide by psychically prompting all living beings to war with each other to death. Even when disabled (by the combined forces of the angelic hosts of Heaven, every single human being on Earth endowed with super powers, and a secret weapon that was basically its Kryptonite), it was still in danger of detonating and vaporizing half the galaxy. All while being far larger than the Earth.
** Hexus, the Living Corporation, from ''Marvel Boy'', a sort of [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Cosmically Corrupt Executive]].
** The Archons of The Outer Church in ''[[The Invisibles (Comic Book)|The Invisibles]]'' are typical Eldritch Abominations -- slimy, chitinous, and decidedly non-human. In an interesting inversion of Lovecraft's themes, the Archons aren't entities of entropic chaos, but absolute order. When the universe reorients itself in their presence, it's not because it's breaking down, but because it's coming more in line with the Archons' specifications.
** ''Zenith'' in ''[[
** His run on ''[[
** [[Exactly What It Says
* The DCU ''[[Fifty Two|52]]'' miniseries introduced the Four Horsemen of Apokolips: ancient, primal entities that hail from Apokolips and predate the New Gods. They are limited only by their inability to physically manifest in the universe without assistance. In their debut, using flawed bodies that could only channel a fraction of their true power, they devastated [[Qurac|Kahndaq]], murdered Black Adam's new family, and nearly killed Black Adam himself. Thankfully, they are now [[Sealed Evil in
** Furthermore, 52 featured {{spoiler|the evolution of the villain Mr. Mind, who became a cosmically huge insect abomination. He's responsible for the differences between the 52 realities of the DC multiverse, having [[Clock Roaches|literally eaten key moments in time]] from all but one of them.}}
** The 5th Dimensional Imps, of which [[
** One of [[Alan Moore]]'s early works is ''[[Whatever Happened to
** In one issue, [[Superman]] teleports to the Edge of the Universe. Way out there, space becomes white, and after that, there is a MASSIVE, INFINITE WALL of Eldritch [[Abominations/Body Horror|Body Horrors]] marking the final boundary between our universe and the next one over. In [[Countdown to Final Crisis]], though, this wall has symbols and statues of humanoid figures on it, like it's the outside wall of the Monitor's base.
*** This Source Wall lies on the edge of the known universe, in the Promethean Galaxy. Beyond the wall lies what is known as The Source, a cosmic essence or being that is the "source" of all that exists. The wall is theoretically passable. However, all those who try have been inevitably trapped in it. Over time, it has been made up of the bodies of would-be conquerors and curiosity seekers from all across the universe.
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** The same series has the Jin-En-Mok and the Silk Man, surviours of the destruction of what's described as "an earlier, cruder Creation" and so very horrible in their own, special ways.
* One played a major role in [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Cyborg's]] origin in the comics. While visiting his parents at S.T.A.R. Labs, Victor's mother Elinor accidentally activated the experimental dimensional portal device his parents were working on at the time. The...''thing'' that came through it immediately devoured his mother and mutilated Victor before his father Silas forced it back into its own dimension, {{spoiler|but not before the creature gave him a terminal case of radiation sickness}}. Silas barely managed to save his son using cyborg prosthetics of his own design, but Victor resented him for turning him into a "cyborg freak" for years, believing that his father wanted to experiment on him, {{spoiler|until Silas revealed that he was dying thanks to the radiation. This led to Cyborg getting over his bitterness towards his father, and they spent one last day together as father and son before Silas died}}.
* The recent run on the ''[[Green Lantern]]'' comics has seen various alien entities that are incarnations of the various colors of the emotional spectrum, which has led to some fan speculating that these beasts may be like infant Chaos Gods from [[Warhammer
** The Orange entity (Avarice) was confirmed by [[Word of God]] to be the voice within the Orange Lantern Battery that converts its wielder into Agent Orange. Atrocitus initially assumed [[The Spectre]], the agent of God's Wrath, was the Rage entity. The Spectre denied this, claiming that he has ''met'' the Rage entity and warning Atrocitus (who, as one of the Five Inversions, is ''himself'' a [[Humanoid Abomination]] even without his red power ring) that seeking it out would only lead to his destruction. Avara, the blue entity of hope, looks basically like a huge eagle...with three faces and beaks; while Proselyte, the indigo entity of compassion, is just a massive octopus. Presumably, he just wants to hug you.
