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Beyond time… Beyond space… Beyond reality itself… ETERNITY awaits! Following in the sold-out, critically acclaimed footsteps of DIVINITY, DIVINITY II, and DIVINITY III: STALINVERSE, two of Valiant’s most formidable creative minds unveil a new plane of existence beyond our own and unleash a universe of new worlds, new beings, and new myths…

Journey to a realm that defies all description and enter an eons-old universe of gods and heroes in this visionary new adventure from New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (X-O MANOWAR, Mind MGMT) and blockbuster artist Trevor Hairsine (DIVINITY, X-Men: Deadly Genesis)!

Collecting ETERNITY #1–4.

112 pages, Paperback

Published October 20, 2020

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Profile Image for Chad.
10.4k reviews1,060 followers
April 25, 2018
I really enjoyed the three Divinity miniseries, but this was pretty much a bunch of existential mumbo-jumbo. It was Valiant's attempt at a Vertigo comic, an obtuse one at that. I'm still a little shocked at how awful this was. This is Matt Kindt doing an imitation of Grant Morrison at his worst, with his head completely up his own ass.
Profile Image for Judah Radd.
1,098 reviews14 followers
September 20, 2021
The reviews for this were pretty negative. People seemed to find it confusing, incoherent… maybe even a bit self indulgent. Maybe even… dunn dunn dunnnn…


…pretentious?

Not me though. I was thoroughly engrossed and more than a little moved. I still don’t feel like I fully “got it,” but the emotional drama was resonant, even if the nuts and bolts of the plot were a bit frantic and disorientating. This book definitely has something to say, and it’s something worth trying to fathom.

Trevor Hairsine’s art is perfect for this script. It was psychedelic and trippy, and it did an adequate job of transcribing abstract ideas into recognizable things.

All in all, I really appreciated this. It’s cool to see the more abstract, Dr Manhattan side of Valiant. Would read again.
Profile Image for Quentin Wallace.
Author 34 books178 followers
January 23, 2021
This was just too weird for me. The art was almost psychedelic. If you've read a comic called "Warriors of Plasm", that will give you an idea of what most of the art was like here. Bright colors and nutty scenes.

I got the basic gist of the story but there was a lot of confusing weirdness going on as well. I think the Divinity series would have been better if left as a trilogy, as this takes away from the series rather than enhances it.
Profile Image for Travis Duke.
1,140 reviews16 followers
October 22, 2018
Eternity is the spin off of the divinity series that leaves a lot to be desired. I like Divinity it had an original story that was intriguing. Eternity however feels like a knockoff and just never sparks my interest. Eternity is a continuation of the divinity series and it focuses on the son of Abram. The writing and story both just feel weak and don't really build to anything worthwhile. The art is probably the shining star here and that just isn't enough.
Profile Image for Tony Laplume.
Author 53 books38 followers
May 30, 2020
The concluding volume to Matt Kindt’s Divinity saga may be the most abstract expression of its central thesis of wisdom over conflict, but by that token also its most rewarding. Kindt’s work in these stories is easily the best material this incarnation of Valiant has produced. It’s Doctor Manhattan revised in less cynical tones. Since Divinity is otherwise an original creation, he might be difficult for some readers to appreciate (in superhero comics the familiar still dominates fan imagination), but as an analog, as a response to an analog, he can begin to be seen as the brilliant argument he really is, inexplicable in so many ways (Kindt’s calculated choice to make him a black man in Russia; stray passages in this volume allude to civil strife he might have experienced in America), but so crucial to any real attempt to make peace with the world, little as we sometimes seem interested in such a notion.
Profile Image for Darth Reader.
1,119 reviews
November 3, 2018
Holy shit! The artwork in this comic is AMAZING. And the whole story is pretty cool too. There's a lot of this "outside" time shit that I find interesting, which is weird because I hate anything to do with time travel since it's all just paradoxes. This one was cool, but I couldn't figure out if the superheroes in this were in anything else or a completely new creation.
Profile Image for Alexandra.
1,895 reviews10 followers
March 29, 2018
I received an e-ARC from NetGalley.

This dark and twisting tale of heroes, villains, and gods takes you to another level. The art was astonishing too.
Profile Image for Jamie Connolly.
789 reviews5 followers
May 4, 2018
More crap about Divinity. Which also sucked by the way. I’m not sure why I keep reading these and why they keep making them.
Profile Image for Pop Bop.
2,502 reviews125 followers
March 5, 2018
Has Its Moments

This is basically the fourth volume in the Divinity story. While being familiar with the previous three stories will help you understand what's going on it's probably not necessary. That's mostly because what you absolutely need to know you can pick up well enough between the lines, and, this volume is so out-there that knowing the backstory may not matter that much anyway.

