History
Origins[]
Dagoth was the spawn of Dagon (presumed to be one of the Old Ones or possibly a degenerated god).[3]
At some point, the dimensional warlords Dagoth, Umar, Tiboro, and Aggamon became hated rivals.[5]
Kalumesh[]
Dagoth was worshipped by the people of Kalumesh, while at the same time he came to become a worshipper of Shuma-Gorath. He was gifted the Starstone by Kulthas of the Green Planet, a fellow worshipper.
Eventually, the city of Kalumesh was sunk by the "Elder Ones who represent good", but Dagoth continued to inhabit the waters surrounding it.[1]
Hyborian Age[]
During the Hyborian Age, a place in the Dark Valley in Koth was known as Dagoth Hill.[6] The relation, if any, of that place (or its inhabitant, the Demon of Dark Valley) to Dagoth is unknown.
Modern Age[]
Shuma-Gorath's awakening[]
As the reawakening of Shuma-Gorath came closer, Dagoth attacked Henry Gordon and his housekeeper Blondine when they discovered the sunken ruins of Kalumesh. The two were saved by Doctor Strange, who happened to be flying overhead, and he forced Dagoth to retreat.
Later, Dagoth took control of Blondine, who was in actuality the reincarnation of one of his ancient priestesses, and used her to release a great power from the Starstone that had washed up on the beach that Dagoth used to enslave the inhabitants of the nearby village, but was once again defeated by Doctor Strange and banished to another dimension.[1]
Death[]
Along with fellow Warlords Aggamon, Tiboro, and Umar, Dagoth bestowed power to murderer of Doctor Strange,[7] Kaecilius,[8] allowing him to return to reality after the dissolution of The Barrier and raise Kalumesh from the ocean by calling due archaic blood debts from families who remembered their allegiances of old to him.[9] He was later defeated by the Three Mothers. He called upon Umar, Tiboro, and Aggamon for help, but they mocked him. and fed to their master, the Peregrine Child.[7]Notes
- Dagoth was created in "The Shadows of the Starstone!" (Marvel Premiere #7; March, 1973), a Doctor Strange/Cthulhu Mythos pastiche written by Gardner Fox and penciled by Craig Russell.
- Dagoth's name was presumably inspired by Robert E. Howard's Dagoth Hill, mentioned in "The Scarlet Citadel" (Weird Tales, January 1933), adapted in Savage Sword of Conan #30 (June, 1978), written by Roy Thomas and penciled by Frank Brunner, along with H.P. Lovecraft's Dagon.
- Dagoth was later created by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas in "Conan, King of Thieves", an early script for the movie Conan the Destroyer (1984), adapted in Marvel Comics Super Special #35 (December, 1984), written by Michael Fleisher and penciled by John Buscema.
- As the movie had drifted away from Thomas' and Conway's original plot, they decided to adapt that early script into Conan the Barbarian: The Horn of Azoth (February, 1990), basically "Conan, King of Thieves" with a few changes of names to avoid confusion,[10] such as Dagoth, changed to "Azoth[11] (Azoth was nevertheless called "Dagoth" once).
Trivia
See Also
- 4 appearance(s) of Dagoth (Earth-616)
- 3 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Dagoth (Earth-616)
- 2 minor appearance(s) of Dagoth (Earth-616)
- 3 mention(s) of Dagoth (Earth-616)
- 5 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Dagoth (Earth-616)
- 3 image(s) of Dagoth (Earth-616)
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Marvel Premiere #7
- ↑ Marvel Premiere #8
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marvel Zombies: The Book of Angels, Demons & Various Monstrosities #1 ; Demons' profile
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update #3 ; Annunaki's profil, Dagon's second paragraph
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Death of Doctor Strange #4 ; Chapter Ten: The Drawing Room
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian #45
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Death of Doctor Strange #3
- ↑ Death of Doctor Strange #4
- ↑ Death of Doctor Strange #2
- ↑ Conan the Barbarian: The Horn of Azoth #1 ; Conan the Screenplay
- ↑ Article on Mental Floss