History ComicBook / TheEternals1985

Whereas Kirby’s [[ComicBook/TheEternals initial series]] had mostly stayed separate from the shared Marvel universe, the characters subsequently made guest appearances in comics such as ''ComicBook/IronMan'', ''ComicBook/{{Thor}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''. Additionally, several backup stories in ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' had expanded on their origins and connected them to Creator/JimStarlin’s Titans.

* KilledOffForReal: Margo Damian, Ikaris’s love interest (introduced in the original Kirby series), is killed towards the end of this one.

* EvilIsNotAToy: Ghaur taps into [[SealedEvilInACan the Dreaming Celestial’s power]]. It doesn’t go quite the way he’s hoped.

* MercyKill: Kro’s friend, the mighty Cataphrax, has his mind erased after the priesthood fakes his death and puts him into cryogenic storage. After they wake him and realize his condition, a grieving Kro asks Thena to grant Cataphrax a cleaner death.

!!''Eternals (1985)'' provides examples of:

* DeadManWriting: Zuras left a final message for his daughter Thena.

* ChekhovsGun: In the first issue, Makkari uses hologram projectors to hide the low attendance at Thena’s coronation. Towards the end of the series, Karkas (the only other attendee who was actually there) uses the same device to trick Ghaur into believing that Ikaris is still in Olympia.

* BigBad: Ghaur until the very end of the series, when the Dreaming Celestial starts to wake and he finds himself out of his depth.

All of this means that this second series, following on from those guest appearances, starts in a very different situation to the end of the last one. Zuras, leader of the Eternals, has now been killed by the Eternals’ creators, the Celestials. The Celestials have also left Earth, at least for the next few decades. Brother Tode, leader of their enemies the Deviants (and a recurring villain for the first series), has been defeated and killed by the Eternals. Tode’s general and right-hand man, Kro, has gone into hiding.

''The Eternals'' is a Marvel comic book maxi-series, revisiting the characters created by Creator/JackKirby. It’s mostly written by Peter B. Gillis (Creator/WaltSimonson took over as writer for the last four issues)

Whereas Kirby’s [[ComicBook/TheEternals initial series]] had mostly stayed separate from the shared Marvel universe, the characters subsequently made guest appearances in comics such as ''ComicBook/IronMan'', ''ComicBook/{{Thor}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''. Additionally, a number of backup stories in ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' had expanded on their origins and connected them to Creator/JimStarlin’s Titans.

!!This series contains examples of:

Whereas Kirby’s [[ComicBook/TheEternals initial series]] had mostly stayed separate from the shared Marvel universe, the characters subsequently made guest appearances in comics such as ''ComicBook/IronMan'', ''ComicBook/{{Thor}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''. Additionally, a number of back-up stories in ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' had expanded on their origins and connected them to Creator/JimStarlin’s Titans.

All of which means that this second series, following on from those guest appearances, starts in a very different situation to the end of the last one. Zuras, leader of the Eternals, has now been killed by the Eternals’ creators, the Celestials. The Celestials have also left Earth, at least for the next few decades. Brother Tode, leader of their enemies the Deviants (and a recurring villain for the first series), has been defeated and killed by the Eternals. Tode’s general and right-hand man, Kro, has gone into hiding.

* AccidentalMurder: Ghaur and Ahqlau try to disguise the kidnapped Margo Damian as a Deviant, not realising that their transformation device isn’t correctly calibrated for humans. Margo is transformed, but dies in the process.

* FakingTheDead: The Deviant priesthood of Lemuria have been doing this on a grand scale. Those sent to the ‘fire pits’ are actually spared and placed in cryogenic storage. On the other hand, they also have their minds erased.
* HologramProjectionImperfection: When Thena’s formally appointed as the new Prime Eternal, most of the others fail to turn up for the ceremony and disguise their absence with holograms. Which is fine until Ikaris’s image very visibly glitches...

* MercyKill: Kro’s friend, the mighty Cataphrax, has his mind erased after the priesthood fake his death and put him into cryogenic storage. After they wake him and realise his condition, a grieving Kro asks Thena to grant Cataphrax a cleaner death.

* MuggingTheMonster: Three gang members decide to assault a man sleeping on the New York subway, then turn on the only other passenger in the carriage. Unfortunately, they’re both Deviants, and the gang come to a very nasty end. One of the Deviants directly says that they wouldn’t have bothered the humans if they hadn’t attacked first...
* OffingTheOffspring: One Deviant recognises his supposedly dead father in Ghaur’s mindwiped army and defies the priests by rushing forward to greet him. His father shoots him dead.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: Kro has been influencing Thena via mind control technology - a ‘brain mine’ - for most of the series]]
* SealedEvilInACan: The Dreaming Celestial is portrayed this way. Although it becomes a LeakingCanOfEvil once Ghaur’s plan progresses.

* SealedEvilInACan: The Dreaming Celestial is portrayed this way.

Whereas Kirby’s [[ComicBook/TheEternals initial series]] had mostly stayed separate from the shared Marvel universe, the characters had since made guest appearances in comics such as ''ComicBook/IronMan'', ''ComicBook/{{Thor}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''. Additionally, a number of back-up stories in ''ComicBook/WhatIf'' had expanded on their origins and connected them to Creator/JimStarlin’s Titans.

All of which means that this second series, following on from those guest appearances, starts in a very different situation to the last one’s ending. Zuras, leader of the Eternals, has now been killed by the Eternals’ creators, the Celestials. The Celestials have also left Earth, at least for the next few decades. Brother Tode, leader of their enemies the Deviants (and a recurring villain for the first series), has been defeated and killed by the Eternals. Tode’s general and right-hand man, Kro, has gone into hiding.

* BigBad: Ghaur

* PeoplePuppets: Ghaur can do this to any Deviant whose genetic code he’s studied. It’s backed up by his MindControl powers too, giving him a very strong position in Lemuria.

With their hidden city of Olympia almost deserted, the few remaining Eternals on Earth now find themselves with a new leader and facing a new threat, as a sinister power rises to replace Tode’s regime in the Deviant city of Lemuria.

''The Eternals'' is a Marvel comic book maxi-series, revisiting the characters created by Creator/JackKirby.

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