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How is this functional in the comics, btw? To say the least, I bet that the writers who created the Eternals weren't thinking of using the actual Olympians in the comics as well. Interesting and complex arguments. Characters from Greek Mythology were already introduced in the 40s/50s, like Mercury (that was later retconned as Makkari of the Eternals) and Venus (who was a member of the Agent of Atlas, but it sometimes unclear if he is the actual Goddess of Love). Hercules was introduced in 1965 as an opponent/ally of Thor, while the Eternals were created by Jack Kirby in 1976 after he left DC Comics. The Eternals are basically the Marvel version of the New Gods, that Kirby never completed. They were something different, more "sci-fi", than the actual Olympians, but in the various part of their history is stated clearly that humans were inspired by the Eternals and "mistaked" them for the Greek/Roman Gods.