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Ike Harris

Ike Harris

85 appearances · Bronze Age · 1976–2026 · 5 key issues
Who is Ike Harris?

Ikaris is one of the Eternals — an offshoot of humanity secretly shaped by the cosmic Celestials millions of years ago. Gifted with near-immortality, flight, and devastating cosmic-energy projection, he has walked among humans under aliases like Ike Harris throughout recorded history.

Born in the Bronze Age heart of Marvel's 1976 Astonishing Tales, Ike Harris is one of those quietly enduring figures whose longevity speaks for itself — 85 catalog appearances stretching across roughly fifty years, with five of those issues flagged as collector-significant keys. Conjured by Bill Mantlo and Rich Buckler, he's carved out a presence across titles as varied as Eternals, Quasar, and Hulk Comic, sharing pages with some of Marvel's heaviest hitters — Captain America, Spider-Man, and cosmic luminaries like Thena, Sersi, and Circe. That kind of company, sustained across half a century, marks Ike Harris as exactly the sort of deep-cut Marvel character that rewards the curious collector willing to dig beneath the surface.

Identity

Real name. Ikaris (true Eternal name); "Ike Harris" is his human alias

Powers. Eternal physiology: superhuman strength/durability/speed, flight, cosmic energy projection (eye beams), matter manipulation, near-immortality, telepathy/illusion casting.

Teams & affiliations
Eternals
★ First appearance
The Eternals #1
Jul 1976

Top series

Covers through the years — 1976–2023

Astonishing Tales #34 1976
Astonishing Tales #34
Thor #293 1980
Thor #293
Silver Surfer Annual #1 1988
Silver Surfer Annual #1
Quasar #28 1991
Quasar #28
Quasar #54 1994
Quasar #54
X-Men The Hidden Years #21 2001
X-Men The Hidden Years #21
G.L.A. #3 2005
G.L.A. #3
Eternals Annual #1 2009
Eternals Annual #1
Hulk #49 2012
Hulk #49
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & the Great Lakes Avengers #[nn] 2016
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & the Great Lakes Avengers #[nn]
Eternals: Thanos Rises #1 2021
Eternals: Thanos Rises #1
Sins of Sinister #1 2023
Sins of Sinister #1

Appearances

Astonishing Tales (1970)
#34
The Mighty Marvel Western (1968)
#44
The Eternals (1976)
Comic Reader (1973)
Hulk Comic (1979)
Thor (1966)
What If? (1977)
#29
Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions (1982)
#1
Super Spider-Man TV Comic (1981)
Marvel Age Annual (1985)
Silver Surfer Annual (1988)
#1
Fantastic Four Annual (1963)
#21
The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (1964)
#23
The Avengers (1963)
Quasar (1989)
Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (1989)
#35
Starblast (1994)
New Eternals: Apocalypse Now (2000)
#1
X-Men The Hidden Years (1999)
#21
G.L.A. (2005)
#3
All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2006)
#4
Eternals (2006)
All-New Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z: Update (2007)
#1
Essential Silver Surfer (1998)
#2
Incredible Hercules (2008)
X-Men: First Class (2007)
#13
Eternals Annual (2009)
#1
Eternals: Manifest Destiny (2009)
Marvel Masterworks: The Inhumans (2009)
#2
The Incredible Hulk (2010)
#2
X-Men (2010)
Evolutionary War Omnibus (2011)
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A to Z (2011)
#5
Hulk (2008)
#49
Avengers: The Contest (2012)
Red Hulk: Haunted (2012)
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl & the Great Lakes Avengers (2016)
Thor: Gods & Deviants (2017)
Eternals: Secrets from the Marvel Universe (2020)
#1
Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange (2003)
#10
Symbiote Spider-Man: Crossroads (2021)
Captain Britain Omnibus (2021)
Eternals: Thanos Rises (2021)
#1
A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022)
Free Comic Book Day 2022: Avengers / X-Men (2022)
#1
Silver Surfer Epic Collection (2014)
#4
A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment (2022)
#1
X-Men: Hellfire Gala (2022)
#1
Avengers by Jason Aaron (2018)
#10
Sins of Sinister (2023)
A.X.E.: Judgment Day Companion (2022)
Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man (2003)
#25
Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways Omnibus (2024)
Eternals by Kieron Gillen (2024)
All-New Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider (2025)
Eternals 50th Anniversary Special (2026)
#1
Secret Wars II (1986)
#60