Eternals WEBTOON x Marvel Unlimited

Marvel and Webtoon are teaming up! ETERNALS: THE 500 YEAR WAR is a 7-issue series that launches today on Marvel Unlimited, to tie in with the debut of Eternal the movie on Disney+.

The series will launch on the Webtoon app and website on on January 20.

Webtoon previously made headlines for its team-up with DC for comics that launched directly on the Webtoon platform formatted for mobile phones.

Unlike the DC/Webtoon team up, these Marvel comics will have more of a Marvel style to them, based on the promo art. It’s also being presented in Marvel’s “issue” format rather than the episode format for Webtoonm as part of Marvel’s ongoing “Infinity Comics” line.

However it’s still an interesting team up that shows that Marvel is interested in getting their characters in front of Webtoon’s massive global audience. It’s also a nice tie-in for the movie’s streaming release – Marvel has used digital comics to capture interest from movie releases in the past and they’re going back to this playbook.

Eternals: The 500 Year War is set in various countries and will have creative teams based in those countries. The rotating creative line-up includes writers Dan Abnett, Aki Yanagi, Jongmin Shin, Ju-Yeon Park, David Macho, Rafael Scavone, Yifan Jiang; artists Geoffo, Rickie Yagawa, Do Gyun Kim, Magda Price, Marcio Fiorito; and Gunji. Art will be colored by Matt Milla, Carlos Macias, Fernando Sifuentes, Pete Pantazis, and Felipe Sobreiro.

 

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Some more notes from the PR:

The Infinity Comic series spotlights the Eternals in their past encounters during the 500 Year War against Deviants around the world. While fighting the Deviants, fans will see the Eternals interact with different cultures of the human race across time through the cultural artifacts that were gifted to them.

“Bringing ETERNALS: THE 500 YEAR WAR to Marvel Unlimited will open up doors for our international creative teams to tell much more personal stories by setting them in their homelands,” said C.B. Cebulski, Editor-in-Chief of Marvel. “These stories also break down borders and provide excitement beyond anything fans can imagine with these diverse, multi-cultural characters”

“Marvel’s Eternals are the perfect fit for WEBTOON readers around the world: a global narrative crossing borders and boundaries, and a diverse new cast of heroes, all available in an innovative mobile format,” said David Lee, Head of Content at WEBTOON U.S. “This series is perfect for anyone who wants to see more of the incredible Eternals in action, expanding their universe with new stories and a new format on WEBTOON. We’re thrilled to work with Marvel on ETERNALS: THE 500 YEAR WAR and can’t wait to collaborate on more incredible stories together.” 

Marvel Unlimited is a premier subscription comic service that takes fans into an unending journey through 80 years of storytelling. By partnering with WEBTOON on ETERNALS: THE 500 YEAR WAR, the series will reach a new generation of comics fans, where 72 million monthly active users read their favorite digital comics.