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    5 things to know about the MCU's first openly gay super-powered character

    A new trailer confirmed that Eternals will feature Phastos, a gay character played by Brian Tyree Henry, who's married with a kid. Never heard of him? You're not alone.
    by Glen Weldon Oct 04, 2021 2 minutes
    (L-R): Sprite (Lia McHugh), Druig (Barry Keoghan), Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani), Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry), Karun (Harish Patel), Sersi (Gemma Chan) and Ikaris (Richard Madden) in <em>Marvel's Eternals.</em>

    1. His name's Phastos

    You've never heard of him. He's an Eternal — one of a band of super-powered immortal beings who have lived among us for over 7,000 years, tasked with protecting humanity from their evil counterparts, the Deviants.

    No, he's not exactly a household name. Neither, for that matter, are any of the Eternals, which you might think would have Marvel worried.-bench Marvel characters/raccoons/barely-talking plant creatures.

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