- Script
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited)
- Inks
- John Verpoorten (credited)
- Colors
- Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
- Letters
- Gaspar Saladino (credited as Gaspar)
- Job Number
- JV 188
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You’ve found it, Ike! You’re positively uncanny!
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- science fiction; superhero
- Characters
- Deviants: Kro (introduction); Brother Tode (introduction)
Eternals: Ikaris [Ike Harris] (introduction)
Doctor Daniel Damian (introduction); Margo Damian (introduction); Celestials First Host (introduction, flashback); Celestials Third Host (introduction, as statues); Celestials Fourth Host (introduction); Eternals (introduction, origin flashback); Deviants (introduction, origin flashback)
- Reprints
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #90 (5 juin 1977)
- in Gli Eterni (Editoriale Corno, 1978 series) #1 (Marzo 1978)
- in Hulk Comic (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #4 (March 28th 1979) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 4 pages. Reprints pages 2-3; page 5, panels 1-2 & 4; pages 6-9; page 10, panels 1-2], #5 (April 4 1979) [Extensively edited to bring the story length down to 4 pages. Prints detail from over art used as story panel; page 10, panels 3-5; pages 11-13; page 14, panels 1-4; page 16; page 17, panels 1-2 & 4]
- in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #25 (Junho 1984)
- in Eternals by Jack Kirby [The Eternals Omnibus] (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
- in Marvel Deluxe : Les Éternels (Panini France, 2007 series) #1 (2007)
- in Eternals by Jack Kirby (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 ([June] 2008)
- in Marvel Firsts: The 1970s (Marvel, 2011 series) #3 (2012)
- in True Believers: Kirby 100th - Eternals (Marvel, 2017 series) #1 (October 2017)
- in Eternals: Cosmic Origins (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
- in Eternals No. 1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2020 series) (February 2020)
- in Eternals by Jack Kirby: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
- in The Eternals: The Complete Saga Omnibus (Marvel, 2020 series) (2020)
- Keywords
- Andes; archeology; hidden races; Inca civilization
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Letters
- typeset
- Feature Logo
- Genre
- religious
- Reprints
Kirby explains how ancient beliefs influenced him to create the Eternals.