Comic Books
The Eternals of Marvel comics fame are a race of ancient people created by the Celestials, along with the Eternals and Deviants. The eternals were created by the Celestials to live forever in order to protect earth. Other Marvel characters that are virtually immortal include Apocalypse, Galactus, Uatu and the rest of his Watcher race, Mr. Immortal, and the Elders of the Universe.
DC Comics also has its fare share of immortals, such as the more advanced New Gods (e.g. Darkseid, Highfather), Vandal Savage, Lobo, Wonder Woman and the rest of the Amazonians, and the Guardians of the Universe. Also, long-time Batman villain Ra's al Ghul uses the Lazarus Pit to keep himself immortal.
In the Indian comic book series Chacha Chaudhary, the character Raaka drank a medicine made by Chakram Acharya, and became immortal.
Read more about this topic: Immortality In Fiction
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