Eternals #2 has hit shelves and the question is did it answer the questions readers wanted and become a more compelling read. It definitely answered an age old question in the Marvel Universe on who the Celestials are, unfortunately in my opinion it was the only question answered in this whole issue and the only worthwhile read throughout.



The problem with issue #2 is that the ongoing series still fails to introduce the characters and the background story overtakes the Eternals themselves. This ongoing is taking for granted that readers have picked up the Eternals mini written by Neil Gaiman and that is fine if they want to just produce comics for that target audience, but they must do more if they are expecting to expand the base of comic book fans who want to read this story. This is just one side of the problem. The second side of the problem is the fact that the story isn’t something that can quickly be jumped into. Even if you have read Neil Gaiman’s mini and or earlier Eternals work this is still something hard to grasp because so much is a mystery and so much is going on.



The Knaufs for instance introduce this idea that Thena’s son, Joey, is possessed by a member of the Horde and are spying on everything the Eternals themselves are preparing to do, but it is not against their arrival, it is against Druid. This isn’t made clear in Eternals #1 and it isn’t given legs in Eternals #2. I have to say I may have been going with the hype on issue #1 with how great a series this could have been. I am not going to say that the series is bad. The Celestials have been a large part of the Marvel Universe for quite some time and their presence has still been a point of intrigue for all those who have been interested in Marvel Cosmic beings. They are more mysterious than Galactus.



The artwork on the series is good thus far. There seems to be a lot of new art style’s being used in Marvel’s comics that take some getting used to. Acuna’s style reminds of the movie a “Scanner Darkly,” I believe that was the title. The Celestials story is told through another dream-merge with Makkari, it’s real simplistic, and at least at first glance which is weird especially the magnitude of the effects these Celestials have on entire planets. The best part of the issue is the stance the Eternals take with Iron Man on the Superhuman Registration act. He and Sersi are in a meeting about the Celestial in San Francisco and he is asking Gods to be a part of his team, I guess since he has dealt with Olympians and Asgardians it fits for him to have the Eternals on their side.



The Horde is on its way to pass judgment on Earth and apparently our population is dealing with the Civil War at this point in time; and now the Secret Invasion and is none the wiser. The Eternals seem to be acting out of the desire to be able to stop the horde which doesn’t make a great deal of sense since apparently from the dream-merge Makkari is having with the Celestial, The Horde is coming for them as well, along with the inhabitants of Earth and the Deviants, it doesn’t matter who you are or what you are.



Druig seems to be taking orders from someone in his bid to become the Prime Eternal, but you would think that this is not the time for Druig to be fighting his brethren. He would need their help as well as the help of Earth’s forces to defeat the Horde. I know the Uni-Mind that the Eternals can create is powerful, but will it be enough to stop the Horde? The Celestials have no reason to want to stop it because apparently it is just part of the process to feed the Fulcrum. I’m interested in seeing how this plays out, so I will be picking up future issues, but I am going to suggest anyone who wants to read this ongoing go back and at least Neil Gaiman’s limited series.

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