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The Eternals

By John Romita Jr., Neil Gaiman

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| Hardcover | 9780785125419

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Book Description

You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall. So why does no one remember any of this? Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602, Anansi Boys, Sandman) is joined by superstar artist John Romita Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine) to presenContinue

5 Reviews

Very peculiar.
I ignore the backstory of the Eternals, which is anyway not vital to understand this book, but I struggled - heavily - to really get in the story.
It is not bad, of course, but not as good as I hoped a Gaiman graphic novel could be.

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Marco Piva said on Nov 25, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Not his best work, but decent.

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Shiloh Madsen said on Oct 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

I'd read some pretty bad reviews of this book, so I was surprised when I actually read it and found out it was actually very good.
Gaiman seems to capture the true essence of Kirby's Eternals, adding some Gaiman flavor to the mix and creating really solid characters and a really good story.
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I'd read some pretty bad reviews of this book, so I was surprised when I actually read it and found out it was actually very good.
Gaiman seems to capture the true essence of Kirby's Eternals, adding some Gaiman flavor to the mix and creating really solid characters and a really good story.
Also, I'd never really "dug" Romita Jr.'s art... before this. Now I really love it, he's a true master, like his father before him.

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Laz said on Jun 7, 2009 | Add your feedback

I thought the main idea of this book was a little silly, I suppose it had been adapted from a much earlier Marvel idea and it really showed. There were some fairly interesting bits thrown in but for the most part I found I had a rather hard time caring about what happened. Definitely not Gaiman's be ... (continue)

I thought the main idea of this book was a little silly, I suppose it had been adapted from a much earlier Marvel idea and it really showed. There were some fairly interesting bits thrown in but for the most part I found I had a rather hard time caring about what happened. Definitely not Gaiman's best.

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Robot-mel said on May 4, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback