No, what I'm talking about is, withing the context of the story, it's revealed that Mr. Keeper and his evil twin are over 1 million years old!! Take that, Man In The Iron Mask!!
And so our story begins--and yeah, I've already spoiled it for you--with Keeper's evil twin brother!
WHAT THE HELL IS THE DEAL WITH THIS "STYGIA"?!?!?!?!?
As far as we've seen in the previous 68 Kid Eternity stories, everybody goes to Eternity. Everyone.
We've seen him summon villains. Sure, some have been fictional, so you can suggest that only "real" people go to Stygia. But we've also seen him summon real killers, actual murderers, from Eternity. And we've seen him send them back explicitly to Eternity!! In fact, just a couple of weeks ago we saw that a murderer and his victim were expected to share living space in Eternity!!
So what the hell is this Stygia?
Maybe only certain crimes--the worst of the worst--get sent to Stygia?!? It makes you wonder what Keeper's brother did?
Or perhaps Kid has been unknowingly summoning people from Stygia?!? Still, we've actually seen some of these evil-doers and killers walking amongst the clouds in Eternity!!!
Let's let Keeper fill us in on what the hell is going on.
Or maybe evil people just hang in Eternity while they're waiting to be "judged?" (But we've seen Kid summon Attila and Ghengis Khan, "two of the worst villains in history," from Eternity--is the system that backlogged?!?!)
"Handsome Harry" and his gang are knocking off a theater...
Keeper's brother decides to help them...
Not knowing the Keeper's brother--Hey, story, how about giving the guy a name? No?? OK, I'll just call him Mr. Kreeper.
Anyway, not knowing that Kreeper is helping Handsome Harry, our heroes pursue the murderer, and discover...
Ah-Ha!! "Until you are judged"!! But then again, Genghis Khan. So confusing...
Meanwhile, at the hideout, Kreeper makes himself known...
And now Harry comes after Kid---with his sword still bloody!!
Can Kreeper pull off the impersonation?
Kid sleeps it rough...
While Kreeper gets Harry to go after the Cup Of Jove.
When it doubt, hit Kid with a big stick!
By the way, what a stupid curse--only the first person who touches it dies, and then it's open season?!?!?!?
Anyway, Keeper has freed himself, and along with Kid, it's time to take care of Kreeper!
This was the 69th Kid Eternity story, and our summoning roster is:
| Abu | 1 |
| Achilles | 4 |
| Adam | 1 |
| Antony, Marc | 2 |
| Apollo | 1 |
| Aramis | 2 |
| Arnold, Benedict | 1 |
| Arthur, King | 2 |
| Astor, John Jacob | 1 |
| Athos | 2 |
| Atlas | 3 |
| Attila The Hun | 1 |
| Attucks, Crispin | 1 |
| Baker, Lafayette | 1 |
| Barry's father | 1 |
| Barton, Clara | 1 |
| Bernhardt, Sarah | 1 |
| Bertillon, Alphonse | 2 |
| Blackhawk | 1 |
| Bloodhounds (Legree's) | 1 |
| Bluebeard | 1 |
| Bolivar, Simon | 1 |
| Boone, Daniel | 1 |
| Bowie, Jim | 1 |
| Boyd, Belle | 1 |
| Brady, Diamond Jim | 1 |
| Breitbart, Zishe | 1 |
| British Tank crew | 1 |
| Bucephalus | 2 |
| Bunyan, Paul | 3 |
| Byron, George Gordon | 2 |
| Caesar, Octavian | 1 |
| Cagliostro, Alessandro | 1 |
| Calhoun, John C. | 1 |
| Canary, Martha “Calamity” | 1 |
| Cannon, John W. | 1 |
| Capulet, Juliet | 1 |
| Carden, Foster | 1 |
| Carpenter, Daniel | 1 |
| Cave Man | 1 |
| Cherry Sisters | 1 |
| Christian, Fletcher | 1 |
| Clancy, Patrick | 1 |
| Cleopatra | 1 |
| Cody, “Buffalo” Bill | 2 |
| Colt, Samuel | 1 |
| Columbus, Christopher | 2 |
| Corbett, Jim | 3 |
| Corcoran, Peter | 1 |
| Crockett, Davy | 1 |
| Cronson, Gerald | 1 |
| Crusoe, Robinson | 1 |
