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69-533: Forgotten One may refer to: Forgotten One (comics) , a superhero in the Marvel Comics universe The Forgotten One, a sub-boss in the video game Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne The Forgotten One (film) , a 1989 film Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Forgotten One . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

138-571: A 12-issue miniseries in 1985 under writer Peter B. Gillis and penciler Sal Buscema . According to comic-book historian Peter Sanderson , "editor in chief Jim Shooter disliked Gillis’s scripts, so Walter Simonson wrote the final four issues." In 2000, a one-shot comic called New Eternals: Apocalypse Now #1 featured an older conflict between the Eternals and X-Men villain Apocalypse. In 2003, writer Chuck Austen and artist Kev Walker rebooted

207-653: A battle with Thor , Hero and the other Eternals assisted Thor in battling the host of the Celestials to prevent them from destroying humanity. Hero also fought Hercules . Hero later became known as the Forgotten One . He helped the other Eternals in battle against Ghaur . Later, when the membership of the Avengers had been virtually emptied, the Forgotten One joined them for a time. He renamed himself Gilgamesh , donning

276-588: A captured Eternal led them to go to Earth and perform their genetic experiments on a group of humans, thus creating the Inhumans ). One day, Kronos's experiments in cosmic energy caused a catastrophic release of energy throughout the Eternals' city, Titanos, destroying it, activating latent genes in the Eternals, and disintegrating the scientist's body. The Eternals now found they could channel large quantities of cosmic energy themselves, granting them near-godlike power. The accident left Kronos in an immaterial state, so

345-526: A civil war broke out amongst the Eternals over whether to conquer the other races, with one faction led by Kronos and the other by his warlike brother, Uranos. Kronos's side prevailed, and Uranos and his defeated faction left Earth and journeyed to Uranus where they built a colony. Some of Uranos's group soon tried to return to Earth to re-kindle the war, but they were attacked by a passing Kree ship and forced to land on Saturn's moon Titan . There they built another colony (experiments performed by Kree scientists on

414-716: A costume that resembled the hide of the Bull of Heaven and went to work as a monster-slayer. He assisted the Avengers in battles against the Growing Man , Nanny, the Orphan-Maker and N'astirh 's demons . He participated in the Avengers' battle against Supernova and helped them fight the U-Foes . He assisted the Avengers in their struggle with the Lava Men , and was somehow severely injured during

483-625: A fictional race of humanoids appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . They were created by Jack Kirby , making their first appearance in The Eternals #1 (July 1976). In the Marvel Universe , the Eternals are an offshoot of humanity known as Homo immortalis which were created one million years ago by the enigmatic alien Celestials to defend Earth with their superhuman powers and abilities. Their primary adversaries are

552-453: A low birth rate; they can interbreed with humans but the result is always a normal human (although Thena 's son, Joey Athena seems to have become an Eternal with long-lived properties and powers). Despite this, the Eternals have in general protected the human race, especially from the Deviants, with whom they have always had an enmity. The Eternals also developed advanced technology. Long ago,

621-710: A man's face into Ben Grimm's The Thing face in her introduction." According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Eternals #1 was the 17th best selling comic book in June 2006. Eternals #2 was the 28th best selling comic book in July 2006. Eternals #3 was the 28th best selling comic book in August 2006. Jared Gaudreau of Comic Book Resources asserted, "The seven-issue mini-series covered previous themes like creation and did an excellent job expanding Eternals lore and adding numerous new side characters. One of those great additions came in

690-697: A meddler in the mortal world and confined him to a sector of Olympus . Eventually the Eternal known as Sprite convinced him to come out of exile and journey to the mother-ship of the Fourth Host of the Celestials to assist the Eternals in battle against the Deviants . After this battle, he was renamed Hero by the One Above All , the chief of the alien Celestials , who had created the Eternals and Deviants. After losing

