The story would rather make us care about the Eternals’ human lives more than their immortal god lives (which wound up coming off as more of a waste of pages than adding depth to the characters). I ended up thinking this was a better plot than the one about the Deviants and the dreaming Celestial. To retcon the Eternals history and make them more palatable, Gaiman decides to make it so the eternally 11 year old Sprite makes all the Eternals forget their history and live their lives as normal humans in order to be able to age. If this series was meant to elaborate on their history and introduce them for a newer audience, I’m not sure that was accomplished. There are a couple of rumors floating around that there might be a Eternals movie, which if true would end up seeming like Marvel is trying to play catch up with DC on announcing a New Gods movie. The Eternals were originally a group of Jack Kirby characters (I know you could tell that by just looking at their outfits, but it needed to be said for posterity’s sake) who were creations of the Celestials made to protect Earth millions of years before present day. Admittedly, the Eternals are a part of Marvel I never fully understood, and I can’t say that after reading this I understand much more.

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