Eternals by Kieron Gillen
Kieron Gillen · Esad Ribić
Story era 12 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age
Gillen and Ribić examine the rules of Eternal society and establish the character conflicts that feed into Judgment Day.
One-book project: Eternals by Gillen & Ribić
Setup & reading order
- After Eternals (2021) #12
Continue to A.X.E.: Judgment Day; this run supplies the event’s direct character foundation.
Optional context & path
Path: Eternals. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
Useful background and earlier stops: Eternals — Kirby Foundation and Gaiman Reintroduction.
Only required setup and earlier volumes in the same project affect the queue. Everything here is optional.
About these books · 4 sources
Publisher and reference pages describe the editions. Reviews and reader discussions offer different views of the stories.
- r/Marvel — What are the best Eternals comics? (opens in a new tab)Readers
- AIPT — Eternals by Kieron Gillen collected-edition review (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Penguin Random House — Eternals by Gillen and Ribić (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Reference identity and legacy — Eternals by Gillen and Ribić (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Eternals by Kieron Gillen
Book 1 of 1 · King in Black and the Krakoan Age
Gillen redefines Eternal society and its Celestial machinery immediately before A.X.E.: Judgment Day.
See reading checkpoints9781302955731Planned edition#1–12#1#1#1Edition sources
Each ISBN identifies a specific printing and cover. “Owned copy” identifies the edition on my shelf; “Planned edition” identifies the edition listed for collecting.
Duplication · Eternals by Kieron Gillen
These books share full issues or parts of issues with other books in the plan. Open the lists below to see which stories repeat.
No shared contents are recorded with other books in the plan.
Things to know
- Read before A.X.E.; the event itself remains a separate later project.