Eternals — Kirby Foundation and Gaiman Reintroduction
Jack Kirby · Neil Gaiman · John Romita Jr.
Story eras 02–08 · The Expanding Universe to Wars on Every Front
Kirby’s original Eternals and Gaiman’s reintroduction establish the mythology and questions of identity that Gillen’s later run revisits.
Setup & reading order
- After Eternals Annual #1
Jump forward to Gaiman’s 2006 reintroduction.
- After Eternals (2006) #7
Continue later with Gillen/Ribić before A.X.E.
Optional context & path
Path: Eternals. Related projects that read well in this order; the order is a suggestion, not a requirement.
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.
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- Work-specific critical or editorial assessment (opens in a new tab)Critics and editors
- Marvel (opens in a new tab)Publisher
- Wikipedia (opens in a new tab)Reference
The books
Eternals by Jack Kirby: The Complete Collection
Book 1 of 2 · The Expanding Universe
Kirby introduces the Eternals, Deviants, and Celestials as their own cosmic mythology.
See reading checkpoints9781302922009Planned edition#1–19#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.
Eternals by Neil Gaiman & John Romita Jr.
Book 2 of 2 · Wars on Every Front
Gaiman and Romita reintroduce Kirby’s concepts to modern Earth-616 before Gillen’s political reconstruction.
See reading checkpoints9781302913120Planned edition#1–7Edition 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 across this project
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
Collecting rule: Read Kirby before Gaiman; Gillen remains the modern continuation.
- Other Eternals series and appearances occur between these periods.
- The two books use different formats and storytelling eras.