First, we break up the formula, by starting in media res, as the very first panel is in the middle of a (very) minor case:
Unfortunately for Hardeel, Kid Eternity picks that moment to come a courtin'--complete with flowers!!
But Mr. Hardeel is clever, and able to roll with the punches:
Kid's too besotten witth Lally to realize that Hardeel's story makes no sense. So while Kid takes her on a picnic, Hardeel moves to Plan B:
Kid borrows Hardeel's car to take Lally on the date...
Anyway, Kid is kind of stumbling a bit, so Keeper sends for some help:
But while they were off gabbing. Lally was snatched!
Well, they find the hideout--but how to get in?
From here on out, it's the Jesse James show, including this remarkable sequence:
It doesn't work, though, so time for shootin '!!!
Which just leaves one thing--LOVE!!
Still, a great story--Kid falling in love, dueling Hamiltons, Jesse James feeling remorse but still kicking ass, criminals at least a bit creative in their schemes--what's not to love?
This is the 36th Kid Eternity story. Here are the summoning standings:
| Abu | 1 |
| Achilles | 4 |
| Antony, Marc | 2 |
| Aramis | 1 |
| Arnold, Benedict | 1 |
| Arthur, King | 2 |
| Astor, John Jacob | 1 |
| Athos | 1 |
| Atlas | 3 |
| Attila The Hun | 1 |
| Attucks, Crispin | 1 |
| Baker, Lafayette | 1 |
| Barry's father | 1 |
| Barton, Clara | 1 |
| Bernhardt, Sarah | 1 |
| Bertillon, Alphonse | 1 |
| Blackhawk | 1 |
| Bluebeard | 1 |
| Bolivar, Simon | 1 |
| Boone, Daniel | 1 |
| Breitbart, Zishe | 1 |
| Bucephalus | 1 |
| Bunyan, Paul | 2 |
| Byron, George Gordon | 2 |
| Caesar, Octavian | 1 |
| Cagliostro, Alessandro | 1 |
| Canary, Martha “Calamity” | 1 |
| Cannon, John W. | 1 |
| Carden, Foster | 1 |
| Cherry Sisters | 1 |
| Clancy, Patrick | 1 |
| Cleopatra | 1 |
| Cody, “Buffalo” Bill | 2 |
| Colt, Samuel | 1 |
| Columbus | 1 |
| Corbett, Jim | 3 |
| Crockett, Davy | 1 |
| 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 |
| Gothicus, Claudius | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. | 1 |
| Greb, Harry | 1 |
| Griffiths, Albert | 1 |
| Hamilton, Alexander | 1 |
| Hatfield, John | 1 |
| Hauser, Kaspar | 1 |
| Henry, Patrick | 1 |
| Hercules | 2 |
| Hickathrift, Tom | 1 |
| Hickok, Wild Bill | 1 |
| Hippocrates | 1 |
| Holmes, Sherlock | 2 |
| Hopkins, Matthew | 1 |
| Houdini | 2 |
| Hyde, Edward | 1 |
| Hyer, Tom | 1 |
| Jackson, Andrew | 1 |
| James, Jesse | 1 |
| Javert | 1 |
| Jeffries, Jim | 1 |
| Jones, John Paul | 1 |
| Jove | 1 |
| Khan, Genghis | 1 |
| Kidd, William | 1 |
| Lafayette, General | 1 |
| Lancelot | 1 |
| Laughing Cavalier | 1 |
| Leander | 3 |
| Lee, Robert E. | 1 |
| Leonidas | 1 |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 1 |
| Lister, Joseph | 1 |
| Marable, Fate | 1 |
| Masterson, Bat | 1 |
| Mercury | 4 |
| Milo Of Croton | 2 |
| Mix, Tom | 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 |
| Og | 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 |
| Richard the LionHeart | 1 |
| Rin-Tin-Tin | 1 |
| Robespierre, Maximilien | 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 |
| Tecumseh | 1 |
| Tell, William | 1 |
| Thalfi | 1 |
| Thor | 1 |
| Thurston, Howard | 1 |
| Tiglath IV | 1 |
| Tut-ankh-amen | 1 |
| Twain, Mark | 1 |
| Ulysses | 1 |
| Uncas | 1 |
| Vercingetorix | 1 |
| Villa, Pancho | 1 |
| Vulcan | 1 |
| Washington, George | 2 |
| Webster, Daniel | 1 |
| Xanthippe | 1 |
| Zbyzko, Stanislaus | 1 |
NEXT--After Kid's first crush we get...Kid's first femme fatale!!
From Hit Comics #46 (1947)
How odd that Jesse James is the only person to be so different in the afterlife than they were in (the Hollywood History version of) their lives.
ReplyDeleteToo bad Lally didn't stick around. I'd love to see how that relationship would play out. "Merry Christmas, Lally! I got you... a visit from your dead parents!" "Oh, uh... I got you a book?" I think Kid could one-up anyone when it comes to gift-giving... :)
There have been ac couple of others, but yeah, Jesse James was certainly given a lot more space for explanations and attempts to convert others.
ReplyDeleteStill, you're right...if you're a baddie, you'll still be a baddie when Kid calls upon (like next week, for example...)
You forgot to include Belle Boyd's name on the list at the end. (Or maybe I just missed it?)
ReplyDeleteGood catch. Thank you.
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