759-513: A million years old. Makkari was working as a medicine intern, Sersi was planning to kickstart her party planner business. Meanwhile, Thena was working as a weapons scientist in Stark Industries . She was also married and had a young son. Druig was apparently alive again and he was the Deputy minister of Vorozheika (a fictional post-soviet country). Ikaris contacted Makkari, but he did not believe

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828-651: A new leader had to be chosen. For the first time, the Eternals merged into a single being, the Uni-Mind, to decide which of Kronos's sons, Zuras or A'lars should be the new leader. Zuras was chosen to be the Prime Eternal, and A'lars chose to leave Earth to avoid causing another civil war and journeyed to Titan. There he found that a war (allegedly caused by the Dragon of the Moon ) had erupted on Titan and wiped out all but one member,

897-469: A particle accelerator. However, Ikaris was resurrected by a special machine in the Antarctic base of the Eternals. With their returned powers, Druig took control of Vorozheika. Thena frees herself from the mercenaries that captured her and Makkari went to talk to Sprite, who now was a young celebrity. Sprite trapped the amnesic Eternal and told him his plans and the reasons why he did the reality changes. It

966-525: A particular power to increase their effectiveness with it. Sersi , for example, has developed the power of transmutation further than any other Eternal. Additionally, some Eternals choose to focus their cosmic energies into other, non-standard abilities. Ikaris , for example, channels cosmic energy to greatly enhance his senses, while the Interloper uses his to generate fear in others, and Makkari uses his cosmic energies for superspeed. The 2006 retcon of

1035-484: A reality change created by Sprite. He was living as circus' strongman in Brazil. He was fooled by Ajak in killing Makkari and damaging the Eternals' resurrection machine. Later, he team up with Hercules and after that, he travelled to Deviant Lemuria, where he helped Thor , who was fighting the deviants led by Ghaur . The Forgotten One is a member of the Eternal race, and possesses a number of superhuman abilities common to

1104-571: A reputation as a hero on modern day Earth. Gilgamesh was later seen among the superhumans selected by Her as potential mates. He returned to the Avengers Mansion during "The Crossing", a crossover , only to be killed by Neut, an agent of the time traveler Immortus , who was at the time disguised as Kang the Conqueror . It was later shown that Gilgamesh is alive, and once again associated with his fellow Eternals. He had lost his memory because

1173-573: A six-issue series, an extra issue was added to the run, because, according to editor Nick Lowe , "There was too much story to fit into the structure we set for ourselves. Neil was starting issue five and told me that he might need a seventh issue. He just had too much story to fit in six issues (even with the first and sixth double-sized)." A fourth Eternals series ran as an ongoing series for nine issues and one annual from August 2008 – March 2009. The Eternals returned in Jason Aaron 's Avengers ,

1242-534: A story arc involving the Dark Celestials , which saw the Eternals all killed in the fourth issue. However, the characters were resurrected in their new ongoing series launched in January 2021 by writer Kieron Gillen and artist Esad Ribić . When the Celestials visited Earth 1,000,000 years ago and performed genetic experiments on early proto-humans , they created two divergent races: the long-lived Eternals, and

1311-409: A woman named Sui-San . A'lars fell in love with her, and in time they repopulated Titan. Due to the mix of activated genes from A'lars and unactivated ones from Sui-San, these new Titanian Eternals are not as powerful or immortal as Terran Eternals, but are more powerful and longer-lived than the earlier pre-civil war Titanian Eternals. While Zuras ruled, three new Eternal cities were built. The first

1380-844: Is also able to reveal that the only way to prevent the Final Host from unleashing the Horde is the Uni-Mind and sends a message into Stark's mind before dying. Due to the cosmic energy that suffuses an Eternal's body and the unbreakable mental hold they have over their physiological processes, the Eternals of Earth are effectively immortal. They live for millennia, do not fatigue from physical exertion, are immune to disease and poison , and are unaffected by environmental extremes of cold and heat. Most cannot be injured by conventional weaponry, and even if they somehow are, an Eternal can rapidly regenerate any damage as long as they are able to retain their mental hold over their bodies; this mental bond can be broken. In

