Marvel is beginning to beat the marketing drum for the upcoming summer event Judgment Day pitting the Eternals versus the X-Men, with the Avengers attempting to act as referees to quell the potential war, but we can't help but see something else on the horizon - something beyond heroes fighting other heroes.
Pardon us for skipping ahead to the eventual end, but the upcoming three-way fight between the Eternals, the Avengers, and the X-Men in Marvel Comics' marque 2022 comics event Judgment Day seems to be building towards the three heroic forces eventually setting aside their differences for a larger threat.
A threat that's teased in the name of the event, Judgment Day.
Earth is about to be judged, once again, by the Celestials.
Everyone's got to work for a living, even seemingly all-powerful beings like the Celestials. According to Marvel Comics lore, the Celestials nurture and cultivate the growth of civilizations on various planets through occasional visits every few eons called 'hosts.' Like in-laws visiting over the holidays, they're also prone to judging how things are going - and offer recommendations for how things should proceed. But if they feel the host planet is going down a bad road, they could judge against the planet continuing and... well, destroy it completely.
There have been five known 'hosts' visits to Earth by the Celestials, and during these visits the pseudo-space gods have managed to create the Eternals and Deviants, sink Atlantis, and tell Earth gods to stop interfering with Earth's evolution. Their last known visit was in 2018, but wasn't pre-planned, and ended up with both the Celestials and the Eternals all dying but being immediately resurrected. We also learned during that last visit that
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