| Custer, George Armstrong | 1 |
| D'artagnan | 2 |
| d'Aubigny. Julie | 1 |
| Daedalus | 1 |
| Dagger Dan | 1 |
| Davis, Richard Harding | 1 |
| de Bergerac, Cyrano | 2 |
| de Leon, Ponce | 1 |
| de Rais, Gilles | 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 |
| Fagin | 1 |
| Fairbanks, Douglas Sr. | 1 |
| Faraday, Michael | 1 |
| Fink, Mike | 1 |
| Frankenstein's Monster | 1 |
| Franklin, Ben | 1 |
| Galahad | 1 |
| Geronimo | 2 |
| Goliath | 1 |
| Gotch, Frank | 1 |
| Gothicus, Claudius | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. | 1 |
| Graymalkin | 1 |
| Greb, Harry | 1 |
| Griffiths, Albert | 1 |
| Gulliver, Lemuel | 1 |
| Hamilton, Alexander | 1 |
| Hatfield, John | 1 |
| Hathorne, John | 1 |
| Hauser, Kaspar | 1 |
| Henry, Patrick | 1 |
| Hercules | 2 |
| Hermann, Alexander | 1 |
| Hickathrift, Tom | 1 |
| Hickok, Wild Bill | 1 |
| Hippocrates | 1 |
| Hodges, Joe | 1 |
| Holmes, Sherlock | 4 |
| Hopkins, Matthew | 1 |
| Horatius Cocles | 1 |
| Houdini, Harry | 3 |
| Houston, Sam | 1 |
| Hyde, Edward | 1 |
| Hyer, Tom | 1 |
| Ikhnaton | 1 |
| Ismail, Yusuf | 1 |
| Jackson, Andrew | 1 |
| James, Jesse | 1 |
| Javert | 2 |
| Jeffries, Jim | 1 |
| Johnson, Martin | 1 |
| Jones, John Paul | 1 |
| Jove | 2 |
| Kamehameha | 1 |
| Khan, Genghis | 2 |
| Kidd, William | 1 |
| Lafayette, General | 1 |
| Lancelot | 1 |
| Larsen, Wolf | 1 |
| Laughing Cavalier | 1 |
| Laveran, Charles | 1 |
| Leander | 3 |
| Lee, Robert E. | 1 |
| Legree, Simon | 1 |
| Leonidas | 2 |
| Light Brigade | 1 |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 1 |
| Lister, Joseph | 2 |
| Marable, Fate | 1 |
| Marshall, John | 1 |
| Masterson, Bat | 1 |
| Mercury | 5 |
| Merlin | 1 |
| Mesmer, Franz | 1 |
| Milo Of Croton | 2 |
| Minutemen | 1 |
| Mix, Tom | 1 |
| Montague, Romeo | 1 |
| Montezuma | 1 |
| Morgan, Henry | 1 |
| Mounties | 1 |
| Mulgrew, Jason | 1 |
| Murphy, Charles | 1 |
| Napoleon | 1 |
| Nation, Carrie | 1 |
| Neanderthal | 2 |
| Nefertiti | 1 |
| Neptune | 1 |
| Nightingale, Florence | 1 |
| Noah | 1 |
| Nobel, Alfred | 1 |
| Nobody | 2 |
| North Wind | 1 |
| Nostradamus | 2 |
| O'Brien, David | 1 |
| Oakley, Annie | 1 |
| Og | 1 |
| Orpheus | 1 |
| Osceola | 1 |
| Paddock, Charley | 1 |
| Pasteur, Louis | 1 |
| Penelope | 1 |
| Perseus | 1 |
| Pheidippides | 2 |
| Pied Piper | 1 |
| Pinkerton, Allan | 1 |
| Plastic Man | 1 |
| Pocahontas | 1 |
| Porthos | 3 |
| Post, Wiley | 1 |
| Prometheus | 1 |
| Quixote, Don | 1 |
| Revere, Paul | 1 |
| Richard the LionHeart | 1 |
| Rin-Tin-Tin | 2 |
| Robespierre, Maximilien | 1 |
| Robin Hood | 3 |
| Roc | 1 |
| Rogers' Rangers | 2 |
| Röntgen, Wilhelm | 1 |
| Russell, Lillian | 1 |
| Rustum | 1 |
| Ryan, Paddy | 1 |
| Samson | 3 |
| Sandow, Eugen | 1 |
| Sayers, Tom | 1 |
| Schleyer, Johann | 1 |
| Serra, Junipero | 1 |
| Siegfried | 1 |
| Silver, Long John | 2 |
| Skunk, Jimmy | 1 |
| Socrates | 1 |
| Solomon | 1 |
| Stanley, Henry | 1 |
| Steinmetz, Charles | 2 |
| Stogie | 1 |
| Sullivan, John L. | 2 |
| Tecumseh | 1 |
| Tell, William | 1 |
| Thalfi | 1 |
| Thor | 3 |
| Thumb, Tom | 1 |
| Thurston, Howard | 1 |
| Tiglath IV | 1 |
| Tuck, Friar | 1 |
| Tut-ankh-amen | 1 |
| Twain, Mark | 1 |
| Ulysses | 1 |
| Uncas | 1 |
| Valjean, Jean | 1 |
| Vercingetorix | 1 |
| Villa, Pancho | 1 |
| Villon, Francois | 1 |
| von Helmholtz, Hermann | 1 |
| Vulcan | 1 |
| Washington, George | 3 |
| Watson, John H | 1 |
| Webster, Daniel | 2 |
| Whittington, Richard | 1 |
| Xanthippe | 1 |
| Zbyzko, Stanislaus | 1 |
NEXT--Ghost town!!
From Kid Eternity #11 (1948)