1449-509: Is also highly durable and resistant to physical injury. He is capable of withstanding high caliber bullets, falls from great heights, powerful concussive forces, and temperature extremes, all without being injured. However, it is possible to injure him by disrupting the mental discipline that he maintains over his body. This ability allows him to control every molecule in his body, which in turn allows him to regenerate any damaged or destroyed tissue. However, should his mental discipline be broken, it

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1518-490: Is composed of Dark Celestials that are each physically unique and were the ones who easily took down their brethren. In an attempt to learn more about these new breed of Celestials, Iron Man and Doctor Strange travelled to the Mountains of Greece to try to get some answers from The Eternals. When Stark and Strange arrived, there were no signs of life to be found as almost all of the Eternals were dead, with Strange deducing that

1587-512: Is implied to be an automatic defense mechanism of the Celestials' armor. On one occasion, when the Eternals attempted to form a Uni-Mind with the intent of keeping the Dreaming Celestial asleep, they were immediately shut down and reverted to their original forms. Furthermore, Eternals are compelled to attack and neutralize any being that attacks a Celestial. As presented in Gaiman's Volume 3,

1656-463: Is one of the most accomplished hand-to-hand combatants among the Eternals. He possesses an extraordinary melee capacity, with knowledge of most methods of hand-to-hand combat known in ancient Earth civilizations. He sometimes wears battle armor of unknown composition, and usually arms himself with simple hand weapons such as an axe, spear, or club. Other characters have used the identity of either Gilgamesh or Hero. These include: Newsarama ranked

1725-599: Is possible to permanently injure or kill him. Other abilities that he has in common with most other Eternals include the power to levitate himself and/or fly at great speed, project beams of concussive force or heat from his eyes and hands, and the power to manipulate matter. To what degree these powers have been developed in comparison with other Eternals isn't known, but the first two have been stated as presumed to be average . He also has highly developed senses that helped to compensate for his former blindness, enabling him to be an excellent hunter and tracker. The Forgotten One

1794-440: The Deviants , who share a similar origin and pose a regular threat to humanity. Due to their virtual immortality, Eternals have largely secluded themselves from humans, with their god-like status forming the basis of various mythological figures around the world. Since their appearance, the Eternals have had several of their own series, in addition to crossing into other titles, such as Thor and X-Men . They made their debut in

1863-574: The Mahd Wy'ry disease, a uncurable degenerating Eternal disease, Ikaris and other Eternals tried to bring her to Olympia and perform a rite of Cleansing. Sersi rejected the idea, on the basis that the ritual was designed to kill the infected Eternal, and solicited his family to perform the Gann Josin bond between her and her lover the Black Knight . Ikaris was furious and performed the bond without consent of

1932-687: The Marvel Cinematic Universe with their own feature film Eternals , directed by Chloé Zhao , which was released November 5, 2021. In 1970, Jack Kirby left Marvel Comics to work at DC Comics , where he began the saga of the New Gods , an epic story involving mythological and science fiction concepts. Though he had planned for a definitive ending, the series was abruptly cancelled. Upon his return to Marvel, Kirby continued exploring his interest in high-concept science fiction through The Eternals . Originally titled "The Celestials", Marvel changed

2001-580: The Marvel Cinematic Universe , debuting in Eternals (2021). The Forgotten One was created by Jack Kirby , and first appeared in The Eternals #13 (July 1977). During his millennia of activity, the adventurer and warrior Forgotten One has used the names of or been mistaken for numerous heroes of myth and legend , including Gilgamesh and Hercules . He became an outcast from his fellow Eternals when their ruler, Zuras , decreed that he had been too proud

