

But if Ikaris is an arrow, Thanos is a bomb.

Ikaris is relentless, hurling himself forward even when he’s standing still. As drawn by Ribić, Thanos and Ikaris are both force personified. The battle that opens the issue really is an astonishing piece of craft on Ribić and Gillen’s part. And they move like it, whether in battle or in quieter moments.

He populates them with a cast who refuse to call themselves capital-G Gods but have the power to lay claim to that loaded title. Ribić’s world is impossible spaces with histories beyond human comprehension. With Eternals‘ second issue, artist Esad Ribić, writer Kieron Gillen, colorist Matthew Wilson, and letterer Clayton Cowles codify the look and language of their cosmic comic.