Basically, Abram and Myshka's son has been kidnapped, the Observer who maintains balance in the universe has been assassinated, and those two events are connected. Lots of new characters step into and out of the story, some old threads are reintroduced briefly, and some earlier characters reappear. But if you keep your eyes on Abram and Myshka you'll get most of the action.

That said, there's a good deal of dense dialogue, lots of changes of scene, and some bits that didn't seem to go anywhere. On the other hand, the drawing is top drawer. The big scenes are impressive, as always the characters are expressive and recognizable, and the action scenes are crisp and clear. Pencils, inking, and coloring all enhance the tone and purpose of the story. Lots of otherworldly settings and travel through strange dimensions, and the like, keep the interest level high even if the story sometimes lags.

So, a Divinity fan will want to get a look at this. Readers who admire Valiant projects, or especially Kindt's work, should be intrigued. As I noted, for this reader, the book had its moments. (Please note that I received a free advance will-self-destruct-in-x-days Adobe Digital copy of this book without a review requirement, or any influence regarding review content should I choose to post a review. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.)
Profile Image for John.
1,682 reviews29 followers
February 1, 2018
Reviewing Divinity, Divinity II, Divinity III: Stalinverse and Eternity.

This was a story essentially 4 mini-series and about 4 years in the making.

Here is the basic plot;

The USSR send three cosmonauts into space, after a botched mission. One (Adam) comes back as a new god (after piercing the the wall of the known universe). And he's a communist. He improves the world, but powers such as the USA are scared of him and put him in a self-imposed jail.

Book 2; you learn that Myskha actually completes the mission as intended and views Adam as a traitor. She returns to earth (also with Godlike powers) to kill Adam and rebuild the Soviet Union (when she returns she sees capitalism as the winner). They fight and Myshka wins. However, Adams empathy eventually prevails, and he talks her down and reachers her how to cope with loss.

Book 3; An alternate history has taken root--one where the USSR never fell and becomes the sole global superpower. The Valiant Heroes are reenvisioned as Soviet Heroes (ala Red Son). The few who remember the true reality work to subvert from within (including Adams). The reason this has occured, is that the third cosmonaut (DUH DUH DUH), Kazmir also survived, gained God powers and returned. A team is assembled, and they defeat Kazmir by telling him to play with the rest of hthe universe instead of focusing on Earth. It's then revealed that Adam and Myshka have become lovers--and have a child on the way.

Eternity; New Worlds, New Beings, New Myths--Adam and Myshka's son has been born. Across the Universe, a god has been murdered. As a result, the council of gods come and take their son--the new claimant to the murdered God's role in the universe. This comic is the gem--pure distilled Kirby madness. And touching humanity.

Profile Image for 47Time.
3,475 reviews95 followers
July 21, 2025
Abram and Veronica went in seclusion where they started a family. After their Observer is killed, a group calling themselves the Eternity arrive among the followers of Divinity. They take Abram's baby to their homeworld for a sacrifice. Abram and Veronica discover the location and swiftly make their way to the Unknown.

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Author 35 books23 followers
March 13, 2018
I must say that the cover lured me in and I've read Kindt's other comics and this seemed interesting. That was about it. I don't even know whether I can explain the plot, since it basically makes no sense. Abram/Divinity is this guy who lives on a farm with his wife and son. The son gets abducted and mommy and daddy turn into superheroes of sort (?) in order to find their kid and get revenge. Their son isn't theirs though, but the new observer and the wheels of universe are now set to get him to balance everything whether the parents want or not. Dad doesn't, even if mom understands the situation. The plot is such a mess and basically hardly anything works structure-wise. The plot is simple in a way, but you really need to struggle to get any understanding. Eternity really needs a more coherent plot and more linear approach to work and there's not enough pages either to pull this off, since we know nothing about the characters.

The art is OK and the comic is very colorful, which is great. Because of the messy structure, the panels are stuffed at times, and it doesn't help that the full palette is used, since it makes this messier than needed. The best way to describe Eternity is to say it's full, too full. Toning down would've made wonders and slowing down the beginning as well as laying the base better. Eternity is a mess, but gladly the idea is interesting and the cover, it's beautiful. So, at least something, right?
Profile Image for Phil.
840 reviews8 followers
March 30, 2018
Disclaimer: I received a free ecopy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book is gorgeous. The color work is phenomenal. The story takes place in a strange realm on the edge of the universe, so things don't have to follow the same conventions of a story set solely on Earth. I thought the creators did a good job setting up this imagined world so that readers won't feel like they are missing out on something.

It picks up the story of the Divinity character and revolves around the theft of his son. As much as I enjoyed this story, I feel like things are returned to a sort of status quo by the end. The story served to bring a returning character into more of a villain role. I want to see how things will play out with him in the future.

