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s published by

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. They first appeared in ''

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'' #1 (1950) as the human-like inhabitants of the planet

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, who became the hosts and mentors of

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and provide him with the technology which he used on Earth to become a

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. Originally described as an

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society of

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native to Uranus who had found scientific cures for aging, disease, crime, and other illnesses, they were later

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ned as a colony of the Eternals, an offshoot of humanity which possessed near-

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, super-powers and vastly advanced technology even before founding their colony. The backstory of Uranos and other Uranian Eternals (such as Sui-San, mother of

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) was featured in '' Captain Marvel'' #29 (November 1973, by

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Fictional history

Many centuries ago, a civil war among Earth's Eternals ended with the losing side, led by Uranos, being banished from Earth. At this point the Eternals had not yet gained their longevity and near-invulnerability (from the release of radiation which transformed Kronos), and so Uranos and his followers never possessed these qualities. Uranos and his Eternals arrived at the planet which has become known as Uranus, where they discovered a

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base, established there during the Kree-Skrull War. Using Kree technology, the warlike Uranos and most of his followers built a spaceship and intended to return and conquer Earth to destroy the other Eternals.

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and three other, more peaceful Eternals chose to remain behind. Uranos and his faction encountered a Kree armada, which destroyed their spaceship. The surviving members of the faction settled on Titan, a moon of Saturn. Their civilization there eventually destroyed itself through civil war, but the sole survivor, Sui-San, together with A'lars, an Eternal from Earth, became the parents of the Eternals of Titan. The peaceful Eternals back on Uranus were the ancestors of the Uranians, who flourished on Uranus until the mid-20th Century when they were wiped out by natural disasters. They have also been portrayed as having been killed, at their own request, by Deathurge.''Quasar'' #2 (November 1989)

References

{{Stan Lee Characters created by Stan Lee Fiction set on Uranus