We have had a few appearances by Celestials in the MCU. But who were they in the comic book world? Well here we go the history of the Celestials in Marvel comics.
The celestials debuted in The Eternals #1 in 1976. The two groups were tied together from the very beginning. They were the brainchild of the wonderful Jack Kirby. So this history gets really intense really fast. So essentially at the beginning of time before anything we know existed. There was only a single sentient universe. Referred to as the first firmament. This single entity was washed in loneliness and as such decided to create servants and companions. These creations were brought about in 2 forms, the Aspirants who were loyal and dutiful in maintaining the status quo and having no desire for anything more. And the Celestials who wanted to go create their own planets and universes. Create life and let it grow, die and evolve. This line of thinking was considered rebellious. As we know two conflicting ideologies can not possibly live in coexistence with each other so a war broke out between the two factions. A war that destroyed this first universe.
This destruction was brought on by a civil war among the aspirants. Causing the remains of the first firmament to take the survivors and flea. The pieces of the original universe that were left behind formed the second cosmos and the first multiverse.
In the Celestials first journey to other planets, they collected some of the native inhabitants and began experimenting on them in order to determine what their future evolution would be. Out of these experiments came the Eternals and the Deviants.
Perhaps my favorite run involving the Celestials is from 1978-1980 for those interested it was Thor Annual #7, and issue #283-#300. In this run the Celestials come to visit earth, to be met with a very unhappy Zues and Odin who think that they are strong enough to take on the entire team of Celestials. Obviously they got their butts handed to them and made the very powerful beings angry. So the Celestials promised to return and assess whether or not the earth had a right to keep existing. Zeus and Odin once again let their ego’s determine their actions and decide to build a destroyer to take on the Celestials again. This destroyer is melted and reduced to nothing as soon as they try to use it. The women protecting the earth, Hera and Freya however worked out a much more peaceful approach. They gather and offer up 12 perfect humans that the Celestials accept and move along.
Do you all remember Nowhere from Guardians of the Galaxy? The place…yeah that's a decapitated Celestial head…or at least it should have been. I genuinely don’t remember if we saw enough of it in the movies to determine that, but that’s what it is in the comics.
The Celestials are essentially the reason the multiverse (and all the multiverses) exist. Avengers Vol. 8 issue #5 also reveals that they are kind of responsible for all superheroes bred on earth. A dying Celestial came to earth shortly after the planet was formed and this caused the celestial's blood and power to mix with the still forming planet, making it a very specific breeding ground for all super beings to come.
There are 36 known Celestials some spread across realities and multiverses but all having at least a mention in a main continuity comic. The treatment of the Celestials in the MCU is spotty at best. They are a cosmic entity and the MCU isn’t very good at writing those. But there is a lot more to them than what you have seen on the screen. I tried to keep it short and sweet but we didn’t even get to The Horde which is essentially a cosmic sickness and the creation and defeat of the Dark Celestials. The Thor issues I cited as well as just Avengers Volume 8 are great places to start if you are interested in the Celestials.
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