In fact, almost all 100 or so Eternals have forgotten who they are and are living as humans in the modern world. Mark is skeptical of course, except that some of the details fit those recurring dreams he’s been having. Ikaris’ sales pitch doubles as a helpful origin story for the reader who may be unfamiliar with Eternals (immortal, super powers), Deviants (ever-changing, monstrous, proliferous), and Celestials (Space Gods, sparkers of life, judgemental daddies). Mark Curry believes himself to be living a totally normal, human life as a med student until Ike Harris, or Ikaris, topples the apple cart trying to convince Mark, aka Makkari, of their shared immortality as Eternals. Now, with a major motion picture on the way and a new, similarly ambitious relaunch around the corner, let’s take a moment to look back at this now-evergreen, contemporary introduction to… the Eternals. It is gorgeous, cinematic, and so stuffed with fresh ideas that it can lose track of its own plot. Their Eternals miniseries plays off of the property’s own obscurity, priming it to be the definitive introduction for readers of the mid-aughts and beyond. to create an ambitious, quasi-magical mythology, not unlike American Gods, that tapped into the then-ongoing conversations about intelligent design. Gaiman joined heavy-weight penciller John Romita Jr. In 2006, Marvel tapped Neil Gaiman (of Sandman and American Gods fame) to resuscitate their long-dormant Eternals line.

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