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Issue: The Eternals #1
Publication Date: July 1976
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Issues: #1 of 19 Issues (53 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 25¢ Cover Price
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: Marvel Comics GroupView Brand Images4
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
On Sale Date: 04/13/1976
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 0714860233407
Price: $0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 10 (1 story, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
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ORIGINAL COVER ART from the Private Collection of Tod Seisser
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
First Line: We've found it -- the tomb of the space gods!
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In Issue: FlagBiblioteca Marvel: Los Eternos #1 published ?
In Content Item: FlagGli Eterni #1 published March 1978
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEternals by Jack Kirby [The Eternals Omnibus] #[nn] published January 2006
as When Gods Walk the Earth! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagEternals by Jack Kirby [The Eternals Omnibus] #[nn] published January 2006
as The Eternals #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Deluxe : Les Éternels #1 published January 2007
as Les dieux sont sur la Terre ! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Deluxe : Les Éternels #1 published January 2007
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #3 published January 2012
as The Eternals #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Day of the Gods

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Character(s): Celestials First Host (introduction, flashback); Celestials Third Host (introduction, as statues); Celestials Fourth Host (introduction); Eternals (introduction, origin flashback); Deviants (introduction, origin flashback)
First Line: You’ve found it, Ike! You’re positively uncanny!
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In Issue: FlagStrange #90 published June 1977
In Content Item: FlagGli Eterni #1 published March 1978
as Il ritorno degli dei [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagHulk Comic #4 published March 1979
as Earth's Distant Past Portrayed as Never Before -- in ... The Eternals! [Story on Interior Page(s)]Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 4 pages. Reprints pages 2-3; page 5, panels 1-2 & 4; pages 6-9; page 10, panels 1-2
In Content Item: FlagEternals by Jack Kirby [The Eternals Omnibus] #[nn] published January 2006
as The Day of the Gods [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Deluxe : Les Éternels #1 published January 2007
as La journée des dieux [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Firsts: The 1970s #3 published January 2012
as The Day of the Gods [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 17
Job Number: JV 188
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Get In the Spirit of Marvel-76!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Marvel T-Shirts; Superhero Merchandise
Character(s): Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Super-Adaptoid; Captain Marvel [Mar-Vell]; Rick Jones; Living Laser; A.I.M.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A promo for five different t-shirts, one featuring Captain America with the Declaration of Independence, one with Captain America, Spider-Man and the Hulk as Revolutionary War soldiers marching, one reprinting the cover to Marvel Double Feature #8, one reprinting the cover to Captain Marvel #35 and one reprinting panels from the story in Marvel Team-Up #13.
Appears after page #11 of the story.
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Mighty Marvel Checklist

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Writer(s): ? (promo copy)
Penciller(s): various (cover thumbnails)
Inker(s): various (cover thumbnails)
Colorist(s): various (cover thumbnails)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Thor [Donald Blake]; Red Sonja; Doctor Strange
First Line: On sale second week of April (1976)
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Mighty Marvel Checklist, comics listed with a synopsis are Thor #249, Captain America #199, Master of Kung Fu #42, Marvel Feature #5, Amazing Spider-Man #158, The Eternals #1, Astonishing Tales #36 and Dr. Strange #16. Also includes a small reprint of the covers of Marvel Feature #5, Thor #249 and Dr. Strange #16.

Appears after numbered page #17 of story.
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Who Are They? What Are They? Why Are They?

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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promo for The Eternals (Marvel, 1976 Series).
On bottom of page with Mighty Marvel Checklist.
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Will the Gods Return Someday?

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: religious
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In Content Item: FlagEternals by Jack Kirby [The Eternals Omnibus] #[nn] published January 2006
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMarvel Deluxe : Les Éternels #1 published January 2007
as [untitled] [Letters Page on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Kirby explains how ancient beliefs influenced him to create the Eternals.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Ikaris; Ajak
First Line: Coming in the next brain-blasting issue of Eternals on sale May 11!
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: House ad for The Eternals (Marvel, 1976 series) #2 including the cover.
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An Omnium-Gatherum of Odysseys Occult, Olios Odd, and Occasions Obbligato!

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (items)
Inker(s): ? (thumbnail illustrations)
Colorist(s): ? (thumbnail illustrations)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On page 28.
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Captain America and the Red Skull

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Synopsis: The Red Skull tries to take over the United States before the bicentennial and uses the Cosmic Cube to transport Captain America to him. Captain America is able to stop him when he gives the Cosmic Cube a Hostess Twinkie and it stops obeying the Red Skull.
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Pages: 1
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Eagle-Eye GI Joe Meets the Intruder Strongman from Another World

Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Eagle-Eye G.I. Joe; Intruder; The Commander
Synopsis: Eagle-Eye GI Joe can see the Intruder in the jungle with his keen vision. He tries to stop the Intruder but is caught in a bear hug instead. He flips the Intruder over his shoulder and escapes into the jungle
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Comic ad for GI Joe toys from Hasbro.
On page 32.

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