As much as I enjoyed the art, the best part of this book has to be Divinity himself. Here is a superhero that doesn't resort to fighting all the time. He spends more time trying not to fight and show respect for those that might wish to harm him. It was refreshing to read a story where alternatives to fighting are the character's initial choices.
Profile Image for Adam Stone.
2,062 reviews33 followers
March 24, 2022
As someone who has found the entire Divinity series lacking, and someone who generally reviews a book for its writing and not its art, I was surprised to find myself giving this two stars.

Both stars are for Trevor Hairsine, Ryan Winn, and David Baron's art. This is a gorgeous looking sci-fi book where it looks like they were given free reign to bust open panels and create a diverse group of aliens to play with, but they restrained themselves and made some focused, gorgeous art.

The story is fucken awful. I have a hard time seeing the talent behind books like MIND MGMT, Volume One: The Manager, Dept. H, Volume 1: Pressure, and Black Badge Vol. 1 allowing this embarrasing drivel to be released with his name on it. But then I realize this is the same talent that produced Ether, Vol. 1: Death of the Last Golden Blaze and BRZRKR, Volume 1, and this is about right. Kindt has had a career that's allowed him to try writing different stories with varied success rates. For me, this one was a huge failure.

It's sort of an outline for an interesting story, as described by an excitable child with a monotone voice. You want it to be interesting (because of the art) so you keep reading it, expecting there to be something to latch on to, but it's just melodramatic sci-fi pastiche with no interesting characters of plot.

It's essentially the story of Cable (from X-Factor)'s origin if it were told by Peter Milligan while he was also writing Final Crisis, and had to verbally explain his story to Peter Milligan who gave a written outline to Chris Claremont to produce the script.

I guess if you've enjoyed the Divinity series, you might want to check this out to see where it goes. But even though I didn't really enjoy the Divinity series, the previous books were significantly more interesting and well-written than this.
Profile Image for Ije the Devourer of Books.
1,969 reviews58 followers
March 4, 2018
I enjoy reading comics from the Valiant universe even when I dont know where they fit in the overall chronology. This comic is a new story arc and an off shoot from the Divinity story arc. It has great illustrations that are nice and bright, and an interesting story. I dont fully understand everything that is happening in this story but I still enjoyed it.

According to Wicki 'Eternity' is a limited series which continues the story of Abram Adams (Divinity) from the previous mini-series Divinity and Divinity II, the event series Divinity III: Stalinverse, and the one-shot Divinity #0.

Valiant fans will know how that fits but the rest of us can enjoy this book, knowing that there is an entire universe of stories and comics for us to explore. This volume is as good a place as any to start that exploration.

Copy provided by Diamond Comics via Netgalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

Profile Image for Maciej.
441 reviews18 followers
May 2, 2018
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Element uniwersum wydawnictwa Valiant od Matta Kindta, którego bardzo szanuje za świetnej jakości historie i rozbudowane psychologicznie postacie. Rysunki Hairsine pewnie nie wszystkim przypadną do gustu choć ten duet (Kindt i Hairsine) można podziwiać w serii Divinity również od Valiant Entertainment. Fabuła jest szalenie trudna i nie mam zamiaru silić się na opisywanie każdego elementu. To jazda bez trzymanki w klimatach solidnego science fiction.
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Element of the universe of the Valiant publishing house from Matt Kindt, whom he respects for great quality stories and psychologically expanded characters. Hairsine's drawings probably will not appeal to everyone, although this duo (Kindt and Hairsine) can be admired in the Divinity series also from Valiant Entertainment. The plot is extremely difficult and I do not intend to describe each element. This is a ride in a climate of solid science fiction.
Profile Image for Wayne McCoy.
4,298 reviews32 followers
February 6, 2020
'Eternity' by Matt Kindt with art by Trevor Hairsine is a graphic novel follow up to the Divinity series by Valiant, which I didn't read. I still thought this was ok, but I probably should have started this story elsewhere.

A pair of intergalactic parents, in cool space costumes, is looking for their lost child. They search and ask questions of all kinds of cosmic beings. When they ultimately find the child, they learn that the child has a higher calling.

