The Origin and History of the Eternals

[@vincentfranklin17]

I like how everything connects in the Marvel Universe, in some way.

[@essteex4656]

Yea bro! Its just great!

[@ManWiThOutFEAR1982]

Too bad Marvel Studios ruined the Eternals smfh.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

Who is your favourite Eternal

[@vincentfranklin17]

@@jalenikezeue4114 Ikharis.

[@jalenikezeue4114]

@@vincentfranklin17 Same Like Him As Well

[@smallNTG]

This is actually the best eternals explanation I’ve listened to

[@robkenner5456]

This is the most comprehensive history I have seen of the Eternals and how it ties into the Deviants, the Uranian (Marvel Boy), and the Etenals on Titan.

[@tbcat2001]

You are by far one of the best comic youtubers out there, it is a pity you arent more famous u.u. Please, continue you good work!!

[@gevdarg]

Amen.

[@TheOlondo]

Yeh I watch this guy and comicstorian. Comicstorian cus he reads most of the comics for you. This guy cus he explains the story

[@damianatkins1653]

I agree 💯

[@mikevivian3648]

I read the eternals back in the 70's but was never able to finish the series. Now I know what happened. Thanks for filling in the blanks. One of kirby's best works I think!

[@goredongoredon]

I've been reading comics off and on since the 70s when the Eternals were first introduced and I really enjoyed how you were able to weave all the different recons and subplots together into one fascinating video. There was a lot here that I didn't know such as the recon of 50s Timely hero Mercury/Hurricane and the connection between Marvel Boy, the Crusader and Quasar. Fun!

[@randysburgers3043]

Gotta admit, their story is kind of a mess, but you put together a really good roadmap for it.

[@visionofsolace8961]

Generally people have no idea what the fuck are they supposed to do with them.

[@wiseguy3675]

This was by far the most thorough and informative video I have seen on the Eternals so far. Great job!

[@adrianrust3229]

There's a great line that describes how powerful the Celestials are in issue 6 of the Eternals 2006 series. Tiamut, the Dreaming Celestial, is waking up and the Avengers are planning to fight it to protect the Earth. Iron Man: "It can't stop us all." Wasp: "We've fought aliens before." Makkari: "Doesn't matter. You can't hurt it. You can't even AFFECT it." Um, wait... did you say... just... dang.

[@leavonfletcher4197]

Best explanation of the creation of the Eternals I have seen. Great video!

[@essteex4656]

Dude I been rocking with this channel for some months now and im a big fan of your work! Keep it coming bro! Great narration too! Thanks

[@Private-Potato]

Perfect timing with the video. I just started reading the original eternals comics.

[@MisterH1984]

I was on an mcu discussion podcast recently and had to do research for eternals and was looking for a video to supplement my reading of Jack Kirbys run, Neil gaimans run and Gilliams run. And I have to say this is the BEST one I have watched and I have watched easily a dozen of these eternals history/breakdown videos. Well done bro bravo.

[@vexisonline]

I'm very glad to have found your videos. The comprehensive nature of your channel and the pleasant storytelling combined with the original panels is marvellously satisfying my curiosity. Thank you.

[@A427-w2v]

Best explanation, simple and straightforward, no clutter.

[@shadowhawk3933]

You and comics explained are honestly the most in depth comics you tubers and I always enjoy your content

[@johnnygyro2295]

24:19 I'd say Kro is wrong, but this is the same universe where Norman "Green Goblin" Osborn became the head of HAMMER... Edit: While the Eternal-Celestial story gets convoluted at times, I once again appreciate how connected the Marvel universe is. Also, that Jack Kirby art is downright beautiful.

[@comixamples524]

I see you even listed Marvel Universe 6 - 7. You have a better list than most other online sites. Shows your passion. I liked those issues with Mercury hunting down Giant Monsters.

[@jamcalx]

I actually dislike the whole "can't reproduce with each other" thing instead them just rarely have children, as they are so long lived that they don't feel the need to have children like humans do because of aging and losing the ability.

[@MerryMarvelite]

It's a weird thing to add at this point. I think they wanted to put forth the idea that the number of Eternals never really changes so they can't reproduce and they can't die. So there are always 100. It's a neat idea but it does mean we have to accept that they're all roughly the same age and that the familial connections between them were always symbolic, both of which were clearly not meant to be the case before. I don't completely hate the idea since it helps make the Eternals unique and differentiate them from the Inhumans. However, I totally understand not liking it.

[@briantuck6205]

T😊it😊is uh

[@briantuck6205]

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[@Joseph_Drew_III]

It wouldn’t have been bad if they said “oh, the familial connections are from before they were experimented on”.

[@RichardSeebald]

Fun fact: Did you know Thanos is a mutant! He’s half Deviant half Eternal!

