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Lovecraft is often credited with creating Weird fiction, and he did coin the term, but he emphatically didn't invent the genre. He was writing within a broader tradition of supernatural fantasy that had been growing and evolving since the first works of gothic horror were published in the late 1700s.
The short story that first mentions Cthulhu, The Call of Cthulhu, was published in Weird Tales in 1928, and established the character as a malevolent entity, hibernating within R'lyeh, an underwater city in the South Pacific.
10,560 ft tall. Assuming that Wilcox used the correct measuring tools and was not taking artistic liberties in describing his surreal nightly visions, Cthulhu is at least 10,560 ft tall (ie- at minimum 2 'miles').
It (Cthulhu is neither male nor female) is very ancient compared to humans, being around since the dinosaurs. It has the alien appearance of a large green dragon with the head of an octopus and human-like hands. There are said to be many people who worship it as their deity because of their powers over the mind.
On the one hand, Cthulhu is an immensely powerful being, capable of causing great destruction and terror. On the other hand, the Kraken is a massive creature with tentacles that can crush and drown it opponent in terms of sheer power, Cthulhu is likely the stronger of the two creatures.