The Eternals and the characters who inspired them.
The Eternals They are a group of superheroes created by Jack Kirbywhose debut occurred in the adventure The day of the godspublished in the comic The Eternals nº 1 (1976). It is a race of humanoids, created by alien entities known as The Celestials. Although he is not one of the most famous people in the Wonderthey went on to star in their own film, under the title Eternals (2021), although it did not gain public favor, so there is little chance of it having a sequel, which does not mean that its members cannot appear in films with other characters from Marvel Studios.
However, the topic that interests us in this article is to know who some members might be inspired by. The Eternalsmost of which are related to Greek mythology, as you can see if you continue reading to the end.
Zuras
This member of The Eternals was first seen, under the name of Zuras in the adventure Olympia!which was published in the comic The Eternals nº 5 (1976), by Jack Kirby. However, the mythological god Jupiter had appeared in the comic Red Crow comics nº 1 (1940), in the adventure Race to Jupiterby an uncredited screenwriter and, once again, by the artist Jack Kirby. And, as time goes by, Zuras and was recognized as the same entity.
Obviously, if he had already been called Jupiterthis character could be considered the Zeus from Greek mythology.
At that time
Born with the name of Bluehe first appeared in the comic The Eternals nº 5. In addition to fighting alongside his comrades, Heroes for hire, Stark International, The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy Yes Go A are the other groups in which we could see this member The Eternals.
Obviously, if this character is to remind us of someone from Greek mythology, it can only be the goddess Athena.
Icarus
This character debuted in The Eternals nº 1as is logical, since one of the first protagonists to appear in the newspaper must necessarily be the leader The Eternals.
You only need to pay a little attention to his name to realize that the hero of Wonder seems inspired by Icarusthe mythological character who was killed because he flew too close to the Sun.
Meccari
Although this member of The Eternals was originally known as Mercury in the adventure entitled Mercury in the 20th centurycarried out by Martin A. Bursten Yes Jack Kirby TO Red Crow comics nº 1it was renamed as Hurricane for the cartoon Murder, LTDpublished in Captain America number 1 (1941), with a screenplay by Joe Simone and drawings by Jack Kirby. He was known as Meccari since its appearance in The Eternals nº 5.
In addition to possessing the gift of speed, we have already clarified who he was originally known as Mercurywhich in turn is inspired by the Greek god Hermesso here it seems very clear where the character’s name comes from.
Sersi
Member of The Eternalswho appears for the first time in the adventure The devil in New York!published in The Eternals nº 3 (1976), by Jack Kirbyalthough he also served in the ranks of The Avengers, God’s team, Guardians of the Galaxy Yes Go Aamong others.
Given her status as a witch, this shouldn’t surprise us Sersi is inspired by another connoisseur of magical arts, such as mythology Circeespecially if we take into account that he used that alias on some occasions.
Drug
In the case of this member of The Eternalswhich saw the light for the first time in the adventure The Russians are coming!published in The Eternals nº 11 (1977), by Jack Kirbywe know that he has also been part of various teams, such as The Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X – Men, Vorozheika, The Fantastic Four Yes The defenders.
Although its history is related to the Slavic peoples, taking this into account Jack Kirby I wanted to bring each character closer to the deity they were originally confused with and who The Eternals the originals had a Greek feel, it’s possible Drug was inspired by Dolosminor god of manipulation and deception.
Knives page
This character was one of the crime lords of The Eternals and appeared for the first time in the adventure Greetings Thanos – Part 1published in The Eternals nº 7 (2021), by Kieron Gillen Yes Esad Ribicalthough his publishing career was rather short.
However, since then there is no mythology involved here Knives page (whose original name is Knave of Knives) seems to be inspired by a character belonging to The Threepenny Opera (1929) Berltod Bretchcalled Mack the knife.