- "The Deviants shall send you back to the stars! -- Broken in defeat and filled with the fear of our pursuit!! Hear this and tremble!!"
- ―Kro
| "The Celestials!" | |
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| The Eternals | |
| Title: | "The Celestials!" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Cover price: | .25/.30 |
| Cover date: | August, 1976 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Comics |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Marv Wolfman |
| Writers: | Jack Kirby |
| Pencilers: | Jack Kirby |
| Inkers: | John Verpoorten |
| Cover artists: | Jack Kirby |
| Cover inker: | John Verpoorten |
| Colorists: | Glynis Wein |
| Letterers: | John Costanza |
| Assistants: | Marv Wolfman |
| Editors: | Jack Kirby |
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| Next: | Eternals #3 |
"The Celestials!" is the title to the second issue of the first The Eternals ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written and illustrated by Jack Kirby, and inked by John Verpoorten. It was colored by Glynis Wein, and lettered by John Costanza. The cover art illustration was rendered by Jack Kirby and John Verpoorten. The story was edited by Kirby, with Marv Wolfman as a consulting editor. This issue shipped with an August, 1976 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy.
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
- Tecumotzin (1st appearance)
Villains
Minor characters
- Arishem the Judge (1st appearance)
- Gammenon the Gatherer (Behind the scenes only)
- Noah (Behind-the-scenes in flashback)
- Tode (In flashback only)
Organizations
Races
Locations
Items
Vehicles
- The Ark
- Celestial space ship
- Deviant submersible
- Viking ship (In flashback only)
Events
- Great Cataclysm (In flashback only)
- Great Flood (In flashback only)
Powers
- Flight (In flashback only)
- Immortality
Miscellaneous
- Alien visitors
- Flashback
- Natural disasters (In flashback only)
- Slaves (In flashback only)
- Smoking (In flashback only)
- Warrior
Notes & Trivia[]
- This issue was released in the middle of a price hike, so while some cover variations boast "Still only 25¢", others have a .30 cents price tag per copy.
- This issue is reprinted in the Eternals Omnibus hardcover collection, which was published in June, 2006.
- The tagline for this issue is "More fantastic than Chariots of the Gods! This is it!! The Coming of the Celestials!"
- This is the first appearance of the Celestials. Only Arishem the Judge is identified by name in this issue. The Celestials made a behind-the-scenes appearance in issue #1 when their space craft first came to Earth. There are also statues three Celestials shown in the God Chamber.
- This is the first appearance of Tecumotzin, who is an Eternal who also goes by the name Ajak.
- This issue establishes that it was the Celestials who destroyed the world thousands of years ago (as opposed to God as stipulated in religious texts). They did so in retaliation of an attack perpetuated by the Deviants. Stupid-ass Deviants.
- This issue establishes that Ikaris guided Noah's ark during the Great Flood.