A key issue noted for First appearance of Sprite and First appearance of Oneg the Prober. The Eternals #9 was published by Marvel Comics on March 1, 1977, as part of a series that began in 1976. Jack Kirby writes, and art comes from Glynis Oliver, John Verpoorten and Michael Royer. This 36-page issue features Ikaris, Makkari, Thena, Zuras and Kro, among 15 characters cataloged on VerseDB.