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"The Gods Are Coming Back!" Jack Kirby reveals a secret history of heroes and horrors as humanity's cousins, the Eternals and the Deviants, vie to inherit the Earth! It's a time of Titans, Terror and Time Travel - as only the King could conceive! Guest-starring the Incredible Hulk (or at least an unreasoning facsimile thereof)! Collects Eternals #1-19 & Annual #1 This is sold on a non-returnable basis.
- Sales Rank: #2221258 in Books
- Published on: 2006-07-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.17" h x 7.58" w x 11.08" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 392 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Some old-timers like me may find the colors a bit jarringly bright ...
By MortalCoil
This volume is a must-have for any Kirby collector, and a fitting memorial of the last phase of Kirby’s work at Marvel Comics. The Marvel Omnibus hardbound format is something to behold in itself. Slightly larger (and an inch and a half thicker) than the 11” X 7.5” comics it reprints, the result is a magnified reproduction on heavy, glossy paper stock, printed in the full-spectrum color this allows. Some old-timers like me may find the colors a bit jarringly bright and flat compared with the color printing of the original newsprint comics themselves, and occasionally the inking details have been muddied a bit in the translation, but for the most part this is a carefully-composed and admirable job of reproduction on a grand scale.
And grand it is. The Eternals Omnibus Edition weighs in at almost 400 pages and around 10 pounds. One drawback of a format this thick and well-bound is, ironically, that it’s impossible (unless you want to ruin the binding) to view the pages completely flat, as you easily could with any normal comic book – the middle quarter of each two-page spread tends to disappear into the valley of the bound spine.
But these are quibbles. Over 300 pages of vintage Kirby in quality format is nothing to sneeze at. The fact that all 19 issues of The Eternals are included in one volume makes it a remarkable publishing event for Kirby fans by any measure. The signature Kirby flourishes are all here—the lightning-bolt chin-squiggles, the black-dot energy fields, the enormously foreshortened limbs, the uncanny sense of mass, momentum and scale conveyed by his pencil work, in the service of a theme that makes great use of all of them. Inks by Mike Royer and John Verpoorten are as effective as they come. Coloring is uncredited but obviously re-done (and done well) for the full four-color process.
This is a volume that must be read and will be cherished by any Kirby devotee -- and a time capsule of the twilight of an astoundingly creative career.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent sequential art and writing for most of it's run
By Andromeda
Jack Kirby's greatest stories deal with the battle between good and evil he is always looking at shades of grey - no one is purely good or pure evil. "The Eternals" continues this examination. At first the sides seem cut and dry: the Eternals are good, the Deviants are evil. But then, as the series progresses, we see that the Deviants are "ugly" to us simply because that is how they evolved. They were driven underground by the Celestials because the Deviants resented being judged by them. Can you not sympathize? - these Celestial aliens give you life, leave you on your own for years of evolution, then return and proclaim that they will watch you and decide whether or not they will wipe you out of existence. The Deviants rebellious response, especially in a country built on revolution, seems reasonable.
The relationship in that series between Kro and Thena is absolutely fascinating - star crossed lovers like Romeo and Juliet, but on a larger scale. At first, we see Kro as a mad general of the Deviants, but through his relationship with Thena we see him as a complex character with a desire to effect change in his people.
Before the Marvel editors ruined the book by insisting that
A) Jack bring it into the Marvel Universe
B) that it have a star (Ikaris)
The series was evolving on many different levels with different storylines that examined the major and minor themes of the book in different ways. This gave the comic a complexity that turned off many readers who could not follow the storyline, but I found it an and epic amazing story that took the comic book form to new heights that very few, if any, have achieved since. It is akin to the Greeks examination of the families involved with the fall of Troy, stories that they told and retold in not only the Iliad and Odyssey but in their tragic plays.
Thena and Kro's story, with the emergence of the outcasts (who display the qualities the Deviants find ugly), show to members of very different societies and cultures, struggling to understand the other. Struggling to find where there is common ground between the two cultures. Their love appears forbidden, but ironically it is the Deviants that are more accepting of Thena then the reverse. Through Thena we see the human side of the Deviants.
