Anyone read Jack Kirby's The Eternals run?

Jack Kirby? Isn't that the guy who can't draw feet?

It's not Kirby's best work, but it's full to overflowing with the enormous ideas that make Kirby's writing a thrill to read.

As for the art, Kirby was slowing down at this point, and the Eternals embellisher, John 'Jumbo Johnny' Verpoorten, while competent, doesn't add anything extra to the work.

There are several panels and pages in the series that are fantastic on a conceptual level, but somewhat lacking in their execution. You get hints of the Kirby of his prime from time to time.

If I were to grade Eternals objectively, it would likely rate a B-. Grading on a fanboy curve gives it an instant, if not wholly justifiable B+. It's a must-read for Kirby aficionados.

Many of the plot lines that went unresolved in Kirby's initial run of Eternals were resolved later in Thor under Roy Thomas and Mark Gruenwald's tenure on the book.

The lack of a true ending for me is both a blessing and a curse. It's frustrating because you don't know how certain dangling plot threads would have been unresolved. On the other hand, it's those same mysteries that gave the Eternals their staying power all these decades later.

My favorite work from Jack Kirby is his early run on the Fantastic Four. I was practically obsessed with it for about three years. I tried and failed to acquire some of his original artwork on that run, and I ended up buying the spendy Kirby artist's editions from IDW.

DUM!

BUBBLE GUM!