N'Garai

N'Garai
An N'Garai demon surprises Kitty Pryde in Uncanny X-Men issue 143.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	X-Men vol. 1, #96 (December 1975)
Created by	Bill Mantlo, Chris Claremont, and Dave Cockrum

The N'Garai are a fictional race found in the Marvel Comics universe.

The N'Garai first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #96 (December 1975), and were created by Bill Mantlo, Chris Claremont, and Dave Cockrum.

The N'Garai subsequently appear in The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #22 (March 1976), #24 (May 1976), Marvel Premiere #7 (June 1976), Marvel Team-Up #79 (March 1979), Doctor Strange #42-45 (August 1980-February 1981), The Uncanny X-Men #143 (March 1981), Ka-Zar the Savage #13 (April 1982), Uncanny X-Men #159 (July 1982), Magik #1-4 (December 1983-March 1984), Incredible Hulk #308 (June 1985), Darkhold #3-4 (December 1992-January 1993), Marvel Comics Presents #145 (December 1993), Wolverine Annual '95, X-Men Unlimited #9 (December 1995), X-Men #75 (May 1998), X-Men: Soul Killer (1999), Avengers #28-30 (May–July 2000), X-Men: Black Sun #1-5 (2000), and Free Comic Book Day 2008 X-Men (2008).

The N'Garai are a race of demons created by Chthon, and have come into conflict with the Midnight Sons, the Hulk, and the X-Men. The N'Garai are ruled by Kierrok the Damned.

The N'Garai once lived on Earth, but left for another dimension (located within Chthon's "Flickering Realms") roughly a million years ago and are now intent on returning to Earth. Their extensions into the physical world tend to take the form of small, stone towers. Destruction of these towers has, many times, harmed the N'Garai, though the towers sometimes regenerate over time.

One of these towers has appeared time and time again on the grounds of the X-Mansion. Cyclops accidentally blew open the top of the cairn in anger over Thunderbird's death. While Cyclops and the other X-Men fought Kierrok, Storm was able to seal the tomb again later in the fight with a massive electrical discharge. In the same issue, the long-running supporting character Moira MacTaggert was introduced, making a memorable first impression by attacking the demon with a machine gun. One of the first incursions involved a larger demon confronting Shadowcat, who was alone in the mansion at the time. She eventually destroyed it with the jet engines of the X-Men's plane.