The Deviant outcast Karkas is a large, hideous monster, but with a sensitive, noble, giving soul. The Deviant outcast named The Reject, who though beautiful by human standards, has an ugly disposition, is full of anger and hatred as a response to his mistreatment at the hands of the Deviants. Though Karkas has suffered the same treatment, his hideous body holds a greater nobility of character, and though he can have outbursts of violence he exhibits more self-control and intelligence then the beautiful Reject.
The story also followed the the Eternal Ajak, the human Prof. Damian and the Celestial Arishem, cut off from the rest of the world in the Inca pyramids at the seat of the Celestial Judgement - Prof Damian knowing he will spend the rest of his life there since he is not immortal, but he wants to study the Celestials, not to make money, not to earn fame, but for the love of study he is willing to die trapped in the pyramid. It is through him and Ajak that we come to understand the Celestials, and the history of the relationship between the Celestials and the races of the earth.
We also follow his daughter, Margot, a human who knows more about what is going on than the average person, who is befriended by the Eternals Ikaris and Sersey - Margot becomes the bridge between the reader and the immortals. This storyline examining the link between Earth myths and the real beings behind those myths. Kirby also examines the gods fascination with mortals (as in the Greek), through the character Sersey and her friendship with Margot. It is the study of the human need to have a relationship with the divine.
The story also follows the mysterious Celestials themselves as they roam the earth, as well as the actions of the Eternals, the Deviants, and the humans as they struggle to cope with these nearly omnipotent beings. How different countries react to the Celestials - nuclear strikes, espionage, etc. There are even Eternals who wish to kill the Celestials.
The story is ruined (at the insistence of Marvel editors) by a three page "slugfest" with a nuclear powered Hulk robot. What could be more boring, amongst all these cosmic storylines that have at their heart an examination of the human condition, than three issues of slugfest. All the other storylines get dropped. Kirby is then forced to center his story on Ikaris, and the series lost the incredible momentum it had, neither gaining teenage readers unable to understand such a complex story, or keeping the readers who could.
But for the most part, "The Eternals" is a fascinating read, with astounding expressionistic art, with abstract renderings, and amazing double page spreads in every issue. The story delves into the nature of ugliness, the human relation to the divine, the unpredictablity of love, the justifiable rage we humans can feel for the gods. The Eternals exists on a level where a human is faced with an untenable situation - do you rebel against your creator because your creator is ready to kill you, or do you allow yourself to be judged and accept the judgement of your creator? As humans we are constantly coming up against situations beyond our control - do you rage at your creator because you have cancer?
I have read complaints that this story is disjointed - but far from it, the story exists at multiple levels, like many of Phillip K. Dick's novels, there are several interwoven storylines, that make perfect sense. In it's original month-to-month presentation some readers may have found it hard to keep up with, but when you can read it all at once, it makes perfect sense.
It is ironic that people will bash Jack Kirby's dialogue - in an art form that is not known for it's dialogue, that is hard to stomach. Kirby's dialogue is heightened, which fits the concepts and themes he's exploring, as well as the characters. His humor is underplayed. He doesn't use bad puns, banal one liners, or absurd battle patter. There is little male posturing in his dialogue. At the time this was written, no one was writing better dialogue in comics, that's certain.
Kirby's solo work is a treat, it exists in a place of expanded conciousness in both the art and the writing. The expressive power in his pencils is unmatched, and his move to more abstract renderings takes his art out of the realm of the superhero, as he creates a new form altogether. It's a pity he was so ahead of his time, that his publishers didn't know how to market his work, his editors didn't appreciate it, and he was never allowed to complete it.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
There is no more comics like this anymore.
By Ronald Carhuas
Wow, I discovered Kirby for the first time a couple of years ago,
but one can feel his Impact in all media, he practically defined
the qualities of a Hero in modern america.
The Eternals is a great story, other people rate as outdated, but
unfortunately I am not aware of that many titles that can change your
perception of the Worl.
If you want to get more Kirby, buy the New Gods series, Kirby Book
Collector; other interesting titles would be The Ultimates, Supreme
Power.
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