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Marvel’sEternalsdidn’t quite make a well - received jump from page to screen , as the MCUEternalsfilm was apprize by neither fans nor critic - but the comics fix one of the most criticized aspects of the output : the character ofIkaris . The most famous Eternal is yetanother Marvel rendering of DC ’s Superman , with vigour blasts from his eyes , the ability to flee and an all - around Superman - esque demeanor . ButA.X.E : Death To The Mutants # 2takes the much - maligned Eternal from the films and gives audiences a reason to really care about him ( alternatively of detest him ) .
Ikaris is often take in as the leader of the Eternals on the battlefield , next to Ajak . In the Eternals motion picture , Ajak is numb before the first reel , and her death coerce the Eternals to reunite after centuries of living apart . finally , the murder is reveal to be Ikaris himself : faced with the alternative between allowingthe Celestial Tiamut to be bornor killing it and saving everyone on Earth , he chooses the Celestial and attempts to kill everyone in opposition to his plan .
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InA.X.E : Death To The sport # 2 , write by Kieron Gillen with artistry by Guiu Vilanova , the state of war between the hug drug - Men and Eternals has resultedin the Progenitor Celestial awakeningand issuing an ultimatum : it will judge every human , variation and everlasting on Earth and decide if the planet is worth sparing or demolish . Ikaris go about the Celestial and , shockingly , pleads for the destruction of his own species . “Remove us from the political machine . We are obsolete instrument … we are expiry . All we have been is decease . End us ! closing us!“The Celestial considers Ikaris ' plea before judging the rest of Earth ’s population .
Ikaris knows a truth even many Eternals do not : whenever an Eternal Dy , the Machine that resurrects them must toss off a random human for discharge the appendage . Eternals thus kill humans whenever they render from the dead , and Ikaris has despaired ever sincehe find out this terrible closed book of the Eternals . He no longer believes Eternals are worthy of protect humanity and need the Celestial wipe out them - or at least remove their power to resurrect . In the motion-picture show , Ikaris was difficult to sympathize with considering his genocidal actions , but his desire to give himself for the sake of humanness is a complete reversal of his mentality in the MCU .
Ikaris in the comic is much a completely different character , prioritizing the want of the many over the need of the few . He also mold with Jean Grey and the rest of the cristal - Men to prevent the Eternals from destroying mutant , as he visit his leaders ( and his total existence ) as wild ( but he stressesfor the X - Men not to kill Eternals , as this would wipe out humans as well ) . TheEternalswere quite unmanageable to sympathise with in the MCU , butIkarisis one of the most human characters in the entireJudgment Daycrossover effect .
