*Marvel: Following his 1976 return to Marvel, the legendary Jack Kirby was anxious not to get trapped in the cycle of just illustrating super-heroes again, and one of his conditions was that he would be allowed to write and draw his own concepts. How much of the Eternals concept was his is, politely, open to debate; reminiscent of the then-popular Erich Von Daniken paperbacks, which asserted that mankind’s historical ‘Gods’ were alien visitors, Kirby’s Eternals postulated the return of ancient immortal extraterrestrials and the cataclysmic repercussions for humanity. Originally intended to stand apart from the Marvel Universe, it was shoehorned in at editorial insistence, which resulted in Kirby eventually abandoning the strip mid-story, but with the Eternals movie this series has gathered a lot of interest. This is a nice, above average copy of the first issue, pence printed, with just minor reading wear at the edges and a tiny colour-breaking crease at the bottom right corner (and I do mean tiny!). Great colour and gloss, firm, tight staples and white pages.
PICTURED: ETERNALS #1 FN+ p £90 SOLD