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Eternals (Hardcover)

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Jack Kirby's old Eternals series gets a serious dusting-off from Gaiman (Anansi Boys) and artist Romita. The Eternals, a super-race, are now scattered and forgetful of their powers and immortality, living mortal human lives of supreme normalcy (Sersi is a New York party girl, while Makkari believes himself to be Bellevue ER doc Mark Curry). Meanwhile their age-old enemies, the Deviants, stalk the earth with nefarious intentions, and at least one of the super-duper-race Celestials (who created both Deviants and Eternals eons ago) may be returning to Earth. The source of all this forgetfulness and strife appears to be the eternally 11-year-old Sprite, who desires to be allowed to age like an actual human. It is easy to spot Gaiman's touch in this modern-day clash between ancient forces, as he shies away from Kirby's '70s-era, Chariots of God–style alien mythologizing to focus more on the characters' slow coming to grips with the enormity of their identity and the loss of humanity that comes from being an Eternal. Romita's storytelling is strong without coming near Kirby's epochal original. While Gaiman fans will still sign up, it isn't long before the tale gets tangled in the Olympian scope of this often baffling struggle. (May)
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You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall. So why does no one remember any of this? Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602, Anansi Boys, Sandman) is joined by superstar artist John Romita Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine) to present a tale that will change the Eternals and the Marvel Universe forever! Collects Eternals #1-7.

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  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Marvel Comics (June 6, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785125418
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785125419
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 7.6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gaiman at his best with lovely pictures from Romita Jr., May 26, 2007
Jack Kirby created them and now Neil Gaiman has put his unique and always achingly beautiful spin on the Eternals. I loved this soaring, yet sensitive space opera years ago and what a pleasure it is to be reacquainted with Zuras, Thena and company. Gaiman makes it all fresh again without sacrificing the least of Kirby's baroque characters and concepts. John Romita Jr. provides gorgeous art that respects without preening. Once again this superb graphic novel reveals the heights and depths the comic book form is capable of achieving. Gaiman fans will love it and it would also be a great introduction to his work, in both the fiction and graphic novel genres. No previous knowledge of the Eternals is necessary, but knowing what has gone before certainly adds to the pleasure of the current work. They even managed to slip in some references to Marvel's Civil War big company-spanning and forever-changing multi-series, running concurrently.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Well-executed, but not Gaiman's best work., February 22, 2008
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This reads like the first three or four chapters of a really good Neil Gaiman series. The problem is, that's all. He does a magnificent job of setting up the characters, starting their stories, and precipitating them into conflict, but then the energy trails off, and the resolution is stamped far more with "ok, time to close this off and work on other projects" than it is "I have thought of a masterful reworking of this concept."

All in all, it's not bad, but it's more a revitalization of Kirby's characters than a reworking of them -- the transformative brilliance Gaiman has displayed in works like the Sandman series or _1602_ isn't present here. There's no flash of genius, just a technically well-executed story. There are strong, believable characters, a decent plot, compelling villains, and so forth. That's still better than a lot of things out there, and overall this is probably worth reading, but it isn't in the first rank of Gaiman's works.
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32 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Gaiman enlivens Kirby's notion, June 13, 2007
Neil Gaiman, who took a mothballed and gimmicky character from the DC Comics warehouse and created the Endless phenomenon, does similar service for Marvel Comics here by revisiting the late Jack Kirby's extraterrestial immortals. Kirby, who co-created Captain America for Marvel and devised the New Gods for DC, crafted the Eternals (nee Celestials) as a graphic response to "Chariots of the Gods?" and other ancient ET theories.

The fruit died on the vine back in the 1970s, but Gaiman has given new life to the concept.

Let me be frank: I've never been a fan of Kirby's inventions that, for all their purported godly origins, were just your average, oddly costumed superheroes. But, while DC inserts the New Gods into countless storylines, making them hard to ignore, the Eternals had fallen entirely off my radar over at Marvel. Until now; Gaiman's involvement was enough for me to give them a chance.

And he does it. He successfully remakes the Eternals in a way that honors Kirby's source material while shoehorning them into the Marvel Universe in a way that makes sense -- something Kirby himself was unable to do. And, while he hasn't created a sensation like the Endless, Gaiman has put some interesting concepts on the table; it remains to see what Marvel does with them next.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Story - Enjoyable
I enjoyed this story. I have never read any of the prior Eternals work by Jack Kirby so this was my first introduction to them. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Steve

5.0 out of 5 stars Am I eternal or an enternalist? -Rakim
Once again Neil Gaiman has displayed his mastery of the written word with this action filled ode to comic's golden age.
Published 4 months ago by A. Lester

3.0 out of 5 stars "explosive art work", inconsistant story line
I picked up this very slick volume having already read five Neil Gaiman books, but no graphic novels yet. I mostly like Mr. Read more
Published 6 months ago by K. Draper

2.0 out of 5 stars So Disappointing
Great subject to work with, but clearly, Neil was phoning this one in. A story with build-up, and no resolution, not even a real story, a descriptive narrative that goes nowhere.
Published 8 months ago by G. Kahn

4.0 out of 5 stars its a prequel
kind of hands out a bunch of questions and no answers, but it is an ok story anyway.
Published 9 months ago by N. Place

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it and want more...
Okay I will start by saying I am a huge Gaiman fan. So, I really like his stuff. When I saw that this had been released I stuck on my wish list and finally got it for Christmas... Read more
Published 11 months ago by K. Eckert

1.0 out of 5 stars Only if you're a Gaiman apologist...
Review by Brian Grindrod

Neil Gaiman's first seven volumes of the Sandman series is one of the finest comic books ever published. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Brian C. Grindrod

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
If you like Neil Gaiman, and especially if you like comics, you need to get this or borrow it from a friend/library right away. It doesn't take long to read, but it is amazing.
Published 14 months ago by Wesley Wilson

2.0 out of 5 stars Weak story line
Maybe I've gotten too used to Neil Gaiman's quality writing - e.g. Sandman, Anansi, American Gods, etc.. but this was a weak story line. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Roy Mathew

4.0 out of 5 stars Setup, but it's Neil Gaiman doing another comic series-- how can you go wrong?
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