Eternals - 1976 series (Marvel Bronze Age) CLUB 4 4

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Since I couldn't find a properly placed Eternals thread I thought I would start one since the heat is on and people are loading up on early issues. I wanted to provide some guidance on the key issues so folks can be somewhat educated before just looking for issue #1 & 2 and point out some very important observations. If you actually read these books issue 1 is about the discovery and isn't that great of a book. Issue two has a cameo of a celestial at best (should not be full first appearance). It really starts to get good by issue 5 which contains the fist appearance of several popular and key eternal characters.

For clarity, there have been three primary leaders for the eternals over the years and noted below. Ikaris was the first chronological character to appear but  Zuras, Sprite and Ikaris were the first (transformed by the Celestials). Thena, Ajak, Druig, and Sersi were active before the Second Host. I have listed # of appearances in Earth 616, to show the significance and staying power of the characters over the comic series and beyond just the Eternals as these characters appeared in other books over the years (some more frequent then others).

 

Revised chart further down in first page of thread (leaving original here for prosperity's sake)

Issue	Character 1st appearances	# of appearances to date
Eternals #1 (30 Cent Variant)	Eternals: Ikaris (Prime One Leader)	115
	Deviants: Kro	67
Eternals #2 (30 Cent Variant)	Eternals: Ajak	48
	Celestials: Arishem the Judge (in Cameo)	51
Eternals #3	Eternals: Sersi	249
Eternals #4	Celestials: Gammenon the Gatherer	34
Eternals #5	Eternals: Makkari	141
	Eternals: Thena (Prime One Leader)	106
	Eternals: Zuras (Prime One Leader)	67
	Eternals: Domo	13
Eternals #7	Celestials: Jemiah the Analyzer	14
	Celestials: Tefral the Surveyor	18
	Celestials: One Above All	25
Eternals #8	Ransak the Reject	46
	Karkas	48
Eternals #9	Eternals: Sprite	34
	Celestials: Eson the Searcher	27
	Celestials: Nezarr the Calculator	23
	Celestials: Hargen the Measurer	15
	Celestials: Oneg the Prober	22
Eternals #11	Eternals: Kingo Sunen	20
	Eternals: Druig	33
	Eternals: Valkin	20
Eternals #12 (35 Cent Variant)	Eternals: Uni-Mind	19
Eternals #13 (35 Cent Variant)	Eternals: Gilgamesh (The Forgotten One)	78
Eternals #18	Celestials: Ziran the Tester	44
Eternals Vol 2 1985 #1	Phastos	34

Edited August 7, 2018 by 1p36DSA

[ADAMANTIUM]

So what is issue #3? first Sersi?

I saw that at the used book store and could easily grab that copy (not in the greatest condition...)

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3 minutes ago, ADAMANTIUM said:

So what is issue #3? first Sersi?

I saw that at the used book store and could easily grab that copy (not in the greatest condition...)

Yes it is, I would only get any of these in higher grade

[ADAMANTIUM]

22 minutes ago, 1p36DSA said:

Yes it is, I would only get any of these in higher grade

Well it's not  but the colors are good, and went by to pick it up, picked it and loot crate orphan black #1 for $2. Maybe I can use it for LCS credit later or someone could buy it as a reader copy later  after I read it of course...

Edited April 17, 2018 by ADAMANTIUM

[Callaway29]

Great info 1p36DSA .

[Ken Aldred]

Glad I picked these up in 1977.

My favourite BA Kirby Marvel book as a kid.

Edited April 17, 2018 by Ken Aldred

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19 minutes ago, Ken Aldred said:

Glad I picked these up in 1977.

My favourite BA Kirby Marvel book as a kid.

Huge Kirby Fan and before my time as a reader, have to say I leaned towards the 4th world (early bronze) but this was a close alternative later in the period.

[Grib]

18 hours ago, Ken Aldred said:

Glad I picked these up in 1977.

My favourite BA Kirby Marvel book as a kid.

Same here, not sure about this listing on eBay? https://www.ebay.com/itm/ETERNALS-1-CGC-9-8-WP-Marvel-Comics-1976-Jack-Kirby-Origin-1st-app-NOT-RARE/282929027078?epid=85371374&hash=item41dfe25806:g:lK0AAOSw0Lha1eI5

I have a few issues so I understand what he is saying but I'm not sure why he is saying it? Sour grapes, civic duty or self righteous? Any knowledge about the post or opinions? I am also including a photo of one of my books cause its pretty.

[Ken Aldred]

There's a degree of uncomfortable, polarised truth about it, even though I'm clueless as to the actual intent.

