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| Eternals | 
 enlarge | Author: Neil Gaiman
Creator: John Romita Jr.
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 18575
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.5 x 0.4
ISBN: 0785121773
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5942
EAN: 9780785121770
ASIN: 0785121773
Publication Date: July 16, 2008
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Product Description
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! Collects Eternals #1-7.
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 Awesome October 27, 2008
If you like Neil Gaiman, and especially if you like comics, you need to get this or borrow it from a friend/library right away. It doesn't take long to read, but it is amazing.
 Weak story line September 10, 2008
Maybe I've gotten too used to Neil Gaiman's quality writing - e.g. Sandman, Anansi, American Gods, etc.. but this was a weak story line. Maybe it was the material - too similar to Kirby's New Gods DC line (personally I think that was a better effort on Kirby's part - but just my 2cents). Romita's drawings are OK. Neil's name on the cover was what got me to buy into this effort, but I was left disappointed, much like his re-imagining of the Marvel universe in colonial times. Unless you're a die hard Marvel/Eternals fan - save yourself a few pennies.
Setup, but it's Neil Gaiman doing another comic series-- how can you go wrong? July 18, 2008
Neil Gaiman, Eternals (Marvel, 2007)
Neil Gaiman working on a superhero comic? I signed up for this one as soon as I heard about it, and it didn't disappoint. Not much, anyway. (My disappointment will vanish entirely as soon as there is a volume 2.)
Eternals is basically set-up for a larger, as yet unrealized, series; we get to meet the characters, all of whom we already know in other flavors through the Marvel universe, and then we get the scene set for us. The characters, of course, have Gaiman's touch added to them, and a fine touch it is, as anyone who's perused his Sandman books is well aware. So you're not really reading this one for plot (though I don't mean to suggest there's no action to be found here; there certainly is), but just to get a feel for what's happening. The obvious-setup angle made me think about other series that simply started off with a bang and built up from there (Azzarello's 100 Bullets is the one that comes most quickly to mind); Eternals is a great example of the fact that a nothing-but-setup book is quite capable of working in the correct hands. Can't wait to see where this one is going. ****
 Entertaining but Lifeless Blockbuster from Gaiman and Romita May 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Marvel Knights fans will recognize the central conceit here from Paul Jenkins's Sentry reboot--longlost superheroes from another era have forgotten who they were, and so has the world. The main difference between the two series, however, is that the Sentry was a modern-day creation by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, while the Eternals were created by the legendary Jack Kirby in the 1970's.
In the case of the Eternals, at least one person remembers them--Tony Stark--although it's not clear why he does. There's a mythology here involving three alien races, the Celestials, Deviants, and the Eternals, and something vague about the origins of life on Earth. The script, by Neil Gaiman, has its moments, while John Romita Jr.'s art is as visually stunning as always. Unfortunately, it's pretty clear that the mandate here is to re-introduce the characters into the Marvel Universe--and not to tell a complete story. While Gaiman doesn't stay entirely faithful to Kirby's Eternals mythology, one ends up wondering if Kirby's original creation, that lasted only 19 issues, was strong enough to warrant bringing back.
Fantastic short reading experience March 8, 2008
This comic book masterpiece is a pleasure to read! The quality of the art together with a well written story generate a book you do not want to put down in the middle. I really wished it wouldn't end so soon.
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