The Celestials are one of Jack Kirby's greatest gifts to Marvel.
I bet he was inspired by the ideas he saw in 2001: A Space Odyssey - he adapted that to comic form. The idea of the unseen otherworlders, shaping man's destiny from afar, acting as invisible benefactors. Even the idea of the Black Monolith - Celestials look as impassive as that object did, which would appear and vanish when it choosed.
And the Neil Gaiman/John Romita Jr. Eternals series looks great. I knew Gaiman could be counted on for smart quality of story with quiet poetry of ideas. 👆
Originally posted by roughrider
The Celestials are one of Jack Kirby's greatest gifts to Marvel.
I bet he was inspired by the ideas he saw in 2001: A Space Odyssey - he adapted that to comic form. The idea of the unseen otherworlders, shaping man's destiny from afar, acting as invisible benefactors. Even the idea of the Black Monolith - Celestials look as impassive as that object did, which would appear and vanish when it choosed.And the Neil Gaiman/John Romita Jr. Eternals series looks great. I knew Gaiman could be counted on for smart quality of story with quiet poetry of ideas. 👆
Celestials are amazing.
Exitar the Exterminator. "Destroyer of Worlds." "Purifier of Galaxies."
The enormous Celestial Exitar clearly depicted above easily dwarfs Arishem, who is roughly 2,000 ft. If you compare the two, Exitar is equivalent in height as 5 or 6 Arishem's, making him around 10,000 feet tall atleast!
Thor has never beheld such a magnificent force.
Places a barrier around the planet so nothing shall escape.
"May the Celestials exist in more than one place at a time."
Within Exitar, even the anti-bodies give Thor a run for his money.
Birthing of a New Celestial.
"Celestials witnessing an event a million years in the making since the inception of the Black Galaxy."
"The entire universe reverberates with an explosion so grand, so awesome, that it rivals the big bang."
The High Evolutionary, attached to the Analyzer driven mad by what he's witnessed.
Configuring the outer armor casing of a Celestial.
The Celestials manipulating Super-Ego.
The Blue Celestial Seems to be the one spearheading the chaos.
The Celestials seemed to infect Ego in some manner with a "cosmic cancerous growth." However it was never fully explained.
Here A swarm of Celestials appear from space and are either attacking Ego, or aiding Ego in some indescribable manner. Either way, Ego doesn't look like he's enjoying it.
The First Celestial Host. Arrival on Earth before recorded time.
The first arrival to Earth at the time of the primitive apes.
"The Celestials came to Earth with their universal agenda to explore and experiment and genetically encode species."
Gammenon Gathers the specimens.
Altering the blueprint. Ziran tests for adaptability.
Nezzar the Calculator tests for longevity and durability. Oneg the Prober is the last Celestial to perform tests.