The strength of this comic is its dialogue, which contains world and character building content. The artwork and panels are easy to follow, and I especially appreciate the panels detailing the hierarchy of the Eternals, their roles and relationship to the Machine and the Principles, and a brief timeline of the cosmos (limited to the purposes of the story, of course). What is particularly interesting about this issue is that is expounds on Thanos rationale for his obsession with death by having him talk to an ancestor who shares that obsession. Uranos theses on the Principles provides a detailed explanation of his motivation for omni-genocide and works within the context of the Eternals universe. I always appreciate comics that have a striking mythological bent, which is what draws me to Eternals comics and leads me to recommend The Heretic. Read Full Review

Bodeheim and Salazar deliver some awesome visuals in this issue. The art is evocative and perfectly captures the dark tone of the story. Read Full Review

Eternals: The Heretic #1 is not only a good Eternals story, but a good Thanos story. Gillen continues to impress by showing us new layers of the proverbial onion that is decades-old characters. To continue the metaphor, Gillen is an expert at plucking boiling onions from the stew and adding additional flavor for future creators to further explore and invent. Read Full Review

"Eternals: The Heretic #1 enriches the main story with additional context and vivid art. Read Full Review

Kieron Gillen continues world building the Eternals world, by giving these rarely mentioned characters a face, and a personality, and giving them a chance to be used further down the road. Unfortunately the book doesnt add anything substantial to the overall plot of the main book. Ryan Bodenheims art here is transcendent and its so sad that hell never be able to blossom into the superstar he could have been. Read Full Review

In the grand scheme of things, a comic like The Heretic fits in perfectly with what Gillen and Esad Ribic have built with the main title, but not so much on its own. Read Full Review

Eternals: The Heretic #1 shows a depth of character through a single conversation between two major villains. Read Full Review

Fascinating if not a bit slow, Eternals: The Heretic #1 treats us to cosmic philosophizing and some Kirby-style grandiose comic storytelling, making for a truly great one-shot story. Read Full Review

Eternals: The Heretic #1reveals the secret history of Thanos' grandfather Uranos, and it turns out that he's an even more frightening figure than the Mad Titan. If you've been reading Gillen and Esad Ribic'sEternals, this is definitely the comic for you. Read Full Review

Final Thoughts:Eternals: The Heretic #1 tries very hard to sell Uranos as a villain worse than Thanos but comes up short. From his design to his personality and power set, Uranos doesn't really stand out that much as a memorable character. However, Uranos' backstory and contribution to the main series do fit within Kieron Gillen's worldbuilding for the Eternals. Also, the art by Ryan Bodenheim does a fine job depicting Uranos and the ancient Eternal civilization. Read Full Review

Worth a look if you are a fan of Thanos and want to see him get his own story. Read Full Review

Some of Gillen's best dialogue — arrogant, megalomaniacal villains always have played to his strengths — and stunning art that really drives home what a loss Ryan Bodenheim's recent death was

This is another issue about the history of the Eternals. I wonder how well these one-shots sell, at least in comparison to the ongoing. These are enjoyable and well written, but I wonder what the marketing strategy is here.

It's a history lesson, which makes it dry and talky. But it's important history, and it produces a gut-punch of vital plot development at the end. Being beautifully illustrated certainly helps keep it interesting.

This feels like a mechanical but necessary piece of Kieron Gillen's Eternals story, a little bit of clockwork that keeps the whole thing running. Uranos has to do a Thing and the reader needs to understand who he is, why the Thing matters. And this issue gets that done.

Eternal History Lesson #3!

Banter between two evils was very well written; Gillen has separated himself from the pack and I definitely feel a lot more engaged in his writing style. Perfect balance of substance and eloquence without being pretentious. This entire run is what a New Gods relaunch should be.

It had some really solid parts but, also extremely slow. Still a worthwhile read in the slowly built world.