Overview

• Season 1 of Netflix’s The Eternaut, based on the 1957–59 Argentine graphic novel, ends with unresolved mysteries around protagonist Juan Salvo and the alien entity known as the Hand.
• The series modernizes the original story, retaining its allegorical themes of dictatorship and collective resistance while updating the setting to present-day Buenos Aires.
• The toxic snowfall, alien-controlled humans, and the Hand’s orchestration of events deepen the narrative’s tension and sociopolitical commentary.
• The River Plate stadium, depicted as the aliens’ base, serves as a symbolic nod to South America’s history of authoritarianism and resistance.
• The Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo have launched a campaign to uncover the fate of Oesterheld’s grandchildren, believed to have been born during their mothers’ captivity in the Dirty War.