** Butcher, the red entity of rage, is a bull.
** {{spoiler|Nekron, the Guardian of the Black Lantern Corps}}, whose plan is revealed to be {{spoiler|killing The Entity, the being of White Light that gave birth to all life, and, as a result, kill everything in a instant.}} The moment he dealt the first blow, we know he meant business. And [[Time Abyss|he was created by the darkness preceding the universe.]] {{spoiler|Nekron}} is such an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that he can't even exist as a physical entity. He needs a tether for that, which comes in the form of the [[I Love the Dead|necrophilic]] [[The Antichrist|herald of death]], William Hand. {{spoiler|This only works when he's dead, however.}}
* ''[[Hellboy (
** The Ogdru Jahad's most powerful servants are the Ogdru Hem, 369 lesser abominations, each incredibly powerful in their own right. These include Sadu-Hem, the Conqueror Worm [[Ghostapo|summoned by Von Klempt]], and the discorporated entity that [[Demonic Possession|possesses]] the ectoplasmic medium Mr. Tod when he goes off "fishing in the deep-end".
** Additional Ogdru Hem show up in ''[[BPRD]]''--Katha-Hem, who ravages the central United States, and the unnamed creature in the Salton Sea, breathing the upgraded form of [[The Virus|the Frogman Plague]] into the atmosphere.
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** In the recent ''Realm Of Kings'' one-shot, Quasar visited an [[Alternate Universe]] which was apparently sold to Dark Gods. Not only does everybody in this world carry an [[Eldritch Abomination]] inside one's body, but the whole UNIVERSE is also one fricking [[Eldritch Abomination]]. It turns out that the whole thing started when somebody {{spoiler|who turned out to be Captain Marvel}} ''killed Death'' in this universe, which caused life to grow unfettered...and turn cancerous.
{{quote| '''Quasar:''' I'm Protector Of The Universe. But how am I supposed to protect it from {{spoiler|another universe? Planets, stars, whole galaxies that want to crush us all.}} I asked what's the worst that could happen. This is my answer.}}
** ''[[The Thanos Imperative]]'' event is about said universe finally flooding into the 616 proper. Just to give you an idea of how terrible this is, not only has Galactus joined the resistance, not only have the freakin' Celestials joined the fight, but the Guardians of the Galaxy are forced to recruit '''[[Thanos
*** And best of all: you know Shuma-Gorath, mentioned above? [[Word of God]] states he's a Many-Angled One, ie, ''a member of the Dark Gods that rule the Cancerverse''. At least it all exploded when Death came back into existence...though given [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Shuma-Gorath]], [[Joker Immunity|it's very likely the Many-Angled Ones are okay with that.]]
** From the ''[[Incredible Hercules]]'' event ''Chaos War'' - Amatsu-Mikaboshi, '''[[Omnicidal Maniac|CHAOS KING]]'''. Like Galactus, he comes from a Universe that was before the current [[Marvel Universe]] -- or rather, he '''was''' that universe. He's Anti-Eternity, [[Evil Twin]] of Eternity, [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the Universe itself, an ultimate force of destruction that will not rest until the Universe is destroyed and nothing aside from him remains. And he can squish All-Father level gods like they were flies.
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* One [[Donald Duck]] issue revealed that a giant octopus called Ar-Finn sleeps beneath the depths in a sunken city (Cthulhu and R'lyeh, anyone?). Our reality (or at least Donald's) exists only because Ar-Finn dreams about it. If he wakes up, the world will start to adapt to his image, with the architecture becoming more and more alien and the people more octopoid in appearance. It was awfully cynical for a Disney story, especially the ending, where Donald is horrified to find out that [[Schrodinger's Butterfly|our whole existence is just a dream]]. Probably as close to Lovecraftian standards as Disney will come for the foreseeable future.
* In ''[[Watchmen]]'', {{spoiler|Ozymandias creates a genetically modified monstrosity designed to look like one of these.}} [[Freud Was Right|It looks like the Sarlacc if Sigmund Freud was in charge of Star Wars.]]
