Shuma-Gorath
Shuma-Gorath, also known by many other names such as “He who sleeps but shall awake,” is a villain from Marvel Comics. Ruler of hundreds of dimensions, Shuma-Gorath came to the Earth-Realm million years ago along with the other Old Ones, ruling the Earth and feasting on the ape-men He is primarily an antagonist to magical characters like Doctor Strange. As Shuma-Gorath is multiversal, all of his appearances across comics and games are considered canon.
Magic
- The Ancient One states Shuma-Gorath’s power is perhaps older and greater than theirs (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Kaluu states Mephisto and Satannish are “like mice in a great temple” compared to Shuma-Gorath (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Causes Doctor Strange to feel suffocated (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Attacks Doctor Strange with a magical blast, which Strange comments is power he has “never felt before” (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Appears in various forms to Doctor Strange, including a series of orbs, a beast from Ancient One’s memories, a vision of crucified Doctor Strange, a black abyss, and the Ancient One himself, before revealing his true form (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Produces a mystic image of Earth that he can use to actively change things on Earth; the same image was later used to temporarily destroy him (source)
- Downs several of the Invaders simply by appearing (source) (Invaders Now)
- Provides a passive buff to villains around him (source) (Invaders Now)
- Creates the beast Quoggoth, who is another cosmic horror able to create human-like decoys, summon monsters, physically subdue Cyclops, and keep Shuma-Gorath from destroying him (source) (Wolverine: First Class)
- Imprisons Quoggoth after being unable to destroy him (source) (Wolverine: First Class)
- Summons a protective shield that Power Man is not able to break (source) (Mighty Avengers)
- Infects several bystanders (source) (Mighty Avengers)
- Splits and takes over the Earth (source) (Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter)
- Able to destroy planets with the assistance of the Infinity Stones (source) (Marvel Super Heroes)
Strength
- Crushes several cavemen (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Slaps Vakume (source) (Marvel Knights 4)
- Causes destruction when emerging from underground (source) (Mighty Avengers)
- Grapples Dormammu (source) (Doctor Strange (2015))
- Knocks chunks out of buildings (source) (I Am Groot)
Durability
- Temporarily destroyed when Doctor Strange kills the Ancient One, severing Shuma-Gorath’s link to the real world (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Cannot be destroyed, only put to sleep, by Sise-Neg (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Unharmed by a blast from an amped Doctor Strange, though a tentacle was blown off by a similar blast (source) (Marvel Premiere (1972))
- Decked by Sue Storm (source) (Marvel Knights 4)
- Unharmed by a massive pillar of flame (source) (Marvel Knights 4)
- Heavily affected by having his equilibrium altered (source) (Marvel Knights 4)
- Banished off-page by Doctor Strange (source) (Marvel Knights 4)
- Ignores the Human Torch’s fireballs (source) (Invaders Now)
- Has a part of his tentacle frozen by Vision but is largely unaffected (source) (Invaders Now)
- Punched in the eye by Golden Age Vision (source) (Invaders Now)
- Pierced by the Spear of Destiny, which was the only thing that actually damaged him (source) (Invaders Now)
- Has a hole punched in him by Blue Marvel but doesn’t stay down for long (source) (Mighty Avengers)
- Destroyed by the empowered god within White Tiger and an attack from Spectrum (source) (Mighty Avengers)
- Blasted in the eye by Dormammu (source) (Doctor Strange (2015))
- Punched and kicked by a giant Groot (source) (I Am Groot)