It’s a knock down drag out fight between the Young Gods and the Eternals, in the pages of the Eternals Annual #1. I doubt this is going to be a whole Death of the Young Gods saga, but the sneak peek Marvel sent to Major Spoilers sure make it look like someone will live, someone will die, and the universe will never be the same…AGAIN!
Or - “I Think We Can Be Certain It’s Not Really Final…”
I started to try and write a big clever open, but y’know what?Â
RACCOON WITH A HEAVY MACHINE GUN!!!!!
How am I s’pose to top that?
Hot on the heels of the debut of Eternals #1, Marvel Comics has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the second issue of Eternals.
Another shot from the Marvel campaign.
We really want to keep things fair and balanced on Major Spoilers, so following the Starfire/Nightwing make out cover we present this one page from Marvel for the upcoming Eternals #1 - on sale June 11, 2008.
The Eternals are back in an all new series from Marvel Comics. The company has sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of the first issue that arrives in stores June 11, 2008.
Marvel Comics has sent Major Spoilers the variant cover to The Eternals #1 drawn by Marko Djurdjevic.
Eternals #1 arrives June 4, 2008.
Or - “The Song Remains The Same…”
Every limited series boils down to one of three premises. The establishment or re-emphasizing of important characters or bits of information that may be necessary for upcoming events (see the Annihilation minis or the Infinite Crisis buildup books, or even Uncle Sam & The Freedom Fighters). The second premise is to put and/or keep a character in the spotlight (most of Marvels’ original minis, the Ghost Rider: Hammer Lane mini, and the current White Tiger book all fit this criteria). The Eternals is an example of the third type of series, the revitalization/reworking of a character or characters who have fallen out of favor. Notable minis of this type include the two Bob Layton ‘Hercules’ miniseries, the recent four issue Union Jack book, and even Crisis on Infinite Earths itself. The funny part is, I didn’t recognize Eternals as a “Type 3″ until the end of this issue. It’s a testament to Neil Gaiman’s subtleties as a writer that he was able to completely reimagine a concept already filled with unbridled ideas, but it also makes what’s to come that much more difficult to deal with…
Or - “Time Is An Illusion. Lunchtime, Doubly So.”
In my other job, I have been fielding a lot of questions about why the series was solicited as 6 issues, but the story hasn’t ended here. Indeed, until this issue, each month’s Eternals bore the legend “(issue #) of 6.” Simple answer: Neil Gaiman asked for more pages to finish out his story, and, with millions upon millions of Sandman trades in circulation, you don’t say no to Neil Gaiman. He’s the nicest 500 pound gorilla in comics. When I covered issue four of this series, sometime back in the late Pleistocene era, I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the art, the mysteries of the plot, and the overall cosmic scope of what was going on… Now that the end is near, how has the series fared?
Marvel Comics has sent us the cover and variant cover to Eternals #6. The double-sized issue of Eternals is written by Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr. with the cover work done by Rick Berry and John Romita Jr.
Take the jump to see the covers and find out what his happening in the issue.
Or “How Can You Be Two Places At Once When You’re Not Anywhere At All?”
Neil Gaiman is one of those writers who make people like me flap their arms in a complete brain-melting furor, finally and completely aware of what it is to know you’re never going to be the best writer around, and furthermore, you’re probably not only not in the ballpark, you’re stuck in the parking lot of the wrong team, wearing a tinfoil helmet, a home-made uniform, and wielding a football bat. If Neil Gaiman, as a writer, is the equivalent of Prometheus bringing fire from Olympus, then I am, metaphorically speaking, the guy painted on the side of the FTD truck. Thus, I must throw aside natural jealousy to tell you the most important thing about “Eternals…” (more…)
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