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Eternals by Neil Gaiman

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Inspired Eternals: immortal beings live among us with no memory of who they are; collects the 7-issue miniseries

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Quick recap

Mark Curry is a medical student in New York who keeps hearing wild stories from a guy named Ike Harris, who insists they're both immortal. Mark doesn't buy it until his powers start coming back. One by one, the Eternals, scattered around the world with no memory, wake up: a Hollywood party planner, a child TV star and others. They find that someone wiped their memories and warped how they see history. Behind it is Sprite, tired of living forever in a child's body. Meanwhile, a Celestial sleeping under San Francisco wakes to judge humanity, and the Eternals choose to keep themselves apart from mortals.

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Trivia

  1. ReferenceGaiman among the references

    Chloé Zhao started from Jack Kirby's original comics, but Neil Gaiman's 2006 run is also among the film's influences.

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  2. ReferenceSprite as Peter Pan

    Gaiman and John Romita Jr. likened Sprite, stuck forever in a child's body, to Peter Pan, with short red hair. The film used the same look.

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  3. Behind the scenesA Celestial in San Francisco

    The story revolves around a Celestial sleeping under Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.

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