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6: Inhumanities

Continuity buddies Mark Gruenwald, Ralph Macchio, Roger Stern and Peter Gillis were intent on injecting Jack Kirby's dormant Eternals into the mainstream Marvel Universe. The Eternals were too numerous and over powered to play nice with other heroes, so between them they conjured a plan to streamline Kirby's gods over the early 80's, laying the groundwork for Gillis' eventual Eternals miniseries. What If #29-30 (1981) - Untold Tales of The Marvel Universe Pencils: Ron Wilson Inks: Joe Sinnott Gruenwald had begun this occasional back up strip to tweak continuity and wrap up loose ends. Gillis contributed this two part Inhumans story, which not only introduced them to The Eternals, but also tied up a lingering thread... Lee & Kirby's 1967 Inhumans backup strip in Thor concluded with Black Bolt in pursuit of a new home for his people. Gillis wanted to know how that story ended, so he finally got to tell his version here, which boils down to The Inhumans moving th