Comic Book: Eternals Vol.5

Eternals #1

January 2021
"Only Death is eternal, part 1"
Script: Kieron Gillen
This issue has a voiceover from what turns out to be the Machine that supervises Eternal resurrections among other things. Now it watches 1 of them awaken naked and tests his mental state by asking "Ikaris, what are the principles?". Ikaris replies "Protect Celestials. Protect the Machine. [...]

Eternals #2

February 2021
"Only Death is eternal, part 2"
Script: Kieron Gillen
The Eternals have been resurrected after their most recent deaths by their Great Machine system. Ikaris was sent to revive the permanently teen Sprite who had been Excluded for his earlier mass mind-wipe of his fellow Eternals. This time he came back as a she. [...]

Eternals #3

March 2021
"Only Death is eternal, part 3"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Thanos has killed the Eternals' ruler Zuras, and disabled the Resurrection Machine so he can't be brought back to life. He must have had Eternal help to get access to the Eternals' teleportation system and so Sersi leads a conspiracy of Kingo Sunen, Phastos and Sprite to uncover the traitor. [...]

Eternals #4

April 2021
"Only Death is eternal, part 4"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Thanos has killed the Eternals' leader Zuras and broken the Resurrection Machine so he can't be revived. Someone has to have helped him so Sersi has organised a cabal with Kingo Sunen, Phastos, Sprite and Thena to uncover the traitor. [...]

Eternals #5

June 2021
"Only Death is eternal, part 5"
Script: Kieron Gillen
The Eternals' Great Machine continues to give us a 4th-Wall-breaking voiceover. It reminds us that it is spread throughout the world and to a large extent *is* the Earth. Hence the fact that it is currently malfunctioning is causing global problems that are accelerating global warming. [...]

Eternals #6

July 2021
"Only Death is eternal, finale"
Script: Kieron Gillen
The Eternals' Great Machine is failing, which is bad news for the Earth because it is an integral part of the world. And in particular the Resurrection Machine is broken which is bad news for the Eternals. The Prime Eternal Zuras and many others are dead and can't be brought back. [...]

Eternals #7

November 2021
"Hail Thanos - part 1"
Script: Kieron Gillen
In the 1st arc of this series Thanos went on a murder spree through the Eternals. Then some of them discovered the truth about their resurrection system. Every time 1 of them is re-'born' it is at the cost of the life of a human (or sometimes a Deviant as suggested in the Eternals: Celestia 1-shot). [...]

Eternals #8

December 2021
"Hail Thanos - part 2"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Our favourite Eternals have discovered that every time 1 of them is resurrected a human or Deviant has to die. So they've gone to Deviant Lemuria to learn how to change their ways (ie stop treating death as just an inconvenience). [...]

Eternals #9

January 2022
"Hail Thanos - part 3"
Script: Kieron Gillen
The Eternals (re-)discovered that they are only immortal because whenever they die they get resurrected at the cost of a mortal's life, human or maybe Deviant. Now our main chars, the Eternals with a conscience, have gone to live with the Deviants to learn how to avoid dying. [...]

Eternals #10

March 2022
"Hail Thanos - part 4"
Script: Kieron Gillen
The Eternals discovered that every time 1 of them is resurrected it is at the expense of a human life. Our main Eternals fled to the Deviant city Lemuria to learn how to live as mortals. [...]

Eternals #11

April 2022
"Hail Thanos - part 5"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Thanos has become Prime Eternal. To defeat him our main group of Eternals are seeking help from the only Celestial left on Earth - the dead 1 at the North Pole that is being used as Avengers HQ. [...]

Eternals #12

May 2022
"Hail Thanos - finale"
Script: Kieron Gillen
Thanos has been elected Prime Eternal with the help of wily Druig, but is trying to find out how to shuck his Deviant heritage and become a genuine Eternal to be fully accepted by the Great Machine. [...]