The Uranians are a fictional race appearing in
American comic books published by
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...
. They first appeared in ''
Marvel Boy
M-11
Originally known as the Human Robot, the character was given the name "M-11" in the 2006 to 2007 ''Agents of Atlas'' miniseries as an allusion to its first appearance in ''Menace (Atlas Comics), Menace'' #11 from Marvel Comics' 1950s prede ...
'' #1 (1950) as the human-like inhabitants of the planet
Uranus
Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. Its name is a reference to the Greek god of the sky, Uranus (Caelus), who, according to Greek mythology, was the great-grandfather of Ares (Mars), grandfather of Zeus (Jupiter) and father of Cronu ...
, who became the hosts and mentors of
Marvel Boy (Robert Grayson) and provide him with the technology which he used on Earth to become a
superhero. Originally described as an
utopian
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society of
extraterrestrials
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native to Uranus who had found scientific cures for aging, disease, crime, and other illnesses, they were later
retcon
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ned as a colony of the
Eternals, an offshoot of humanity which possessed near-
immortality
Immortality is the concept of eternal life. Some modern species may possess biological immortality.
Some scientists, futurists, and philosophers have theorized about the immortality of the human