[@thefurrybstard1964]

Excelent video. The sheer amount of research into this subject is staggering. One final note about the Eternals, I absolutely *hate* The Neil Gaiman limited edition. To me it seemed like Gaiman had barely done any research into the Eternals and come up with a half baked story that had little to do with the source material.

[@kortezkrimzun4710]

Every video you do helps me understand Marvel so much more. Thank you

[@ForceTahd]

Great in depth video!

[@MikelWash]

nobody is even touching this level of research THANK YOU !

[@petal1622]

This was exactly what I was looking for, thank you for this

[@SG-js2qn]

Wow ... another heroic documentary effort by MerryMarvelite! :)

[@deveraalmestica5838]

Cool I like your review of the history of the Eternals comics i saw the movie and read the new Eternals comics from last year and this year .

[@jahlonjohnson6153]

Thank you for a very concise and well put together breakdown of the Eternals. I was just hoping for you to touch on Maelstrom

[@TheOne5872-n3n]

Me myself love the Eternals and Celestial lore Jack Kirby was a genius to leave DC and bring this gem of a story to marvel, and u give great homage to him, thank u.

[@TheOne5872-n3n]

I always wanted a ransack the reject spin-off or mini series

[@samuelprince4719]

Good choice and timing man, fingers crossed this thinking helps the channel grow. maybe do some Spiderman villain origins or the sinister 6. What's your favorite marvel comic?

[@josephbarbera9220]

Were would Marvel Comics and the MCU be today without Kirby: the one and only Eternal!

[@nemonbuckery5512]

In the 80s this was one of my favorite comics!!!!!!!!

[@rogermeadows5419]

I'd appreciate it when you guys do these videos you tell us what comics, volume and issue numbers these stories crossed

[@kohby784]

I enjoy your marvel comic commentary

[@trexadvent4726]

What would happen if Thor was the first member of the Avengers to meet the Eternals in the MCU?

[@TVBoomCity]

He already knows of them in the MCU

[@marcushamner5994]

Thor already knows them in the MCU. They are known by other heroes too🤓👊🏾👊🏾

[@228Iya]

Hmm in Kieron Gillen Eternals run it was retco...urr established that the Uranos that was exiled was a clone of the the original Uranos the undying, who sorta looks like a blue Thanos, as for that Eternals not being able to have children with each other, I just took that to mean some sort of genetic engineering was involved between 2 genetically compatible Eternals.

[@jb510bizz4]

Yo this spread in the beginning of the video with the Old Avengers looking team is crazy.💯💯❤️ Ghost Rider on a Mamoth💯💪🏾💪🏾 like what🤯

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks for all the background on the Eternals. I know not all the stuff in the movie will be the same but it helps.

[@DdraigGoch84]

Amazing old school content. I know he's a minor character but could you do Gareth Thomas the Welsh Dragon?

[@coachrobinson9958]

Love your narration of The M.C.U, partner! 😉🖖💪😇

[@tooslow4065]

the only problem with this story is that the gods were created thru the belief of humans, not the other way around. the celestials created the first humans which became the eternals. that means it was the normally evolved humans that saw the eternals doing special feats that gave rise to the belief in gods.

[@animezilla4486]

This video was amazing it really help explain Who are the eternals I was wondering are you going to do a future video on devil dinosaur

[@scottw11354]

Too bad the film couldn't be like this video..this was superior

[@GreenLanternJan-Al]

The Eternals are truly awesome they are so underrated

[@KentBey]

Interesting! Well done!!

[@chriskelly2939]

Great timing , seeing the movie tomorrow.

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

Great video but "they were fur mur purwerful than anything on Urth". You sound funny 😊. But seriously, good video. 👍

[@deepakranga2207]

Hey! After watching this video. Something came to my mind, maybe They actually are real family, you know like father and son. Maybe the Ape's that were modify to become Eternal were actually realited and After gaining Intelligence, they understood family, life and other things.

[@zosowon]

never heard of this comic thank you for the info.

[@goonerali3547]

👀 uh okay 👃🏽 👅 Uh okay

[@mharriedjr]

This was pretty damn good

[@quentinfogger5755]

Are you going to do history of Zeus, Hercules and Ares in your next video since they are from Olympus just like the Eternals?

[@Lion-O-Richie2040]

The eternals aren't from Olympus.

[@1voiceofstl]

Zeus and Hercules was in Thor years b4 the eternals.

[@FatFoot_the_King]

The movie really jacked all of this up, holy cow

[@robquin1525]

They felt like they had to because of all the wokeness that's going on in today's society

[@FatFoot_the_King]

@@robquin1525 now that I think about it, they hit just about every checkmark and even dabbled in some other messed up woke agendas

[@jeremyhuff9845]

People are like the "Eternals Movie is boring." Yeah the Eternals are boring and this is one of those history where its is written confusing All this we have the gods and we have the deviants and eternals who where confused for gods,. is confusing Id say pick one or the other. Like many god level cosmic stuff its all vague and confusing, guess its part of the genre.