On the one hand, if someone wants the book at this moment in time, you'll tend to be asked to pay a nosebleed price for it, and his is very inflated.  On the other, at least he is disclosing that the issue is extremely common; an honest point about many film speculation books in recent years, which you don't find said very often at all.

Nice copy you have there.

Edited April 18, 2018 by Ken Aldred

[Callaway29]

I've got no issues with it. In fact, I think it's well written!  I'm sure he put the nosebleed price on it to prevent anyone from buying a book he probably doesn't own...

Edited April 18, 2018 by Callaway29

[Grib]

By his standards Ms.Marvel #1, Nova #1, Hulk 181, Spider-man 129 and most bronze comics are not rare and over priced. If he is making a stand on that issue all of our collections become less valuable on eBay. This might hurt.

[Illustrious]

Here's my ticket in the club:

 

[jools&jim]

Here is my application for membership -- I've been a huge fan of this series (as I am with all things '70s Kirby!) since the day it came out:

Edited April 21, 2018 by jools&jim

[Key Largo Comics]

My entry:

[jcjames]

Picked these up last year for $1 each (yeah that's a #2 for fiddy-cent too)

 

And here's my full membership card:

 

 

[ft88]

Posted this in the price variant thread.  I got lucky with the find and sold most after the movie announcement, so double lucky.

 

[Callaway29]

Holy moly...that says it all.

On a totally unrelated note, am I the only one who naturally sees a “slow” looking being with lazy eyes and his finger on his chin, like he’s pondering something in confusion? 

Edited April 19, 2018 by Callaway29

[jcjames]

21 minutes ago, ft88 said:

Posted this in the price variant thread.  I got lucky with the find and sold most after the movie announcement, so double lucky.

 

 

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I went through and re-read the entire series and referenced everything as if I was researching to do a college paper. It has been a while reading the series so I had to make updates from what I used on my first post which was based on memory (leaving first post for prosperity) . Some articles out there on eternals characters first appearances and CGC labels are just not accurate at all. THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO READ THE BOOKS NOT THE LABEL. 

Issue one is a first appearance of "a or an" Eternal, not "the" eternals, the team doesn't' really present itself until issue 5. It however is the first appearance of the Deviants. Same goes with issue 2, it is a first appearance in cameo on last page of "a" Celestial, not the team or species of Celestials. You see Celestial artifacts and a space ship within the first two issues but that sure doesn't constitute a first appearance to me, not even an origin necessarily. 

Issue 5 & 7 are the most significant books by far, as characters go for both the Eternals and Celestials. Fan favorites will be from those issues if anything Movie wise comes of Eternal's . Don't underestimate Ransak and Karkas as they play very significant roles as well.

All in all, hope this helps in your collecting searches!

 

REVISED

Issue	Key issue notes	# of appearances in Earth 616
Eternals #1 (30 Cent Variant)	Eternals: 1st Ikaris	115
	Deviants: 1st Kro	67
	Deviants: 1st Tode	16
Eternals #2 (30 Cent Variant)	Eternals: 1st Ajak	48
	Celestials: 1st Arishem the Judge (in cameo on last page)	51
Eternals #3	Eternals: 1st Sersi	249
	Eternals: 1st Ikaris in costume	115
	Celestials: 1st full Arishem the Judge (2 page splash & 1 more panel)	51
Eternals #5	Eternals: 1st Makkari	141
	Eternals: 1st Thena	106
	Eternals: 1st Zuras	67
	Eternals: 1st Domo	13
Eternals #7	Celestials: 1st Jemiah the Analyzer	14
	Celestials: 1st Tefral the Surveyor	18
	Celestials: 1st full Gammenon The Gather (appears in 1 tiny panel in #6)	34
	Celestials: 1st Eson the Searcher (in cameo on one panel in middle of story)	27
	Celestials: 1st Hargen the Measurer (in cameo on one panel in middle of story)	15
	Celestials: 1st Nezarr the Calculator (in cameo on one panel in middle of story)	23
Eternals #8	1st Ransak the Reject	46
	1st Karkas (in cameo on last page)	48
Eternals #9	Eternals: 1st Sprite	34
	1st full Karkas	48
	Celestials: 1st full Eson the Searcher	27
	Celestials: 1st Oneg the Prober (in cameo on one panel in middle of story)	22
Eternals #11	Eternals: 1st Kingo Sunen	20
	Eternals: 1st Druig	33
	Eternals: 1st Valkin	20
	Celestials: 1st full Nezarr the Calculator	23
Eternals #13 (35 Cent Variant)	Eternals: 1st Gilgamesh & Origin (The Forgotten One) Celestials: 1st The One Above All	78

Edited August 7, 2018 by 1p36DSA

[MyThreeSons]

Here’s my ticket