Originally posted by zopzop
That's not the point. The beings in the Thanos Imperative storyline are not the same as the beings in that Strange Tales storyline.The "old ones" in the Strange Tales arc were low level demons that human mages imprisoned over the course of centuries on EARTH.
The "old ones" in the Thanos Imperative arc were super powerful alien entities, yes READ LOVECRAFT. Cthulhu was an ALIEN.
What exactly were the elements that certain Loevcraftian monsters were associated with? Air, fire, earth and water.
The water element associated demons were: Cthulhu, Dagon, Ghatanothoa, Mother Hydra, Zoth-Ommog.
So, just like the Lovecraftian monsters, the Eldritch Old Ones are extradimensional cosmic beings, each of them associated with a particular element, each of them being represented in a demonic form, and each being "an evil" whom humans are able to fight against.
Case rested.