2070-402: The 2006 series it was also stated that Eternals are able to absorb oxygen directly from water, and therefore cannot drown. In the same series, Ikaris was plunged into molten metal and experienced great pain, but no physical injury, which the Deviants attributed to a forcefield which protects Ikaris even when unconscious. It is unclear if all Eternals share this degree of protection. At one time,

2139-577: The Celestial, decided to leave him be. Makkari was transformed by the Celestial into his spokesman. The Deviants called him Skadrach , and respected him, because the Dreaming Celestial was adored as their god. Sprite was killed by Zuras because of his actions and the rest of the Eternals then embarked on a quest to find and recruit the other members who had similarly forgotten their true selves due to Sprite's trickery. The Dreaming Celestial told Makkari

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2208-513: The Celestials' spokesperson, and put himself to sleep when the Celestials left, to wait for their return 1,000 years later to judge humanity. During the early 20th century, a human scientist made contact with the Uranian Eternals and was taken to live with them along with his young son, who would later become Marvel Boy . The Uranians were eventually killed by Deathurge. After World War II, some Eternals allied with humans and Deviants to form

2277-623: The Celestials. Later they were at odds with Apocalypse and briefly posed as a superhero team called the New Breed . The Eternals began reappearing on Earth in Neil Gaiman 's new take on the immortal beings. Most seemed to have no memory of their own history and abilities, except Ikaris, and few records of their previous appearances remain. The Eternal known as Sprite , angered at having to remain an eleven-year-old and unable to grow any further, managed to change reality, inducing collective amnesia in

2346-671: The Damocles Foundation, which tried to create a new breed of superhuman to rule Earth. Some Eternals, such as Makkari , were also active as superheroes , or living amongst humans, keeping their true nature hidden. The Eternals also helped to move the Inhumans' city to the Himalayas to keep it hidden. At some point, Thanos of the Eternals of Titan nearly destroyed their colony, but they rebuilt it, and would help Earth's heroes to oppose him on several occasions. In recent times, Ikaris met

2415-460: The Dreaming Celestial, the Eternals debated what to do with mankind and the Deviants—leave them alone, protect them or rule them. They formed another Unimind to decide what to do and decided to hold themselves apart from the mortal world. When Celestials literally began "raining" down on Earth, the Avengers are forced to reunite again and just in time to see the arrival of the Final Host which

2484-448: The Earth itself) keeps running, any destroyed Eternal will eventually return, as was the case with Ikaris after he was completely vaporized by a particle accelerator as part of a series of "experiments" performed upon him by the Deviants. This same cosmic energy can be channeled for a number of superhuman abilities. All Eternals are potentially capable of: Some Eternals choose to focus on

2553-547: The Eternals (led by Valkin), went to the stars. But a handful – those most heavily involved in Earthly affairs – remained behind on Earth. Thena came to lead the remaining Eternals but she wasn't very respected by her subjects. With the ascension of Priestlord Ghaur as leader of the Deviants, the Eternals joined the Avengers in defeating him after he absorbed the power of a Celestial and tried to gain godhood. Meanwhile, Ikaris questioned Thena for her poor choices as leader of

2622-512: The Eternals are aware of their role on Earth and the duties and constraints placed on them by the Celestials. Ikaris describes himself as "a humanoid-based repair and maintenance unit left behind by unknowable alien gods to make sure that the earth is still here and in good shape when they get back." Zuras phrased the same concept more philosophically: "We are the Eternals. We are the court of last resort for humanity and for all living things on Earth. [...] We do not choose sides. Countries are lines in

2691-565: The Eternals as well as distorting their perceptions of history. He used a Uni-Mind with the Dreaming Celestial and other unwilling eternals to achieve his desire, transforming himself in a mortal 11 years old kid. This can possibly be seen as Gaiman's attempt to retcon some details of the characters; early stories as well as officially published statistics portrayed most of the current generation of Eternals – such as Ikaris and Thena – as being "only" several tens of thousands of years old but Gaiman's run describes them as being closer to

