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The Eternals was a Marvel comic book series originally created by Jack Kirby. Premiering in 1976, it was the story of the Eternals, a race of nigh-immortal humanoids created by the giant Celestials to defend humanity against the monstrous Deviants. The original series ran for 19 issues (and one annual) before being cancelled with several of its plotlines unresolved.The idea was revisited in a 12-issue miniseries by Paul Gillis in 1985, but it failed to inspire an ongoing series, and then-editor-in-chief Jim Shooter was so dissatisfied with Gillis' scripts that he brought in Walt Simonson to write the last four issues.In 2003, Chuck Austen (yes, that Chuck Austen) and Kev Walker attempted a re-imagining of the concept for Marvel's MAX line called The Eternal. In this version, the Eternals are slaves deployed by the Celestials to forcibly evolve lesser creatures so that they can be exploited for labor... until their leader falls in love and decides to rebel against the Celestials' orders. The less said about that miniseries, the better.The original idea was then picked up by Neil Gaiman and John Romita, Jr. for a seven-issue miniseries in 2006. In this miniseries, the Eternals have all been tricked into believing that they're just regular humans, but need to start remembering who they were after the Deviants plot to revive a Celestial who has been buried on Earth, and who plots to destroy the planet if awoken. This led to a short-lived ongoing by Charles and Daniel Knauf and Daniel Acuna.Shortly before the release of Avengers: Infinity War, it was revealed by Kevin Feige that Marvel Studios was in the early stages of developing a film adaptation of the series as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Feige indicated that it would be based on Gaiman's series and would place its narrative emphasis on Sersi. It was later revealed that a script for the film was in active production by writers Matthew and Ryan Firpo, although Marvel opted not to announce the project in keeping in line with their secrecy on nearly every post-Avengers 4 project.Aside from the standalone film, the mythology of the franchise was previously alluded to in other MCU movies. Guardians of the Galaxy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 introduced the concepts of Celestials in the films, with Eson the Searcher having a cameo, Knowhere being the decomposing head of a long-dead Celestial, and Ego the Living Planet referring to himself as a Celestial. Infinity War itself has a reference to the franchise in that Thanos's father, A'Lars (The Mentor), is mentioned by name, and Thanos's home world of Titan was a home for the species. propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); }); This series contains examples of: | |
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