{"id":4228,"date":"2017-06-12T23:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T03:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2017-06-12T23:53:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T03:53:00","slug":"the-city-of-toads-k023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/archives\/4228","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The City Of Toads&#8221; (k023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-4230\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023a.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023a-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023a-768x633.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023a-1024x844.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023a-624x514.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The City Of Toads&#8221; is the 17-page Kirby story from\u00a0THE ETERNALS #8 [1977], inked by Mike Royer and coloured by Glynis Wein.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4229 alignright\" src=\"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023-768x1156.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/kirby\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/06\/k023-624x940.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a>The focus in this issue switches mostly to the Deviants side of the vast cosmology Kirby was creating in this book, as we open with their leader Tode confronting the issue of a freak among the Deviants, known as the Reject, whose deformity is that he could pass for an Eternal or a human. Meanwhile, back in New York, Kro invites Thena to the Deviant city (while making some more comments about their past), while the other Eternals deal with Doctor Samuel\u2019s curiosity about what\u2019s he\u2019s learning about the real nature of humanity. Kirby provides a few great views of the old Deviant city destroyed in an earlier battle with the Second Host of Space Gods as Kro and Thena approach the new Lemuria.<\/p>\n<p>Thena is horrified by a lot of what she sees about how Deviant\u2019s live, in particular how they treat those of their people who show instability in their genetic make-up. As the issue ends, the Reject is brought before the Deviant royalty to face combat with the monstrous Karkas.<\/p>\n<p>It really is amazing the variety of characters Kirby was creating for this series, with some new twists in almost every issue. It\u2019s a shame he didn\u2019t get nearly enough time to explore it all.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.comics.org\/issue\/30756\/#193972<br \/>\nETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY [2006]<br \/>\nETERNALS BY JACK KIRBY #1 [2008]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The City Of Toads&#8221; is the 17-page Kirby story from\u00a0THE ETERNALS #8 [1977], inked by Mike Royer and coloured by Glynis Wein. 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