2760-457: The Eternals came into conflict with the immortal mutant, Apocalypse . This conflict ended when Ikaris and the Eternals defeated him. Ikaris believed Apocalypse was dead. 1,000 years ago, the Asgardian god Thor encountered some Eternals, but the encounter was erased from his mind, to prevent him from learning about the Celestials, who were about to return to Earth. An Eternal named Ajak became

2829-465: The Eternals found themselves clashing with the Deviants again, and decided to publicly reveal their existence to humanity. Zuras feared what would happen if the Celestials judged unfavorably. They encountered Thor again, and were attacked by Thor's father Odin and the Olympian gods, who tried to prevent their interfering with the gods' plans to attack the Celestials. Eventually, the Eternals decided to help

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2898-588: The Eternals in a Thor storyline that concluded in Thor #301, resolving those lingering plotlines. Subsequent to the Thor storyline, the Eternals (and the mythology connected to them) have appeared or been mentioned in numerous Marvel comics. In particular, the Celestials' experiment on humanity has been used to explain how certain humans can develop super-powers. The Titanians (created by Jim Starlin ) and Uranians (created by Stan Lee ) were later retconned as being Eternals as well. The Eternals returned for

2967-424: The Eternals' origins and abilities introduces a significant limitation to their powers, and possibly to their free will, with numerous references to Eternals being "programmed" or "hardwired." They cannot attack their Celestial "masters" for any reason, whether they make a conscious decision to do so or are tricked into accidentally striking the beings. Any such attempt shuts down the body of the attacking Eternal and

3036-439: The Eternals, but has trained some of them far beyond the norm. While the exact limits are unknown, his immense, superhuman strength makes him the physically strongest of all known Eternals, save for Thanos . His strength has been shown to rival that of Thor , and Hercules . Like all other Eternals, The Forgotten One is virtually immortal. He has not aged since reaching adulthood and he is immune to all known diseases; his body

3105-408: The Eternals. She was subtly being controlled by a brain mine put in her by Kro . After a special ceremony, Ikaris succeeded her as leader of the Earth's Eternals. The lover of Ikaris, Margo Damian, was captured by Ghaur's minions and was killed as a result of a Deviant experiment on her. After the death of his daughter, Daniel Damian decided to take revenge against the Deviants and the Eternals. With

3174-564: The Knight. Later Thena and other Eternals helped the Avengers in the battle against the Gatherers and Proctor, who was an alternate Black Knight and who infected Sersi with the Mahd Wy'ry disease for spite. The Eternals fought once more against Ghaur and the Deviants, with the help of the Heroes for Hire . The mad priest tried to form an Anti-Mind with some captured eternals, to defeat any invasion of

3243-462: The Pacific). 18,000 years ago, the Celestials returned to Earth. The Deviants attacked them, but the Celestials counterattacked, resulting in the sinking of Mu and Atlantis , and much worldwide havoc. The Eternals helped rescue many humans. An Eternal named Valkin was entrusted by the Celestials with an artifact of great power for safekeeping. At some point during the early centuries, Ikaris and

3312-461: The archaeologist Daniel Damian and his daughter Margo, and accompanied them into an old Eternal city in the Andes, where he awakened Ajak. Ajak began the process to receive the Celestials. These movements alerted the Deviants, who decided to attack New York and to provoke fear in the humans against the coming celestials. When the Celestials returned to judge the worthiness of their creations a few years ago,

3381-472: The battle. Gilgamesh was brought to the Eternals' home of Olympia , which had temporarily fallen into the Negative Zone , to recover from his injuries. There, he fought against Blastaar , who had temporarily disintegrated the other Eternals. Gilgamesh left the Avengers at that time, as his essence had been bound to Olympus. He later recovered from his injuries and defeated B'Gon the sorcerer, thereby winning

