
Sketched in profile by the author himself, this Cthulhu doesn't exude planet-destroying rage. But maybe he's still in deathly repose patiently awaiting an opportunity to pounce.
February 1928, Chicago “The Call of Cthulhu” by H. P. Lovecraft is First Published
In February 1928 Weird Tales magazine publishes "The Call of Cthulhu" and Lovecraft's most celebrated story narrowly escaped the scrap heap.