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Kid Eternity is a comic book superhero who first premiered in Hit Comics #25, published by Quality Comics in December, 1942. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call The character - as well as all of Quality's intellectual properties were sold to DC Comics in 1956 (though most of the said properties lapsed into public domain by that point). Intellectual property ( IP) is a legal field that refers to creations of the mind such as musical literary and artistic works inventions and symbols names DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone The character has continued to appear - albeit infrequently - in DC comic books since his revival in the 1970s.

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Kid Eternity at Quality Comics

Kid Eternity

Hit Comics #41 (July, 1946), Quality Comics
Publication information
Publisher Quality Comics, later DC Comics/Vertigo
First appearance Hit Comics #25 (December, 1942), Quality Comics
In story information
Alter ego Christopher "Kit" Freeman
Supporting character of Marvel Family
Abilities Summoning of historical or mythological figures,
intangibility

Hit Comics, prior to issue #25, had a series of rotating cover features, including Hercules, the Red Bee, Stormy Foster and Neon the Unknown. Quality Comics was an American comic book Publishing company that operated from 1939 to 1956 and was an influential creative force in what historians and fans call DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. In Comic books and other stories with a long history first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Fictional character. The Marvel Family is a group of Fictional characters a team of Superheroes in the Fawcett Comics and DC Comics universes Hercules is the Roman name for the Mythical Greek hero Heracles, son of Zeus and the mortal Alcmena. The Red Bee is a fictional Superhero from the Golden Age of Comics who first appeared in Hit Comics #1, published in July 1940 by Quality Comics Neon the Unknown is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comic Books created by Jerry Iger for Quality Comics. However December 1942 saw the entire line-up of comics at Quality change their features (if not always the cover feature). Kid Eternity was brought in from the start as the new cover feature for Hit.

The character proved to be popular enough that when Quality Comics began expanding their post-war line, the Kid got his own self-titled comic book, Kid Eternity, in the Spring of 1946. Further illustrating the popularity of the character, his antagonists, Her Highness and Silk were given their own strip in Hit Comics #29 through #57. An antagonist (from Greek ανταγωνιστής - antagonistes, "opponent competitor rival" is a character or Her Highness and Silk are a pair of Fictional characters that debuted in Quality Comics ' Hit Comics #27

By the late 1940s, however, Quality Comics was experiencing the post-war bust that most superhero comics were. A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero) is a Fictional character "of unprecedented physical prowess dedicated to acts of derring-do In November 1949, Kid Eternity's self-titled magazine was discontinued (with issue #18) and his lead slot in Hit Comics was given over to Jeb Rivers, a riverboat captain (with issue #61).

Character origin and powers

The Kid was originally a nameless boy (who only ever remembered being called 'Kid' by his 'Gran'pa') who was killed when a U-Boat sank his grandfather's fishing boat during World War II. U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word, itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot ( undersea boat) and refers World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Due to a supernatural mix-up, however, he was killed seventy-five years too soon (similar to the plot of the 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan) at the time. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Here Comes Mr Jordan ( 1941) is a comedy film in which a boxer mistakenly taken to Heaven before his time is given a second chance back on Earth

To rectify the error, the Kid was brought back to life for another seventy-five years with the mission of upholding good in the world. He was given the power to summon any good historical or mythological figure by saying the word "Eternity" as well as to use the same word to make himself material or immaterial. While in the popular mind eternity often simply means existing for a limitless amount of Time, many have used it to refer to a timeless existence altogether outside of Kid Eternity was further assisted on his duties by the clerk who'd made the error, Mr. Keeper.

Notable villains

Kid Eternity at DC Comics

In 1956, Everett M. "Busy" Arnold, the owner of Quality Comics decided to leave the comic business entirely for the more profitable arena of Men's Adventure Magazines. Everett M Arnold ( May 20 1899, Providence Rhode Island &ndash December 1974 also known as Busy Arnold, was an early Comic books Men's adventure is a genre of Magazines that had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s He sold the Quality Comics line to his competitor, DC Comics. DC kept a number of Quality's titles running, but it wasn't until the 1970s that they went back to look at the long cancelled superhero characters (with the introduction of the Freedom Fighters)

In the early 1970s, DC decided to revive Kid Eternity. Freedom Fighters is the name of a DC Comics Comic book Superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company Quality Comics. Unlike most of the Quality stable, who were depicted as living on the parallel world Earth-X, Kid Eternity was retconned into the Marvel Family of Earth-S, which DC had acquired from another former competitor, Fawcett Comics. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics. Retroactive continuity is the deliberate changing of previously established facts in a work of serial fiction The Marvel Family is a group of Fictional characters a team of Superheroes in the Fawcett Comics and DC Comics universes Fawcett Comics, a subsidiary of Fawcett Publications, was one of several successful Comics publishers during the Golden Age of Comic Books in the 1940s This change was made because the Kid's power bore such a similarity to the Marvels -- after a magic word was spoken, and a character who had not been present arrived in a bolt of lightning. (Although unlike the Marvels, the Kid himself did not disappear). In this revival, the Kid was given a new name -- Christopher "Kit" Freeman, and became the brother of Captain Marvel, Jr. (Freddy Freeman). Captain Marvel Jr (Freddy Freeman is a Fictional character, a Superhero derived from the Fawcett Comics character Captain Marvel, later purchased

