Coinciding with Disney+’s release of ‘The Eternals,’ the 7-issue series kicked off yesterday on the Marvel digital comic platform; release on WEBTOON set for January 20.
Marvel Entertainment’s digital comic platform Marvel Unlimited has launched “Eternals: The 500 Year War.” Coinciding with the release of The Eternals on Disney+, the 7-issue series hit the platform January 12. It will be followed by a January 20 launch on WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform.
The Infinity Comic series spotlights the Eternals in their past encounters during the 500 Year War against Deviants. Fans will see the Eternals interact with different human cultures across time through the cultural artifacts that were gifted to them.
Each issue features an international creative team of writers and artists from the respective country that the story is being told in. The rotating creative line-up includes writers Dan Abnett; Aki Yanagi; Jongmin Shin; Ju-Yeon Park; David Macho; Rafael Scavone; and Yifan Jiang; and artists Geoffo; Rickie Yagawa; Do Gyun Kim; Magda Price; Marcio Fiorito; and Gunji. Art will be colored by Matt Milla; Carlos Macias; Fernando Sifuentes; Pete Pantazis; and Felipe Sobreiro.
“Bringing ‘Eternals: The 500 Year War’ to Marvel Unlimited will open up doors for our international creative teams to tell much more personal stories by setting them in their homelands,” commented Marvel editor-in-chief C.B. Cebulski. “These stories also break down borders and provide excitement beyond anything fans can imagine with these diverse, multi-cultural characters”
“Marvel’s Eternals are the perfect fit for WEBTOON readers around the world: a global narrative crossing borders and boundaries, and a diverse new cast of heroes, all available in an innovative mobile format,” added WEBTOON U.S. head of content David Lee. “This series is perfect for anyone who wants to see more of the incredible Eternals in action, expanding their universe with new stories and a new format on WEBTOON. We’re thrilled to work with Marvel on ‘Eternals: The 500 Year War’ and can’t wait to collaborate on more incredible stories together.”
Marvel Unlimited is a premier subscription comic service that takes fans into an unending journey through 80 years of storytelling. By partnering with WEBTOON on “Eternals: The 500 Year War,” the series will reach a new generation of comics fans, where 72 million monthly active users read their favorite digital comics.
WEBTOON is home to global comics fandoms, including the original digital comics behind Netflix’s hit streaming series Hellbound, Sweet Home, and the upcoming All of Us are Dead as well as New York Times best-sellers “Lore Olympus” by Rachel Smythe, and “Hooky” by Miriam Bonstre Tur.
Source: Marvel Entertainment
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
