Who Are The Eternals?

Marvel Studios has hired a director to produce a film adaptation of The Eternals. It is genuinely difficult to overstate the strangeness of that sentence as a comic book fan. Even when the series had high-profile names like Jack Kirby or Neil Gaiman attached to it, The Eternals have never been a very popular property at Marvel Comics. That doesn't make them undeserving of an adaptation; it's simply unexpected. As this movie develops, there are bound to be a lot of questions and a lot of deep dives taken into the comics lore. That will be a delight as The Eternals capture the majesty and scope of what made Jack Kirby the "King of Comics" -- and their legend ties together so many moving pieces into a retroactive storyline.

However, in this moment, the most important question is simple: Who the heck are The Eternals? While that is also a question with a lot of potential answers, it's best to start with the logic of Marvel Studios and begin with their most famous member: Thanos. So to kick off what will likely be a lot more comics-related Eternals coverage over the next few years, we're here to give a rundown of the most important members of this celestial clan beginning with the purple-skinned tyrant who made the mere imagining of this movie adaptation possible.