7 Things to Know About ‘Eternals’ Phastos, the MCU’s First Gay Hero – Out Magazine

Though Phastos has been around in the pages of Marvel Comics since the mid-80s, he wasn’t an original hero included in the initial lineup of the Eternals ensemble, which has been around since 1976 in Jack Kirby’s The Eternals #1. Luckily, in the MCU, Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos is going to be one of the first Eternals introduced to audiences, alongside an A-List cast that includes Gemma Chan’s Sersi, Richard Madden’s Ikaris, Kit Harrington’s Black Knight, Salma Hayek’s Ajak, bisexual icon Angelina Jolie’s Thena, Ma Dong-seok’s Gilgamesh, Lauren Ridloff’s Makkari, Lia McHugh’s Sprite, Barry Keoghan’s Druig, and Kumail Nanjiani’s Kingo!