El Eternauta is an argentine science fiction comic book created by Hector Germán Oesterheld in 1958.
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The story begins with an extraterrestrial invasion to Earth. A deadly snowfall produced by the invasors covers Buenos Aires wiping out most of life in a few hours. Juan Salvo, his friends Favalli and Lucas toghether with his wife and daughter remain safe from the lethal snowflakes thanks to the protection of Juan Salvo's home and the cleverness of Favalli. They soon get organized in order to survive the snowfall, making special suites to leave the house protected from the snow.
They soon find out the true nature of the strange phenomenon and join an improvised resistance army to fight the invasors back. They march to the capital having to fight in different occasions against giant insects, a species of humanoids with dozens of thingers in each hand and giant beasts capable of knocking a building down. However they never get to meet the real invasors, who remain hidden, controlling everything from the distance.
After a few victories they are finally ambushed and reduced to just a few men. They split and Juan Salvo tries an escape with his wife and daughter using one of the alien spaceships, but he accidentally triggers a time traveling machine in the craft and they get lost in separated time dimensions known as continiums. Juan Salvo begins to travel through time seeking for them, thus getting the name of Eternauta (who travels through eternity).
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