PERDITION	ATLAS
Created by Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson

CITY INFORMATION

Official Name: Perdition
Location: Pennsylvania
Mayor: Mayor Mutteridge
First Appearance: Swamp Thing Vol. 1 #8 (December 1973): "The Lurker in Tunnel 13!"
Creators: Len Wein and Bernie Wrightson

HISTORY

A small Pennsylvania mining town where a man named Abraham Monroe summoned an ungodly entity named M'nagalah in the early 20th century. M'nagalah devoured Monroe and took control of the town, demanding living sacrifices and growing larger and more powerful over the years. Decades later, the Swamp Thing (IV) reached Perdition. The townfolk sent him to face M'nagalah, and the Swamp Thing apparently won. But M'nagalah survived, a part of his being clinging to the arm of a Jason Monroe. Jason's cousin, Dr Heathcliff Monroe, voluntarily became a vessel for M'nagalah and started a cult in his honor, holding the town in an iron grip. Finally, M'nagalah was again defeated by the Swamp Thing and the Challengers of the Unknown (I), the battle leaving Perdition in flames.