* ''[[
** Later villain Mary Shelley Lovecraft, a metafictional entity who seeks to tear down the walls between "ideaspace" and reality. Intentionally or not, her mere presence in a reality causes stories to blur together (while in the Lovebunny Universe, the events of Lovecraft's ''The Colour Out of Space'' occurred, and while in the [[Archie Comics]]-inspired town of Haverhill, ''"The Shadow Over Haverhill"'' happened, with some ''[[Frankenstein]]'' thrown in for good measure). The only reason [[Badass Normal|Cassie]] and [[The Big Guy|Vlad]] managed to (temporarily) kill her was because she was severely weakened due to a confrontation with a shitload of superheroes (despite taking place in some kind of void, the power she exerted in that battle was able to reach the ''Hack/Slash'' Universe and cause every [[Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday|holiday-themed]] slasher to come out of hibernation early).
* [[The Authority]] once faced "the closest thing to [[God]] this Solar System has ever seen". It was so big that Carrier, a city-sized spaceship, could travel its circulatory system like a bacteria travels ours and old enough that his parasites evolved into an entire civilization. This monster was responsible for Earth's creation and lived on it for some time. When he came back, he wasn't pleased to find out that his planet had new tenants.
** ''The Lost Year'' miniseries also dealt with the Authority ending up in a universe without superpowered beings and trying to figure out why their powers were wonky. As the Doctor put it, they'd ended up in a universe where Lovecraft was right -- the earth was in thrall to a cosmic parasite that lurked in the back of everyone's minds. And the Authority's presence just [[Oh Crap|woke it up]].
*** The feeding of said parasite caused a lot of problems for its victims, with many people suffering headaches, nausea, irritation, exhaustion, and general misery, with occasional people committing horrible acts or even suicide because of the thing's presence. Did we mention this world was exactly like ours? [[Paranoia Fuel|Commence paranoia now...]]
* Caged Demonwolf from ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'' is an extradimensional [[Energy Being]] so powerful that, before his [[Sealed Evil in
* Some of these were responsible for Ramjet's [[Lovecraftian Superpower|Lovecraftian Superpowers]] in the ''[[Transformers]]'' comics. A servant of Unicron, Ramjet ended up in the creatures' world when his master imploded and was unmade and remade a few times by the creatures for fun, and when they got bored with him, they dumped him back on his homeworld.
* The unfinished miniseries ''[[A Nightmare
** Judging by what we see of them in ''Freddy's Dead'', they probably qualify even without this series explaining it.
* In ''[[Ghostopolis]]'', any living person who ends up in the titular city has the potential to become this.
* ''[[The Umbrella Academy]]'' has this by way of the team's [[Dead Little Sister]], Ben Hargreeves AKA The Horror. He's a nice guy, but possesses the most unholy and terrifying otherworldly monsters crawling under his skin that occasionally explode out of his stomach.
* M'Gubgub from ''[[Nth Man:
{{quote| "This is but the merest pseudopod of my being! A single follicle protruding from a minor pore! I exist simultaneously in countless forms, stretching out beyond your planetary system into the cold barren emptiness between the stars."}}
* The titular memory-eating parasites from [[Vertigo Comics]]' ''Mnemovore'', [[Through the Eyes of Madness|maybe]].
* Many antagonists (especially [[Bigger Bad|Bigger Bads]]) from ''[[
* Back in the 1980s, [[Alan Moore]] wrote several stories for Marvel UK's ''[[Star Wars]]'' comics which pitted the heroes against weird opponents like [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bedlam_Spirits the Bedlam Spirits] and [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wutzek Wutzek, the last Force Demon]. Whether or not these are still canonical is disputed (although the presence of ''Star Wars'' entities on other subpages of the trope may not bode well for [[The Verse|the Galaxy]]).
* The super-organism in [[Bio Apocalypse]] has a habit of spawning these and might even qualify as one itself.
* While we don't know much about them yet, The Hunters Three of the relaunch [[
* The new run on ''[[
** It's implied that Sethe and abovementioned The Hunters Three serve the same dark forces.
* [[Atomic Robo]] had to fight an extradimensional [[Eldritch Abomination]] once - or four times, more accurately. Not because it kept coming back, but because it existed simultaneously across several points in space-time.
* The ''[[Darkwing Duck (
* From ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' comes the omniscient supercomputer FATE, which is worshiped as a living goddess by the fascist dictator Adam Susan. At first glance, it simply appears that Susan is insane and thinks the computer is alive, but then you think...what if it is?
* "Them" from [[El Eternauta]] easily come off as this; the best description we are given is that they are the "cosmic hatred".
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