[@56postoffice]

The original Eternals comic I have heard of but never read them. I know about the Celestials from various Marvel titles I collected over the years. Plus, the Eternals initial run was shortlived.

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of Master Pandemonium, Chthon, Mephisto, Dormammu, Clea, Brother_Voodoo, Shuma-Gorath, Nightmare, Baron Mordo, the Ancient One, Agamotto and Pkzkrfmknna along with Firestar and Vance_Astrovik AKA Justice?

[@goredongoredon]

Vance Astrovik would be an interesting video to me also since I never really understood the connection between the original GotG and the current (?) hero Justice. (I like the supernatural suggestions also)

[@carlericpickett597]

Wow, great info.

[@quentinfogger5755]

Why did the Celestials turn a bunch of cavemen into the Eternals while the others did not survive?

[@wayned.ashford9296]

Hey Double-M,how about doing a series on the history of "Tomb of DRACULA" -now..?!!🙂 Please😳😥❤️???? (PS: just ❤️ this video)!!!

[@ronin6033]

Marvel Studios should’ve done this. The movie is more complicated with the eternals being some kind of Ai or android. Or wait, it was some kind of body that has a soul/energy. That is kinda cool too. I don’t know what point im trying to make

[@keifsavage1090]

Way better than the movie, their rich history should have been explored in the movie

[@robquin1525]

They couldn't really do that because of all the wokeness that's going on in today's lousy society

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

I always knew there was a connection between Marvel Boy and the Uranian Eternals.

[@ronin6033]

I can see a huge galactic war, maybe that’s what marvel missed, they need to have the kree use the inhumans and the celestials use the mutants and eternals for a big fight. I don’t think that would make sense but thats what came to mind

[@harbour08]

18:53 shout out to sandman

[@mangamegs]

Damn they made Odin and Zeus bow!!!! Without the use of mind control or attacking them.

[@strettoasino9006]

Jack Kirby's creation of greatness...

[@quentinfogger5755]

What do you think is the best thing about the Eternals in the Comics and what do you think they are going to be like in the MCU?

[@legoking6165]

I would love to see the Eternals sing the song "It's tough to be a god" from The road to El dorado. You know, because people mistake them for gods.

[@alexkotsch3230]

Just an idea, I think Doctor Spectrum could make a very good member to the Eternals. Well if he was able to control his power because I heard that he almost wiped the Avengers from reality with his power prism. But I figured out that the power prism which is the crystal in his left hand is really a living creature a being that feeds on emotions. By that he used to to turn thor, captain america, and iron man's fear into reality which were loki, the winter soldier, and ultron. But in the end they saved Spectrum because that was not him falcon said the prism was controlling him. Because Nighthawk put it in his hand and made him destroy his plannet. But let me know if their is another version Spectrum, I would like to know what you think.

[@ohadros1951]

Nice

[@mja2873]

They should have put this storyline in the MCU film. It would have been a much better movie and made more sense

[@robquin1525]

the wokeness, LGBTQ, and SJW propaganda that's going on in today's sensitive society wouldn't allow them.

[@danieljamesbarton]

Thanks to Marvel Unlimited I have been able to read a lot of issues in the MU. I do have the advantage of time reading nearly 30yrs of comics concurrently. Also had accesses to a lot of back issues due to a friend and between his father had almost every Marvel book ever published. Even then I still was not interested in EVERYTHING Marvel published even in the 80's was a lot to keep up, not only to put in The amount of money I had as a teen 13-17 yrs old, I only really read like 6 monthly series on the reg. Some of these Episodes allowed me to not have to read and or reread some of the classics.

[@danieljamesbarton]

Yes I read a reprint of the Kirby's run of the Eternals as kid

[@ZephyrBW]

So that’s why people hate the movie the comic had a way better deal like it always does

[@ally462]

To be fair the eternals weren’t that big in the comics, most of them despite been from the 80 have less appearances than recent created characters. I think Ikaris had 126 appearances or so

[@ZephyrBW]

@@ally462 Yeah comics nobody really payed much care for the heroes unless they were the big three superman,batman, wonder woman for DC And Marvel Iron man, Captain America, Thor

[@shanehai2699]

​@ally462 And in spite of the Eternals being minor players in the Marvel Universe, by comparison to many other characters, it really SAYS SOMETHING about HOW MUCH FANS DISLIKED the WOKE-TERNALS Movie 🎬 and vastly preferred the comics Eternals.

[@furyberserk]

I thought the eternals took the roman names to be distinct.

[@caesardragin2063]

Can you talk about hyperion and or blue marvel please?

