The following contains spoilers for Marvel’s Eternals.The addition of Eternals to the Marvel Cinematic Universe adds quite a few new characters to the lineup. There are 10 Eternals that make up the main cast of the movie, but there could have been even more. In Marvel Comics, the Eternals aren’t solely humanoids that protect the Earth from Deviants. The Celestials experiment on numerous planets, making Eternals that live in various parts of the universe. Dozens are identified in the comics, but only a handful have major storylines.

Director Chloe Zhao revealed in interviews before the film’s premiere that she tried to be judicious with the characters included in the movie. The 10 chosen as the main team were chosen because they represented certain traits of humanity, but there were two more cut from the script. While there are certainly a large number of characters to choose from, some make more sense than others to appear in a movie.

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Domo

Domo in Marvel Comics and the ship in the MCU

The Domo is the name of the ship that brings the Eternals to Earth. It remains hidden in the ruins of Babylon for thousands of years as the group disperses, living amongst humanity. The name for the Domo actually comes from one of the Eternals in the comics.

Domo lives in Olympia - which doesn’t, as far as the Eternals discover over the course of the movie, actually exist in the MCU. The difference is that Olympia is a city hidden on Earth, not a distant planet. He’s an advisor to the Prime Eternal in the comics known for using a high-tech hoverchair to get around. In the movie, the Prime Eternal is Ajak as she leads the group on their mission to protect Earth. The Prime Eternal in the comics, however, is originally someone who isn’t even in the movie before the role falls to Thena.

Domo only appears in a handful of comics, and isn’t usually involved in events outside of Olympia, so it’s not surprising that he wouldn’t make it into Eternals beyond his name being used as an Easter egg.

Zuras

Zuras in Marvel Comics

Zuras has most of the abilities movie audiences see on screen in Eternals. Like Ajak, he can heal. Like Sersi, he can manipulate matter. Like Sprite, he can cast illusions. He’s also got the same super strength of Gilgamesh, speed of Makkari, and can also project concussive force and heat. In short, Zuras is incredibly powerful.

He is also the Prime Eternal when the group is introduced in the 1970s. He takes over the position from his father, and actually takes on the role of Zeus at Mount Olympus as the mythological deities of Greece exist in the world in the comics. Zuras is the father of Thena, which is part of the reason she becomes the Prime Eternal after his passing.

Aspects of Zuras’ story, however, are present in Eternals. When Phastos develops the idea of the Uni-Mind in the movie, it’s a result of him repurposing technology. In the comics, it’s an old ritual that the Eternals don’t think can actually be performed. Zuras is the first known Eternal to perform it - and he does it four times in the original storylines. It’s also Zuras who sends Thena and her teammates to Earth to protect humanity from the Deviants. He only dies when he protects Thena from an enemy.

Valkin

Valkin in Marvel Comics

The movie pulls from a newer retcon for the origin story of the Eternals, which means the audience doesn’t ever meet the parents of the Eternals on screen. That’s likely why aspects of Zuras’ story are used, but Zuras himself doesn’t appear. The same is true of Valkin. Valkin is the father of Druig in the comics, and eventually, he takes in his nephew Ikaris as his son as well.

Valkin’s story is largely set in Polaria, a different city for the Eternals. With only 10 Eternals on Earth in the movie, they don’t hide their population in cities like Olympa and Polaria. Valkin is the leader of Polaria, set somewhere in Siberia. When Zuras dies, some of the Eternals think he should be the leader instead of Thena, but that doesn't happen. The audience gets to see some of that particular conflict play out on screen as the team constantly turns to Ikaris after Ajak’s death instead of Sersi, whom Ajak chooses to succeed her.

Valkin’s comic book choice to ultimately leave Earth is also echoed in the movie as Thena, Druig, and Makkari take to space to find more Eternals and reveal the truth about their origins. Valkin also takes a large number of Eternals into space to seek out their destiny away from Earth. It’s possible if the Eternals expand their story in the MCU, though a sequel is reportedly not on the way, that an adaptation of Valkin is still in the cards.

Sui-San And A’lars

A split image depicts Sui-San and A'lars in Marvel Comics

It’s surprising that these two characters haven’t appeared in the MCU yet since they’re the parents of two different characters that have. It’s still possible the audience could see them in a flashback sequence in the MCU’s future.

Sui-San and A’lars are residents of Titan in the comics, the home of Thanos. They’re also his parents. Titan is one of the many planets on which the Celestials experimented, creating a race of Eternals there as well. It’s not entirely clear if Titan will have that same backstory in the MCU, but with Eros, Thanos’ brother, introduced in the mid-credit scene of Eternals, it’s still possible to get an adapted story for them.

A’lars is the brother of Zuras in the comics who finds himself exiled from Olympia. When he ends up on Titan, he falls for Sui-San, the last survivor of a war on the surface, started by the Eternal she descends from. With Eros revealing himself as an Eternal in the MCU with the same sphere from Asherim that Sersi used to communicate with them, but still calling himself Thanos’ brother, fans will be interested to see if their complicated history is ever fully revealed on screen.

Eternals is currently playing in theaters.

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