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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: 99267
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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Condition: Good Condition, delivery time 10 to 12 Working days, via Priority airmail from UK
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Nice Update of Kirby Universe August 5, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Kirby's original Eternals was a truly cosmic epic and, typically, all over the place in execution. Of course it did have The King's usual massive action with eyepopping art and colour.
Gaiman's update brings an almost common sense focus to this vast many headed beast with some nice creative twists and suprises. The basic premise of superheroes who've forgotten who they are is done well. Mix in those nasty Deviants as religious zealots (Good touch) who want to raise a long dormant rogue Celestial and you've got quite the powder keg, but it doesn't really go off. And the overall plot doesn't quite gel, it would've been better off without the Civil War subterfuge jammed in there. But it's damn entertaining with some fantastic JRJR art and Gaiman's typically fine attention to character details. Recommended.
 OK August 29, 2007
2 out of 19 found this review helpful
The original Jack Kirby books are better. There is really no reason to have remade this series.
 Disappointing December 13, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Just expected more from this. After Gaiman's duties on the spectacular 1602, I really expected something as good w/this reworking. Doesn't meet expectations for a Gaiman project and there was a lot of hype around this. It's ok, but is lacking; the story is pretty juvenile and is just a set up for future books.
 WOW August 12, 2007
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
Neil is a great writer, but there have been some things of his that I don't like (Neverware). The other stuff is pure magic. Eternals falls into the later category.
When I sat down to read this, I felt the same escape as when I read my comics as a young boy. Totally engrossed.
To Neil and John, THANK YOU!
Neil never disappoints... August 22, 2007
While a long-time Marvel fan, Jack Kirby's Eternals were not part of my previous comic reading other than a brief, long-forgotten appearance or two in the late 70's or early 80's. One of my favorite writers breathing life back into the cast of characters made it easy to not worry about that.
This collects issues 1-7 of the re-launch, and it really is more of an into that than a new story. A few of the story events are not clear when first presented, but subsequent pages explain them. In my mind, not as enjoyable as Gaiman's 1602 from a few years back but still a good read.
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