Thor 290. December 1979. Ring Around The Red Bull Writer: Roy Thomas Pencils: Arvell Jones Inks: Chic Stone Colours: Carl Gafford Letters: Joe Rosen This is essentially a filler episode, which serves to get Thor back to Earth and set up the next stage of the Eternals storyline. A little background here. Jack Kirby's Eternals ran for nineteen issues from July 1976, but was eventually cancelled with most of its major plots and themes left unfinished. The original idea had been for the Eternals to exist in a separate universe to the Marvel heroes, but this had been overturned in order to enable crossover appearances that the company hoped would prop up sales on the flagging title. This meant that after the main title was dropped, the cosmic events that the series was leading up to needed to be resolved. Roy Thomas and Mark Gruenwald took on the task of completing the story, mostly in the pages of Thor. This particular issue revolves around a mi...