But the previous story, in this very same comic book, had Kid Eternity helping a woman find a treasure hidden by her now-deceased brother.
So, what does the very next story in the very same comic bring us?
Some editors just didn't care, it seems, as long as they filled the pages.
Of course, Kid and Keeper see the couple in need...
But that would end the story on page 2, so instead he calls upon...
Kaspar was a real person, a child who appeared in a German town under mysterious circumstances, and lead a life full of odd (and perhaps unbelievable) circumstances. One of the true oddball and unfathomable characters of history, about whom we will likely never know the truth.
So why summon him?
Even worse, the mocking villagers overheard, and...
Still, summoning the dead grandfather is clearly the way to go here...but Kid can't do things the easy way.
And he's pretty damned good at finding treasure!
No, of course not. Kid leaves Mark and Lily to find the treasure for themselves, and for no particular reason...
Look, I never said it was a well-written story.
Anyway, Kid needs help to hunt down the crooks, so...
Now, Kid specifies he's from James Fenimore Cooper's novel, which is an important distinction, because while there was a real Uncas, upon whom Cooper may have based the character, he confused the Mohegan tribe with the Mahicans, so his Uncas really couldn't have been the real one. So this one is definitely a fictional character.
Cooper may have been confused, but Uncas does track down the crooks...
Anyway, you have to fight a band of criminals, who better to call...
And when the crooks try to get away?!?
Of course, they rout the hooligans...
But you know...it turns out that pirates are the wrong people to call upon to help you save treasure!
Easily dealt with though.
But he's right, and Humdrum has descended straight to cartoon villainy:
There are lots of versions of the tale, of course. But I'm betting that the multiple Oscar winning 1940 film was in the creators mind when they made this story. And in that version, Abu was the thief. So let's go with Abu.
But we're not done, as Kid goes nuts with the fictional dudes:
What the hell--Kid can summon anthropomorphic animals now? Can he summon Bugs Bunny?!?! That would resolve a lot of problems!!
Well, Squire Humdrum surrenders himself after the tidal wave of threatening fictional characters...
Speaking of keeping track--after the 31st story, our standings are;
| Abu | 1 |
| Achilles | 3 |
| Antony, Marc | 1 |
| Aramis | 1 |
| Arnold, Benedict | 1 |
| Arthur, King | 2 |
| Athos | 1 |
| Atlas | 2 |
| Attila The Hun | 1 |
| Attucks, Crispin | 1 |
| Baker, Lafayette | 1 |
| Barry's father | 1 |
| Bernhardt, Sarah | 1 |
| Bertillon, Alphonse | 1 |
| Blackhawk | 1 |
| Bluebeard | 1 |
| Boone, Daniel | 1 |
| Breitbart, Zishe | 1 |
| Bucephalus | 1 |
| Bunyan, Paul | 2 |
| Byron, George Gordon | 1 |
| Caesar, Octavian | 1 |
| Cagliostro, Alessandro | 1 |
| Canary, Martha “Calamity” | 1 |
| Cannon, John W. | 1 |
| Carden, Foster | 1 |
| Cherry Sisters | 1 |
| Clancy, Patrick | 1 |
| Cody, “Buffalo” Bill | 2 |
| Colt, Samuel | 1 |
| Columbus | 1 |
| Corbett, Jim | 3 |
| Cronson, Gerald | 1 |
| Crusoe, Robinson | 1 |
| Custer, George Armstrong | 1 |
| D'artagnan | 2 |
| de Leon, Ponce | 1 |
| Decatur, Stephen | 1 |
| Discus Thrower | 1 |
| Dockstader, Lew | 1 |
| Dracula | 1 |
| Drake, Sir Francis | 1 |
| Dupin, C. Auguste | 1 |
| Edison, Thomas | 1 |
| Emery | 1 |
| Ericson, Leif | 2 |
| Frankenstein's Monster | 1 |
| Galahad | 1 |
| Gotch, Frank | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. | 1 |
| Greb, Harry | 1 |
| Griffiths, Albert | 1 |
| Hatfield, John | 1 |
| Hauser, Kaspar | 1 |
| Henry, Patrick | 1 |
| Hercules | 1 |
| Hickok, Wild Bill | 1 |
| Hippocrates | 1 |
| Holmes, Sherlock | 2 |
| Houdini | 2 |
| Hyde, Edward | 1 |
| Hyer, Tom | 1 |
| Jackson, Andrew | 1 |
| Javert | 1 |
| Jeffries, Jim | 1 |
| Jones, John Paul | 1 |
| Khan, Genghis | 1 |
| Kidd, William | 1 |
| Lafayette, General | 1 |
| Lancelot | 1 |
| Laughing Cavalier | 1 |
| Leander | 2 |
| Lee, Robert E. | 1 |
| Leonidas | 1 |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 1 |
| Marable, Fate | 1 |
| Mercury | 3 |
| Milo Of Croton | 1 |
| Mulgrew, Jason | 1 |
| Murphy, Charles | 1 |
| Napoleon | 1 |
| Nation, Carrie | 1 |
| Nightingale, Florence | 1 |
| Noah | 1 |
| Nobody | 1 |
| Nostradamus | 1 |
| O'Brien, David | 1 |
| Osceola | 1 |
| Paddock, Charley | 1 |
| Penelope | 1 |
| Pheidippides | 1 |
| Pinkerton, Allan | 1 |
| Plastic Man | 1 |
| Porthos | 2 |
| Prometheus | 1 |
| Quixote, Don | 1 |
| Revere, Paul | 1 |
| Rin-Tin-Tin | 1 |
| Robin Hood | 2 |
| Russell, Lillian | 1 |
| Rustum | 1 |
| Ryan, Paddy | 1 |
| Samson | 2 |
| Sandow, Eugen | 1 |
| Schleyer, Johann | 1 |
| Siegfried | 1 |
| Silver, Long John | 1 |
| Skunk, Jimmy | 1 |
| Socrates | 1 |
| Solomon | 1 |
| Sullivan, John L. | 2 |
| Tell, William | 1 |
| Thor | 1 |
| Thurston, Howard | 1 |
| Tiglath IV | 1 |
| Tut-ankh-amen | 1 |
| Twain, Mark | 1 |
| Ulysses | 1 |
| Uncas | 1 |
| Vercingetorix | 1 |
| Vulcan | 1 |
| Washington, George | 2 |
| Webster, Daniel | 1 |
| Xanthippe | 1 |
| Zbyzko, Stanislaus | 1 |
NEXT--Viva la revolución!!
From Kid Eternity #4 (1947)
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