About this title: 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! This work collects "Eternals", numbered 1-7.
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Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marvel Comics, New York, NY
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785125419ISBN:0785125418
Description: John Romita Jr. New in New jacket. First edition/first printing. Originally published in single magazine form in Eternals #1-7. Book is in fine (unread) condition with a fine unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. read more
Edition: Presumed First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marvel Comics, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785125419ISBN:0785125418
Description: Romita, John Jr. Fine in Fine jacket. Graphic Novel. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Created by Jack Kirby and brought back by Gaiman and Romita. New-still in publisher shrinkwrap. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
Date Published: 2008-07-02
ISBN-13:9780785121770ISBN:0785121773
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780785121770. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780785121770ISBN:0785121773
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marvel Comics, New York, NY
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785121763ISBN:0785121765
Description: John Romita Jr. New in New jacket. First edition/first printing. Alternate cover. Originally published in single magazine form in Eternals #1-7. Book is in fine (unread) condition with a fine unclipped dustjacket protected in a Brodart wrapper. An Attractive Copy! Please feel free to ask me for pictures or more information, Thanks. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marvel Enterprises
Date Published: 2007-05-23
ISBN-13:9780785125419ISBN:0785125418
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780785125419. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785125419ISBN:0785125418
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PANINI PUBLISHING LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781905239573ISBN:1905239572
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 276 pages. (276 pages) written by hugo and eisner award-winner neil gaiman and illustrated by the celebrated and popular john romita jr, this volume collects eternals volume 1 nos 1-6, plus eternals sketchbook and marvel spotlight. chiefly illustrations (Paperback) read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780785121770ISBN:0785121773
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 256 pages. Present a tale that changes the eternals and the marvel universe forever. chiefly col. illustrations (Paperback) read more
Edition: BOOK MARKET ED
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785125419ISBN:0785125418
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 256 pages. 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? chiefly col. illustrations edition book market ed (Hardback) read more
Edition: First Edition/First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marvel Enterprises, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785125419ISBN:0785125418
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Comic A square solid tight clean un-read copy. The jacket has some veryyyy light rubbing wear else fine. Compilation edition that contains material originally published as Eternals Issues #1-7. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marvel, New York
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780785121763ISBN:0785121765
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Small Folio-8" x 11" Signed. [SF-FL]. Hardcover, bound in boards with alternate cover dustjacket. Originally published in single magazine form in Eternals #1-7. Inscribed and signed by Gaiman. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Marvel
Date Published: 2007
Description: Very good condition, ex-library, spine slightly warped from DJ plastic wrap, very good protected dust jacket, pages very good, no pocket, Unpaged pp. Hardcover. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780785121770ISBN:0785121773
Description: Good. Cover and pages may have some wear or writing. Binding is tight. We ship daily Monday-Friday. Delivery Confirmation included on all domestic orders. read more
"I generally stay away from the Marvel/DC realms of superhero comics, with a few notable exceptions. One of those exceptions is anything written by Neil Gaiman. Here he has done, again, what he does so well in taking an old property of one of those two comics giants and rebooting it with incredibly good fun, beauty, and depth.
The Eternals was an old title from Marvel in the 1970s that apparently never quite fit in with the rest of their universe; thus it languished a bit and, in the opinion of Gaiman, never quite received the proper treatment that the core idea deserved. Gaiman has righted that wrong by crafting a solid story and teaming up with celebrated artist John Romita Jr., who's art here is fantastic.
The story involves a creation myth of sorts, a super-human race hidden amongst normal mankind who have lost their history, catastrophically huge demi-gods, and appearances by a few other Marvel heroes, Iron Man being the most notable. I didn't find that I missed out a whole lot by not knowing in intricate detail the storylines of these mainstream Marvel characters; The Eternals stands well on its own."
"Celestials, giant candy-colored robots creatures from outer space, came to the earth a long, long time ago to seed the planet with life. Plants, dinosaurs, humanoid types, the works. They created the Eternals, a hundred of them; they look like humans but they have super powers and used to be worshiped as gods. They also created Deviants, millions of them, which are monsters that come in ton of shades of evil.
Something happens (I won't say what, precisely) and the Eternals lose their memory of who they are. Enter the two (reluctant) heroes, Mark and Sersi. They think they are human but they are really Eternals. One of them is eventually convinced to help save the world from certain doom.
This has classic Gaiman elements of fantasy and a world-spanning epic nature. Sadly, I must retract my early claim that this has a great plot. Maybe it's my general unfamiliarity with comic book story lines, but I found it hard to follow who the good guys and the bad guys were. They seemed to keep switching around and after a while I didn't care enough to keep them straight. That said, I did read through to the quasi-end, which was really just a set up for the next volume (which is fine, that's how comics work).
People who are more into comics would probably enjoy this more than I did. I love Neil Gaiman's fiction and was hoping for more of a graphic novel, not a glorified comic book."
"In a wonderful homage to their original creator, Jack Kirby, Neil Gaiman provides a great tale of the Eternals, their mission and their fall from seeming immortality. Delving deep into their extra-terrestrial origins, Gaiman tells a great story that brings these characters back into the Marvel Universe and provides them with a role and place which they have lacked for almost 30 years. John Romita, Jr's artwork is top-notch."
"Very quickly you get the feeling that this story did not go as planned. Apparently originally scheduled for six issues, it ballooned to seven near the end, and it shows from how oblong the ending goes; a fight scene is added, antagonists disappear or switch side with little explanation, and the whole thing feels both rushed and padded. No wonder, then, that a regular series sprouted from this. But for its shaky narrative, it's an amusing story about ancient beings we'd call gods, who were designed by beings they'd call gods, who aren't aren't talking to anybody. They all wake up now, with millions of years of history unaccounted for, and visions of lives they led. Gaiman proudly straddles the hokeyness, even letting Iron Man and Ant Man pop in. It wore out its charm around the line, "He's madder than Forlock the Extremely Mad!" but I still let it slide for serving as a love letter to the Kirby era in comics."
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