It's kind of a cosmic mess of a story. I had a hard time following it or caring, but that could be because I didn't read the previous series. On the plus side, the art by Trevor Hairsine is pretty amazing. I ended up finishing the volume just to keep seeing what art was around the next page turn.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Valiant, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
43 reviews1 follower
April 23, 2019
This is the second graphic novel I read this year, and I have to say, both have been fantastic. Unlike Steel Prince, this one ventured into a psychedelic sci-fi world with alternate dimensions and god-like deities. The artwork was amazing and colorful and the themes and messages were insightful. The only downside to this volume was the storyline. In the beginning, you don’t get as much exposition as you should and you’re thrusted into a world you have no idea about with characters that you’ve never met. Towards the end, the plot became more metaphorical, showing a clear message of non-violence and free will. All around, I thoroughly enjoyed this graphic novel, reading it all in one sitting, and will definately venture into this Valient universe again soon.
Profile Image for Art.
2,458 reviews16 followers
April 14, 2019
I was going to read this cold, but within a couple of pages I needed backstory. So I went to Comixology and read Divinity, Divinity II, and Divinity III: Stalinverse. That gave me enough of a grounding that I could follow the story and care about the main characters. This is very much a series graphic novel, knowing what went before was important to me. The story was pretty good. I like the philiosophical mixed with the action. Don't get me wrong, I like mindless violence as much as the next comic book geek, but the bigger ideas were really interesting to me. The artwork is gorgeous. I love the imagination and talent it tool to portray this story well.
Profile Image for Tomas.
472 reviews9 followers
October 2, 2018
The book could be easily called Divinity IV except that it is a bit more comic book-y. We finally take a look to the unknown. The book does not have a huge implications on the life of Abram or Mishka but it is a nice read. First half is super confusing and second one is quite short. I think I am starting to get a bit annoyed by the 4-issue by volume approach that Valiant has. All the stories you read feel like a 20 minute TV episode. They do not get deep enough. I had better feeling from Divinity III because there were some tie-ins so you can read more about the universe that was created and destroyed within 4-issues :)
Profile Image for Alexander Peterhans.
Author 2 books301 followers
September 2, 2019
I think it's kind of cheap to keep comparing Kindt's work to Jeff Lemire, but here I couldn't help thinking that this book is Kindt trying to do a Lemirean 'zoom out', and failing. The philosophy just doesn't cohere.

Another thing I've noticed in the previous Divinity series, is that Kindt has a tendency to have his bad guys turn bad on a dime, in a quick and unconvincing manner. So too in this book.

Lots of new characters, lots of new locations, the future of (a) universe is in danger, and all of it eliciting not much more than a tepid shrug from me.

1,5 stars

(Read as four single issues.)
Profile Image for Dakota Morgan.
3,421 reviews53 followers
September 19, 2018
I should have remembered by dislike for Divinity before delving into Eternity, another one-word, semi-event comic that takes place on the farthest edges of space. It's a mind-trip featuring a battle between one world where the inhabitants see only the future and another world where the inhabitants see only the past. More of an intellectual mind-bender than an actual compelling adventure. Art's good, at least.
Profile Image for Shane.
1,397 reviews22 followers
September 2, 2020
I've really been getting into the "cosmic" sci-fi/fantasy mashup's lately and this scratched the itch. I loved the art and all the strange aliens. The plot was a little surreal, but I was glad it wasn't just all action. I didn't realize that I probably should have read "Divinity" first, I think this is the first comic I've read from Valiant and since most of their stuff is on Comixology Unlimited I'll be reading a bunch of it, especially if it's as cool as this short mini-series.
Profile Image for Nikki in Niagara.
4,392 reviews174 followers
April 17, 2018
This didn't do a thing for me. I was hoping for some good science fiction instead this is a very philosophical story based on ideas and fighting violence with love. I get the message but other than these alien races needing to find balance between past and future without violence there is no plot and so the ending is dull.
261 reviews
September 12, 2018
Um, huh. This was really hard to fit in my brain. At first it was a procession of dissociated ideas with really uneven art (especially when it comes to drawing a baby!), then it shifted into something vaguely astride the Fourth Wall that compared parenting to writing a comic book. I am no author and it wasn't enough *about* parenting so it didn't really work for me.
Profile Image for Shannon.
772 reviews115 followers
October 22, 2022
So.... I read this for my annual A to Z Graphic Novels & Comics challenge...and I had no idea it was the end of a series. Probably because it was noted as issues 1 to 4. I'm a little sad to read this out of order, especially as I do want to read Divinity, but I didn't know this was 4 of 4. Oh well! I can always go back to the beginning.
Profile Image for Jacqui.
10 reviews8 followers
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April 11, 2018
The cover intrigued me and it looked very interesting.
However that was unfortunately one of the most exciting things about this graphic novel.

I found the story to be all over the place so I couldn't really get int o it.

However the artwork in the story is amazing.
Profile Image for Gary Lee.
823 reviews15 followers
July 12, 2018
I know next to nothing about the Valiant comics universe, and this was very heavy with continuity and backstory plot points, but I never felt lost or confused. It's an interesting read, and I'd say it's worthwhile if you're interested in reading a more modern take on Kirby-esque superhero books.
Profile Image for Patrick.
2,163 reviews21 followers
April 22, 2018
Randomly picked this one to read tonight. I had zero history going in.

I did not care for it...at...all.
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