Kid Eternity became a supporting character in Shazam! stories, and there was even an eventual rematch with both Her Highness and Silk, and later Master Man. Kid Eternity's powers prove a valuable asset at least once when a villain cast a magical black void around the Marvel Family in their regular forms, thus preventing them from calling down the magic lightning to change. Although the villains also bound and gagged Kid Eternity, he managed to remove the gag to summon Zeus who supplied the magic lightning necessary for the Marvel Family to change. Zeus (zjuːs in Greek: nominative: Zeús /zdeús/ genitive: Diós; Modern Greek /'zefs/ in Greek mythology Earth-S was merged with Earths One, Two, 4 and X in Crisis on Infinite Earths and Kid Eternity vanished along with the original version of the Marvel Family. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics. The DC Multiverse is a Fictional continuity construct that exists in stories published by Comic book company DC Comics. Crisis on Infinite Earths is a twelve-issue American comic book Limited series (identified as a "12-part maxi-series" and crossover

Modern incarnation

Kid Eternity

Cover to Kid Eternity #8, the Vertigo series, by Sean Phillips. Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
Created by Grant Morrison
In story information
Alter ego Unknown
Abilities Summoning of demons that emulate historical or mythological figures

In the 1990s, a different and darker version of the character was introduced. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist This was done with a three-issue mini-series written by Grant Morrison with art by Duncan Fegredo in 1991. Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Duncan Fegredo is a Comic book artist born in Leicester in 1968 Events January February March April X-Force debuts in New Mutants vol This version returned the Kid to his nameless roots and severed ties with the Marvel Family. While it kept most of the original continuity intact, it also made some significant changes to the character's back story.

When DC began their mature-readers Vertigo imprint, they went back to Kid Eternity, with a new series written by Ann Nocenti with art by Sean Phillips. Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics. Ann Nocenti is an American Journalist, Writer and editor known for her work on Comic books and Magazines Biography Sean Phillips is a British Comic book Artist, Inker, and Penciller. This series quickly moved away from the continuity established by Morrison, and instead focused on the everyman qualities of the character. It lasted 16 issues (May 1993 - September 1994)

Revised origin

The boat captain the Kid referred to as his grandfather is actually a sexual-predator who had picked up the young orphaned boy for his own purposes. The fishing ship they are on is destroyed by a U-Boat and the Kid is killed. The Kid arrives at a fake heaven created by the supernatural Lords of Chaos, who make the Kid their unwitting servant by convincing him he had been killed too early and that they would return him to life for the error. The Lords of Chaos and Lords of Order are complementary groups of Supernatural entities with godlike powers that appear in DC Comics.

The Kid is given the power to summon people by saying "Eternity", but the people he summons are actually demons who assume the form of the figures he desires. He can choose any person or fictional character, without regard to "good" or "evil" to bring back. The Lords of Chaos give the Kid a guide, a minor Lord of Chaos called "Mr. Keeper". Mr. Keeper, who assumes the form of a pudgy, overweight human, acts as a guide the kid in setting up and turning on a series of "Chaos Engines", which is part of a plot by the Lords of Chaos to earn their way back into heaven by forcing the evolution of mankind, a deed for which they feel God will forgive their past transgressions. Heaven may refer to the physical heavens the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the Universe beyond God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity.

Current status

Kid Eternity from JSA #48.
Kid Eternity from JSA #48.

Kid Eternity is killed in the opening pages of JSA #1 (1999) by the sorcerer Mordru, who seeks to wipe out all agents of Order or Chaos. The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics Superhero group the first team of superheroes in Comic book history Mordru (also known as Mordru the Merciless) a Supervillain in the DC Comics Universe. He later appears in JSA #48 as either a spirit within Doctor Fate's amulet or a hallucination (the story is unclear on this point). Doctor Fate (also known by the Diminutive, Fate) is the name of a succession of fictional sorcerers who appear within DC Comics ' universe He returns in Teen Titans #31 (2006) having been used by the newest Brother Blood to wedge open the doorway between life and death, to which he was chained. For the animated TV series based on this comic see Teen Titans (TV series. Brother Blood is the name of two fictional comicbook characters in the DC Universe. This doorway appears as an actual doorway, with 'life and death' written on it, as it is seen from Beast Boy's perspective, and that was all that Beast Boy's mind is able to comprehend. Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan, also known as Beast Boy or Changeling, is a Fictional character, a Superhero appearing in Comic Garfield Mark "Gar" Logan, also known as Beast Boy or Changeling, is a Fictional character, a Superhero appearing in Comic He returns and finally defeats Blood, who has been plaguing the Titans for some time using the souls of all the previous Brother Bloods, and is active once again.

In the pages of 52, Osiris mentions that he helped the Kid fight against the Keeper who was trying to control the dead. Osiris is the name of three Fictional characters published by DC Comics.

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