[@jdjjdjd2667]

The Deviants & Set takes on the 3rd host of The Celestials, ends up suffering an all too familiar phase...Your Arms Is Too Short To Box With God

[@Trustworthy_McLegitimate]

Kang just effortlessly made a axe that can easily kill Celestials in Uncanny Avengers. Thor used it to one shot a Celestial.

[@MrCommanderPaul]

Wow! Thnks.

[@trexadvent4726]

Can you do history of Inferno, Victorious, Gambit, Moondragon, Phyla_Vell and Genis-Vell along with the Supreme Intelligence, Mole_Man and Angel/Archangel along with Exodus and Ex-Nhilo?

[@trexadvent4726]

With each Eternal having their own power like Makkari has hyper speed and Gilgamesh has super strength, which eternal has the best powers and abilities?

[@TVBoomCity]

That probably be IKARIS hes literally Superman

[@marcushamner5994]

I grew up reading and collecting Marvel Comics titles. The Eternals are my favorite heroes in the comics and I love how they were portrayed in the MCU. This is one of Jack Kirby’s finest works. Keep up the great work, Merry Marvelite! EXCELSIOR!🤓👊🏾📚

[@williamfrederick9670]

They should make a movie about these guys

[@stationDXG]

Make a video about The Beyonder or Eternity

[@TheOvervoid]

Considered doing a video on Warp World?

[@robertfalcone3025]

I love the fact that Jack Kirby's 50 yr old repackaging of Greek mythology...combined with references to Christianity & the Bible has stood the test of time ..& has as interesting & complex backstory as the rest of the Marvel Universe But even as a kid reading Kirby's work at DC after he left Marvel in the early 1970s..& then his work for Marvel after his comeback in 1976..I thought that Kirby's writing skills did NOT match his art skills..at least in my opinion..& as his artwork reached its peak during his Marvel comeback of the late 1970s..& Marvel made the most of it by having Kirby do the covers of every Marvel book for damn near a year..the books where he was the writer as well as artist...like Captain America..The Black Panther..& The Eternals..had the most cringeworthy dialog I had ever read ..I was about 11 or 12 at that time & was appreciating the fact that most Marvel books of that era were being written for young adults..unlike the stories of the 1950s & early 60s..which seemed to be for a much younger demographic..but even at that young age. I wished that Kirby would go back to JUST being an artist..& leave the writing to Stan Lee & the rest. Over the years I've gone back & read those books again. & I can definitely appreciate Kirby's overall ideas & world building. .& his writing seems more nostalgic now..but STILL. some of the awkward emphasis on the wrong words in a sentence. & just the things he has his characters say..can push the CRINGE button to this day..lol. I'd love to know if anyone feels the same way about Kirby's later work..

[@1voiceofstl]

Kirbys peak as a artist was the late 60's!!

[@zacqwan3525]

Can I know how do world forge works?? And if thanos is an eternals does that mean he have the same power like ETERNALS ?

[@zacqwan3525]

I really want the answer please

[@sarperagaoglu7672]

can you do frankenstein

[@pirocoroosterfly]

Heman(not the kevin smith bs)is an Eternal. He is from Eternia.

[@ZephyrBW]

Wow the very 1st primitive avengers lost to the celestials

[@feck2594]

Good lord , no wonder the movie was so boring. They had a ton to work with .

[@SirMCraftalot]

That's He-Man.

[@Lt_Chloe]

Squirrel girl or access next please

[@quentinfogger5755]

Is the Eternals movie going to be as long as Avengers Endgame? Is it going to be exciting and worth watching?

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

I saw it yesterday and I didn't like it but you can decide for yourself if it's worth the time and 💰.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I am actually a big Eternals fan. I read Gaiman's take every summer since 08. It has fueled my own mythological take on writing. I so wanted the image of them being formed out of proto-humans to be translated to screen. instead, they went with the Marvel Max take on how they into being.

[@MichelleObamasBBC]

Gaiman's comics were trash imo. Its like he never read Eternals before he wrote it.

[@alancarnell2747]

How do Titanian 2nd+ generation Eternals fit? They're born and age unlike Sprite but that makes no sense.

[@MerryMarvelite]

Aside from Thanos and Eros, the Titanian Eternals aren't true Eternals. When Mentor first reached Titan, Sui-san was the only survivor from the group that previously settled there. So when they rebuilt and repopulated the colony, they did so using genetic engineering and cloning technology. Alien travelers also settled on Titan after that and it became a whole society of its own.

[@Malik58st]

Awesome

[@beastjohnston5408]

Mind is blown. Jack Kirby talented Fs

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Best video of it's nature

[@2waybklyn752]

Great story

[@xavierodom4884]

Please do a history of Pip the Troll

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

I saw the Eternals movie yesterday and I didn't like it at all as usual they were nothing like their comic book counterparts and Arishem the only Celestial in the entire movie looked nothing like he does in the comics.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

The comics made a better story than the live-action movie

[@Ragna_Rock54]

yes