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Saturday 7 July 2012

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It has long been erroneously thought that writers Roy Thomas and Mark Grunewald brought the Eternal into official Marvel Universe continuity in a long storyline in the Thor comic book series that climaxed in Thor #30, resolving those lingering plot lines. Subsequent to the THOR storyline, the Eternal (and the mythology connected to them) have appeared or been mentioned in numerous Marvel comics. In particular, the Celestia's' experiment on humanity has been used to explain how certain humans can develop super-powers. The Titania (created by Jim Starlin) and Iranians (created by Stan Lee)were later reconnected as being Eternal as well.
The storyline took elements from the ideas of the Ancient astronauts, which postulate that humanity may have been visited by extraterrestrials in ancient times and interpreted them as supernatural beings. Thus, a recurring topic of the plots was to use the Eternal, the Deviants or the Celestia's to provide explanations for myths or obscure events from history. In particular, many points from the book Chariots of the Gods? by Erich Von Kennie were incorporated into the plot, such as the Nazca Lines being an extraterrestrial airport or the Incas getting technological advances from them and in turn worshiping them as gods.