3450-702: The character, as Gilgamesh, as the second worst Avengers member commenting: "What's that you say? You aren't familiar with Gilgamesh , the ancient Sumerian hero? And why is this guy wearing a cow on his head? Let's just say there's a reason this guy is called "The Forgotten One". Maybe next time you can get Mithras, or at least Marduk". In 2021, CBR.com ranked Gilgamesh 9th in their "15 Most Powerful Eternals" list. In 2021, Screen Rant ranked The Forgotten One 3rd in their "10 Most Powerful Members Of The Eternals" list In 2021, CBR.com ranked Gilgamesh 8th in their "10 Strongest Characters From Eternals Comics" list. Olympia (comics) The Eternals are

3519-490: The concepts from [the original series] and build around them, throwing away some stuff and keeping others. We're actually going back in time to see Ikaris birth and development on Earth, meet his parents, and then move forward into contemporary time. When we get to contemporary time, the Celestials return to judge Earth, but there's no fifty-year 'study and evaluation period.' We've already been judged and found wanting, too violent to be allowed to flourish and spread, and Ikaris and

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3588-522: The eternal's words about the past and rejected him. Then, Makkari met Sersi again, become attracted to her and accompanied her to a party that she was organizing for Druig of Vorozheika. Thena assisted too. In the party, the amnesic Eternals are attacked by mercenaries of another faction of Vorozheika government. The reunion of the four Eternals triggered a recovery of their powers. Ikaris was captured by two deviants and they were experimenting in ways of destroy his body, until that they seemingly killed him with

3657-568: The existence of the Titanian Eternals. Some time later, the Deviant's aristocracy, led by Brother Tode, attacked Olympia, kidnapping the Eternals and intending to disintegrate them. The hero Iron Man (James Rhodes) rescued the Eternals and helped them defeat the deviants. Then the Eternals transformed the deviant's aristocracy into a synthetic cube, killing them. The Eternals formed a Uni-Mind to discuss their future on earth, after which most of

3726-457: The form of a love interest for Thena named Thomas Eliot." Marc Buxton of Den of Geek wrote, "This is a must read for any fan of American Gods as Gaiman and Romita examine recurring themes of mythology made real and they channel it all through a magnificent Kirby lens. Do not be surprised if the coming film borrows liberally from this fantastic series." Colin Cheney of Fatherly said, "The series

3795-483: The franchise for Marvel's mature readers-focused MAX imprint, resulting in The Eternal . The Eternal series from Marvel's MAX imprint written by Chuck Austen was based on an idea he had been working on for a while: "I pitched this back when I first started working at Marvel, but Joe Quesada was against doing it. He saw no future in this particular old Kirby concept." Austen described the plot as involving "Ikaeden,

3864-498: The genetically unstable and monstrously grotesque Deviants . These experiments also led to the capacity for super-powered mutations in humans. They also performed this experiment on other planets (such as the Kree and Skrull homeworlds) with similar results. Despite looking human, Eternals are much longer-lived (but were not originally fully immortal ), and that kept them from having much contact with their human cousins. Eternals have

3933-495: The gods and formed a Uni-Mind to assist the Destroyer's assault on the Celestials. They were forced to dissolve back into Eternals by the Celestials, and the shock of the attack killed Zuras. Before his spirit fully left the material plane, he instructed his daughter Thena to take his people to explore space. Since then, the Eternals have helped Earth's heroes, particularly the Avengers , against several menaces. They also discovered

4002-474: The help of ancient Eternal machines, he forged a prophecy to incite war between the two races and transformed Ajak in a murderous monster. When his plan was discovered by the Eternals, Ajak reverted to his original form and regretted the killings that he had committed, so he killed Damian and himself. The Eternals Gilgamesh and Sersi briefly became part of the Superhero team Avengers. When Sersi became sick with

