And also, Bad Guys are so awful, they are like Nazis! In that they say vaguely Nazi-sounding things like, 'Tomorrow they will announce that atrocities have been committed by.

Everyone knows that ugly/deformed/otherwise differing-looking people are Teh Ebuls. Except for the Deviants, our Bad Guys it is obvious who they are because they are ugly! They have gross deformities like tentacles and fangs and mouths in their stomachs. The characters not even wooden so much as paper dolls marching around scenery, barely distinguishable. I can't wait to learn more about these people.ĭo you just love backstory?! Then this graphic novel may be for you! Cuz, there's really nothing else besides the backstory. It was interesting and better than most Marvel action comics I read for the older set. Gaiman brings his unique pen to spin this story. We only see like 10 of them in this story. The whole book, they are waking up to who they are.

During their last great Uni-mind one of the Eternals who is a stuck in a child's body made them all forget who they were. They have this ability to create a Uni-mind which can change time and events. They are supposed to protect humanity, although, one of them has now taken over a country in Eastern Europe. There are children of the Celestials which is what Ego was in Guardians 2 I believe. The Eternals have been on this world from the beginning of time. This was simply a beginning and I don't see more volumes for this run. I do feel like there was much more to the story. I hope they do make this into a movie and give it a good treatment. I didn't know anything about the Eternals and I was excited by this Marvel outing. Preferably told by someone other than Neil Gaiman? Anyone? that gives this a somewhat Marvel universe-y feel to it.Īt the end of this I was kind of left scratching my head, but maybe this isn't the whole thing? The story takes place during the events of the Superhero Registration Act, so there are a few cameos with Tony & Co. They're living among us as humans and occasionally superheroes. Ish.ĭue to vaguely explained happenings, the lion's share of these Eternals have been mindwiped and have no idea who or what they are anymore.

The Eternals are these super-powerful & immortal beings that were created before humanity, and they (I guess) act as our protectors when even bigger, more powerful, older immortal beings decide it may be time to end us. So, if he can do no wrong in your book, then you'll want to check this out. It does, however, have that typical Gaiman smell to it. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't exactly satisfying (to me) in any sort of a meaty story sort of way. The first time I read this I was a diehard Gaiman fangirl and I gave it 4 stars.

The eternals by neil gaiman