The Eternaut speaks to our uneasy times – that’s why this cult comic has become a global Netflix hit – Jordana Timerman

The Eternaut isn’t about a lone hero who saves the day it’s a story about how ordinary Argentinians face existential threat.

The original comic has long been a cult classic in Argentina .

It reflects the fears and dreams of mid-century Argentina shaped by new social mobility.

The Eternaut ’s ideology was always coded in metaphor.

Some read it as a veiled indictment of the military bombing of civilians and the coup that ousted Juan Perón in 1955 .

In portraying a dignified, resourceful working class Peronist by implication it defied an era in which even saying Perón 's name was forbidden.

In the series, that appreciative perspective has shifted to Argentina 's besieged middle class.