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Ribic is an Eternal lol
Eternals #9
| Writer | Kieron Gillen |
| Artist | Esad Ribic |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
It is Eternal indoctrination to eliminate excess deviation. But can our small group of Eternals overcome such programming when living in a city of Deviants? We're about to find out as, for the first time ever, Eternals fight for Deviantkind.
RATED T+
CRITIC REVIEWS
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9.6
You Don't Read Comics - David Harth
Jan 26, 2022Eternals #9 brings the action and the heart. Gillen does a great job throughout and sets the Eternals on the next phase of their battle against Thanos. Ribics pencils are a bit less detailed than usual but still good, and Vilanova definitely shines in this issue. All in all, another great issue of this series. Read Full Review
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8.7
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jan 19, 2022Ribic and Valinova deliver some great, intense and beautifully detailed art throughout the issue. The tone of the story is perfectly captured by the art. Read Full Review
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7.0
ComicBook.com - Adam Barnhardt
Jan 19, 2022While the vast majority of this issue falls in line with the rest of the series, with Gillen's dynamite scripting and lineart from Ribic and Guiu Vilanova, a reveal towards the end cheapens the story at hand a little bit. Read Full Review
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The Comicbook Dispatch - StoryBabbler
Jan 19, 2022Eternals #9 is a more exciting issue as it continues Thanos' invasion of the Deviant city of Lemuria. Once again, the comic focuses more on Thanos and his interactions with the city then it does on the Eternals except for a couple of them. The second artist on the book was a surprise, but their portion of the comic was well-drawn. Read Full Review
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7.0
Bleeding Cool - Hannibal Tabu
Feb 06, 2022The artwork by Esad Ribic, Guiu Vilanova, Matthew Wilson, and Clayton Cowles maintains the "Renaissance paintings of superhero conflicts" level of quality you've come to know in this series (one close-up shot of Thanos seemed a little unfinished). Still, the story less moves like the arrow it uses to describe Ikaris and more like an overloaded cargo truck veering from lane to lane. There's good stuff here, but this chunk of it doesn't give you enough to make the ride enjoyable enough to buy. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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10
I don't think I've ever read a story that so brutally illustrated the full horror of Thanos. Absolutely the most devastating issue of a comic I've read in a long while.
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This was my favorite issue since #2, really lives up to promises made.
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9.5
This issue has love, war, philosophy, emotion, hope, despair, and comedy within 22 pages. It explains to you, the reader, why the art style changes, by means of its narrator attempting to soften the visual impact of the horrific occurence within. Masterwork, as this entire series has been.
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9.5
I really liked this one a lot. It finally clicked for me after a few unpolished ones that were saved by Ribic's art. Here, it shows Gillen's writing chops that even with the two artists of Ribic and Vilanova it still worked well. I liked Vilanova's style and I don't mind seeing him do an more books but he's no Ribic (nobody can match his style). Props to Wilson for doing great coloring throughout to give it that continuity. Bring on the vengeance!
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9.0
Another great issue and we're heading towards Judgment Day, the confrontation with the Avengers, that was teased already in the one-shot with Ajak and Makkari.
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9.0
Gillen does a good job really making the stakes matter here. I hope things don't get lost in the shuffle come Judgement Day.
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9.0
Series has been very hit or miss for me so far. This issue was a big hit.
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9.0
If I had to sum this up in a single word, I'd pick "consequential." There's a lot of awesome action and plot development going on, but what really stands out is how much of the story is driven by character choices. The script probes deep into causes and effects. Plus, the final twist is a real goosebump-raiser. On the art front, the necessity of using a fill-in artist is regrettable. Guiu Vilanova doesn't measure up to Esad Ribić, but who does? Colors and designs remain consistent and the fill-in section doesn't shirk its visual storytelling duties. It's pretty close to a best-case scenario -- *if* the fill-in is truly necessary.
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8.0
I did enjoy this one. Both artists were great and, the story was not as slow as some previous issues.
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