All gods in war of the spark return to the third spot in their owners library when killed or exiled. Lets go over all of the members of each group, and i will link their abilities in their names as to keep this answer as brief as possible. Much like new gods, marvels eternals featured two warring ancient races, in this case, the eternals and their monstrous counterparts the deviants both created by the alien celestials genetic experiments on early humans. Marvels eternals movie is on the way, and we have a guide to the marvel. Gilgamesh does have more powers at his disposal, but all in all he is a bruiser and i dont think the forgotten ones extra powers would do much to herc anyway. As a reader and kirby fan, new gods stands as the high water mark of his career.
Directed by ava duvernay with a script by duvernay and tom king, new gods currently has no. His return to marvel saw him create another cosmic group, though this one was an ancient variation of humanity created by the celestials at the beginning of earths history. While it is really easy to relegate what kirby did with the eternals as gods versus monsters, you should realize that it is so much more than that. Like a lot of the socalled cosmic stuff that kirby worked on especially the new gods over at marvels distinguished competition, the eternals are built on a weird and wild mythology that goes back to. Eternals vs new gods page 2 comics general cgc comic. The new gods are one of the most fascinating, imaginative and entertaining corners of the dc comic book universe. The 25th marvel cinematic universe movie has been delayed until february 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak. Who would win a fight, new gods dc or eternals marvel. Darkseid, granny goodness, big barda, orion, mister miracle have more overall power than. Fourth world, a conflict between two postragnarok factions of new gods, eternals about alien experimentation on our early hominid ancestors.
Jack kirbys the eternals debuted for marvel in 1976, shortly after returning from his run with dc comics and the new gods in the early 70s. Marvel just killed off the mcus next big franchise. They got another shot in 2006, though, when the eternals returned with a new series by neil gaiman and john romita jr. While the eternals has the slight high card is thanos the new gods have more power overall easily. The eternals movie, 2020 director, cast, release date. If its just praetor v god then the gods win just by size. The new gods will be duvernays biggest film yet, a multimillion dollar superhero epic that fits inside one of hollywoods biggest franchises, and with a literally outthere premise to. The backstory about the very origins of the universe, the quandary. I have a fondness for the eternals, and all of kirbys 70s stuff, but it cant hold a candle to new gods. The new gods have a lot more heavy hitters than the eternals. Everything about them is intimidating and because the power scale can range so widely with the opposite team that some of the members would be like pieces of cake.
To explain what the eternals are all about, we have to go back millions of years or at least to 1976, when legendary comic creator jack kirby released the first issue of the eternals. At dc, kirby had created the new gods, a miniuniverse of spacebased deities who mostly acted like superheroes, only to see it cancelled out from under him, and one gets the sense that he was not willing to give up on the idea yet. The first was olympia, located in the mountains of greece, near the main portal between the earth dimension and the olympians home dimension, which lead many ancient greeks to confuse some of the godlike eternals with members of the olympian pantheon. With the eternals, kirby is trying to take these science fiction concepts along with his favorite theme, that the gods new gods, asgardians from thor, etc are actually alien beings with superior technology. Satan the god of high school achlys mythology adramelech shin megami tensei ah puch smite akka, worm of secrets.
Marvel comics marvel studios is currently hard at work prepping a new film starring even more of their beloved, undeniably iconic characters the eternals. Eternals would eventually become known to true believers across the gleamin globe as a monument to the unparalleled vision and ability of marvels greatestever artista cosmic odyssey that spanned the breadth of time and space, the original series told the tale of a godlike race locked in conflict with the lessevolved deviants and the superior celestials. The fact remains that two key components of every eternals genetics are no longer present in the titanians. Longtime dc comics fans speak of the new gods in almost reverent tones, and for good reason. The history of the eternals is an intriguing one, as comic legend jack kirby crafted them after his new gods series was cancelled at dc comics. Marvel just killed off the mcus next big franchise screen rant. How the new gods movie can handle its eternals problem youtube. Wb trying to beat marvels eternals to theaters with the new gods.