4071-482: The leader of the Eternals, who arrives on Earth at the dawn of man, and evolves humankind from homo-erectus so he can use them as slaves to mine raw materials for the Celestials, his bosses, basically," as well as "Kurassus, who is the second-in-command of the mining mission, and who is determined to undermine Ikaeden and kill Ikaeden's precious slave-girl and son." In an interview with Newsarama he gave an outline of his planned plot: In this version, we take some of

4140-409: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forgotten_One&oldid=851368374 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Forgotten One (comics) Don Lee portrayed Gilgamesh in

4209-469: The official limit to the Eternals' durability was such that they could only be permanently destroyed by dispersing their bodies' molecules over a wide area. This degree of extreme durability was revealed to have increased to a much greater degree; as demonstrated in the 2006 Eternals limited series, it is shown that even total molecular dispersal is insufficient to destroy an Eternal. As long as "The Machine" (a restoration device of Celestial origin; possibly

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4278-476: The others have to stop the Celestials, who consider us their property, from destroying the entire planet as they have done to many others, including another in the Solar System . Planned as an ongoing series, it was cancelled after six issues. Neil Gaiman , with artist John Romita, Jr. , created a 2006 miniseries, which helped bring the Eternals' role in the modern Marvel Universe up-to-date. Solicited as

4347-407: The reasons for the creation of the Eternals and Deviants, and helped him to find more Eternals. Ajak, jealous of Makkari's new function, manipulated Gilgamesh into killing Makkari. With help of Sersi, Makkari was reborn and the Dreaming Celestial stopped a planned autodestruction. Then the Eternals stopped the invasion of the Horde. With their numbers completed, and with the new information given by

4416-534: The sand, empires rise and fall. We are timeless. We will still be here tomorrow, and a hundred centuries from now." The Eternals are split between five different generationals groups: Jeremy Brown of Game Rant ranked the Eternals 6th in their "Marvel: Best Superhero Teams" list. Marc Buxton of Den of Geek ranked the Eternals 7th in their "Guardians of the Galaxy 3: 50 Marvel Characters We Want to See" list. The Eternals comic book series won Best Lettering and

4485-510: The title to "Return of the Gods", whose comic book cover bore stylistics similarities to Erich von Daniken 's book Chariots of the Gods? . To avoid potential legal issues, the name was again changed to “Eternals". The Eternals' saga was thematically similar to the New Gods', and the series was also eventually canceled without resolving many of its plots. Writers Roy Thomas and Mark Gruenwald used

4554-504: The wounds were self-inflicted. Only Ikaris was left barely alive and reveals that the Eternals were never meant to protect Humanity as they thought. Instead, because the Celestials saw the human population as a useful pathogen to act as antibodies against the Horde, the Eternals were created to defend the process under the false impression that they were actually protecting the human race. This discovery drove all Eternals mad which either made them turn against each other or commit suicide. Ikaris

4623-620: Was Olympia , located in the mountains of Greece, near the main portal between the Earth dimension and the Olympians' home dimension, which led many ancient Greeks to confuse some of the godlike Eternals with members of the Olympian pantheon. Eventually, an agreement was reached with the gods where some Eternals, such as Thena, would impersonate the Olympians before their worshipers. The other two Eternal cities were Polaria (located in Siberia) and Oceana (in

4692-530: Was nominated for Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books at the 2007 Eisner Awards . Marc Buxton of Den of Geek stated, "Jack Kirby delivered the original electrifying Eternals saga. Other than a Hulk robot (because reasons), there was no mention of the Marvel Universe anywhere in this series. But this was Kirby at his 1970s finest, getting all metaphysical and theological as he combined his imaginative saga with real world legend. Sersi does also turn

4761-523: Was uncovered that Ajak had been revived too and that it had been he who contracted the two Deviants. He succeeded in awakening an amnesic Zuras. The two Deviants managed to kidnap Sprite, and the trapped Makkari, using him to awaken the Dreaming Celestial, who was under Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Upon awakening, the Celestial decided to judge humanity. The Eternals, now remembering their past, arrived in San Francisco, and realizing that they cannot stop

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