I've been looking forward to this Eternals series ever since I first heard about it but didn't want to read it until I'd read the the original series. 1602 by Neil Gaiman was fantastic and I expected this to be at least just as good his other work. I wonder if I would have enjoyed this more if I didn't know the roots of these characters and concepts. Since this series is some years old now, I already know a lot of how the full miniseries will play out but I'll do my best not to jump ahead too much in this review. Something is wrong with the Eternals. Only one of them seems able to remember their millennia long history and it is an effort done in vain to try and make even one other remember. If you know anything about these characters then you'll likely be able to theorize where the story might go next but if you don't then not a great deal actually happens. There is a fine distinction between simplifying or dumbing something down and Gaiman leans more towards the latter when it comes to the rather dense history of this title. I really don't appreciate the small, for now, changes he makes to Jack Kirby's original vision. As far as John Romita Jr's art, a lot has been said about it. There are those that really don't like it and they do have a point. It is blocky and scratchy and the kind of thing I wouldn't normally like but for some reason I do. I can't quite figure it out but I guess I'm not the only one who sees it given his prominent status as an artist. I'm not overly impressed by this but I will keep with it for now.
3/5
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