Characters who are deities, gods, or entities of similar nature. Fast forward to 1976 and kirby has returned to marvel where he was given a second chance at his vision. The new gods director teases appearance of super obscure dc comics character neeraj chand may 8, 2020. Luckily, the celestials ruled that earth had passed its judgment and was saved. The beings of new genesis and apokolips call themselves gods and live outside of normal time and space in a realm called the fourth world. That would lead to lesser turnout, unfair comparisons, lesser box office returns, lesser chances of further exploration by way of sequels etc. The scope of the artwork in the eternals may be on a grander scale than anything kirby did before. Both occupy a cosmic corner of their respective superhero universes that often keep them from interacting regularly with other heroes, both were created by jack kirby and both are strange sets of ethereal god characters. The eternals saga was thematically similar to the new gods, and the series was also eventually canceled without resolving many of its plots. Marvels just hired two rising star screenwriters to pen a script for the eternals, a group of space godlike characters who are relatively obscure. Were still a ways off from learning any specific new gods story details, but darkseid will be the main antagonist of jack kirbys fourth world. Herculesgod vs gilgamesheternal gilgamesh is pretty much the hercules of the eternals. Which is to say that, at first blush, the eternals are a hell of a lot like the new gods another league of superpowered mythical beings, at war with their dark reflection. Jul 22, 2019 marvels eternals with angelina jolie and buff kumail nanjiani explained.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Jan 09, 2020 but then, in 1976, kirby returned to marvel. Aug 03, 2019 linked by their unique histories and shared spot of being properties that have struggled to find popularity in their respective mainstream universes, the new gods and eternals are headed for theaters. This is what wikipedia has to say about the eternals relationship with the greek gods. In the end, however, the celestials were too powerful for them. The eternals ikaris1 a polar eternal, son of virako and tulayn, father of icarus. However, the upcoming film interpretation of the eternals seems to be reimagining them as an alien species. His return to marvel saw him create another cosmic group, though this one was an ancient variation of humanity created. Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite against mankinds most ancient enemy, the deviants. Dec 09, 2019 as a reader and kirby fan, new gods stands as the high water mark of his career. Eternals vs new gods comics general cgc comic book. A whole new set of gods are coming to the marvel cinematic universe with angelina jolie and the eternals, one of the weirdest, most intriguing superhero teams to. Other eternals settled elsewhere, but zuras remained the leader of all of earths eternals.
I would consider myself a committedcasual comic reader and. Richard said new gods and eternals both being stories about regular everyday folks finding out that the history of the world and their status in the scheme of things is very different than they supposed, and the whole human species is caught in a battle between vastly more powerful forces of good and evil yes, that totally works for me. Marvel hires writers for the eternals movie to outdo dcs new gods. The new gods vs the eternals the 17 waverly podcast. Aug 03, 2019 the new gods will be duvernays biggest film yet, a multimillion dollar superhero epic that fits inside one of hollywoods biggest franchises, and with a literally outthere premise to. Thanos, ikaris, gilgamesh, sersi, hyperion especially when thanos is upgraded and ds loses to superman at times and the new. Once again the stories featured a heady mix of mythology and science fiction. Kirby then began working on the eternals when he returned to marvel. At some point zuras married a female eternal named cybele and they had a daughter, azura, later known as thena. Oil can basically mess up anything but eternals kinda have sparks since that was more or less the point of bolas testing people before making a. Apr 19, 2019 all gods in war of the spark return to the third spot in their owners library when killed or exiled.
Dec 09, 2019 the difference marvel appears to be emphasising is the historical influence the eternals have had on mythology and demonology, something which doesnt feature significantly in new gods, and which also needs to be a stronger, worldwide, more generalised effect than was possible in the thor movies. Eventually, the eternals decided to team up with the pantheon of the gods led by odin to try to fight back against the eternals. Zuras directed the construction of the new principal city of the eternals, olympia, in a mountainous region in greece. A whole new set of gods are coming to the marvel cinematic universe with angelina jolie and the eternals, one of the weirdest, most intriguing superhero teams todate. Now if it was the dreadhorde invading new phyrexia, thats more likely a phyrexian victory. The marvel cinematic universe welcomes ikaris, sersi and new powerful heros related to thanos. Aug 01, 2019 much like new gods, marvels eternals featured two warring ancient races, in this case, the eternals and their monstrous counterparts the deviants both created by the alien celestials genetic experiments on early humans.
If new gods comes after eternals, it will be looked at as a copycat by the ga especially because the concepts are similar. Across four series and one graphic novel, kirby wove his own sciencefiction mythology centered on the new gods, two warring pantheons. Wb trying to beat marvels eternals to theaters with the. New gods movie director ava duvernay teases the obscure dc comics godly character all widow. Son goku dragon ball super rimuru tempest web novel son goku xeno thanos marvel comics yogsothoth cthulhu mythos reinhard heydrich. It saw the eternals, lead by ikaris, make themselves known to the wider world after the arrival of a new host of celestials on the planet, prompting an attack by the deviants that drove ikaris. In my opinion eternals are on average more powerful individually.
Everything you need to know about the eternals, mcus future. Like any epic, it has a cast of hundreds, with several characters that could become the focus of. Marvels eternals with angelina jolie and buff kumail. Enter the godeternals image via wizards of the coast magic. Sep 04, 2008 richard said new gods and eternals both being stories about regular everyday folks finding out that the history of the world and their status in the scheme of things is very different than they supposed, and the whole human species is caught in a battle between vastly more powerful forces of good and evil yes, that totally works for me. Marvels eternals with angelina jolie and buff kumail nanjiani explained. Marvel studios the eternals features an exciting new team of super heroes in the marvel cinematic universe, ancient aliens who have been living on earth in secret for thousands of years. These new gods have evolved due to their close proximity to the source, a primeval energy, believed to be one of the ultimate foundations of the universal expression of energy, along with their superior technology, into beings of genetic stability and. The mcu is trying to steal the new gods movies thunder by having their own space deity movie come out first. Cosmic or not, theyve lost what made them eternals. Linked by their unique histories and shared spot of being properties that have struggled to find popularity in their respective mainstream universes, the. Meet the eternals, the marvel cinematic universes next. The new gods and the eternals share more than a few similarities. For those anxiously awaiting darkseids debut on the silver screen, the.