First of all, it's essentially a re-run, reusing the exact same premise they'd used in an earlier story.
Secondly, it's told really poorly: confusing art, significant plot developments taking place off-panel, stuff that's never explained, and a crazy rush to finish the story.
And finally, well, we've got a bit of terribly offensive stereotyping.
Still, I set myself the task of documenting every Kid Eternity story, and I can't shirk my duty just because some stories are bad or distasteful. With great blogging comes great responsibility.
Don't worry, though--the next tale is substantially better, even though it is the exact same story (sort of)!!
We begin with young Bill Watkins looking to make his mark in the field of "ethnology":
Nah, this story has nowhere near that much imagination.
So young Indiana Jones here goes to Brazil...
And then, for no particular reason, Kid Eternity shows up.
Yes, really...
And whom does Kid call upon?
Kid explains--mostly off-panel--why he's there:
Then, between panels...
So after finding the "secret passage":
And what kind of grades did you get, Mr. Ethnologist, to believe "something in the climate" made them immortal?
And then they're chased by the oddest looking dinosaurs ever...
Anyway, this is a job for...
But what exactly does "my shafts favor neither friend nor foe" mean?!? I would hope that you're not shooting arrows at friends too often! Just shoot the damn cavemen!!
Still, was this story written by a drug-addled chimpanzee? What in the world does "before the others come to life" mean?!? I'm sure it's just an artless metaphor for "before they leap into action," and not "these cavemen aren't alive, but they're about to be!"
See, when you've got a story with Robin Hood shooting cavemen in the chest with arrows, and you have me focusing instead on your indecipherable dialogue, that's a problem.
Then, the least exciting chase sequence in history:
And then there's this...
Even better, you didn't set up camp very well, because...
Well, they wake up in yet another cave:
Anyway, it turns out that cavemen are actually pretty advanced architects!!
Look, there's only one page left in the story, so we'd better throw in some quick summons and wrap things up without actually resolving anything!!
Meh, crappy story. Let's move along.
After 52 stories, the Kid Eternity Summoning Roster looks like this:
| Abu | 1 |
| Achilles | 4 |
| Antony, Marc | 2 |
| Apollo | 1 |
| 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 |
| Bowie, Jim | 1 |
| Boyd, Belle | 1 |
| Brady, Diamond Jim | 1 |
| Breitbart, Zishe | 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 |
| Cherry Sisters | 1 |
| Christian, Fletcher | 1 |
| Clancy, Patrick | 1 |
| Cleopatra | 1 |
| Cody, “Buffalo” Bill | 2 |
| Colt, Samuel | 1 |
| Columbus, Christopher | 2 |
| Corbett, Jim | 3 |
| Crockett, Davy | 1 |
| Cronson, Gerald | 1 |
| Crusoe, Robinson | 1 |
| Custer, George Armstrong | 1 |
| D'artagnan | 2 |
| de Bergerac, Cyrano | 1 |
| 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 |
| Frankenstein's Monster | 1 |
| Franklin, Ben | 1 |
| Galahad | 1 |
| Geronimo | 2 |
| Goliath | 1 |
| Gotch, Frank | 1 |
| Gothicus, Claudius | 1 |
| Grant, Ulysses S. | 1 |
| Greb, Harry | 1 |
| Griffiths, Albert | 1 |
| Gulliver, Lemuel | 1 |
| Hamilton, Alexander | 1 |
| Hatfield, John | 1 |
| Hauser, Kaspar | 1 |
| Henry, Patrick | 1 |
| Hercules | 2 |
| Hermann, Alexander | 1 |
| Hickathrift, Tom | 1 |
| Hickok, Wild Bill | 1 |
| Hippocrates | 1 |
| Holmes, Sherlock | 3 |
| Hopkins, Matthew | 1 |
| Houdini, Harry | 3 |
| Houston, Sam | 1 |
| Hyde, Edward | 1 |
| Hyer, Tom | 1 |
| Jackson, Andrew | 1 |
| James, Jesse | 1 |
| Javert | 1 |
| Jeffries, Jim | 1 |
| Jones, John Paul | 1 |
| Jove | 2 |
| Khan, Genghis | 2 |
| Kidd, William | 1 |
| Lafayette, General | 1 |
| Lancelot | 1 |
| Laughing Cavalier | 1 |
| Leander | 3 |
| Lee, Robert E. | 1 |
| Legree, Simon | 1 |
| Leonidas | 1 |
| Light Brigade | 1 |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 1 |
| Lister, Joseph | 2 |
| Marable, Fate | 1 |
| Masterson, Bat | 1 |
| Mercury | 4 |
| Milo Of Croton | 2 |
| Minutemen | 1 |
| Mix, Tom | 1 |
| Montague, Romeo | 1 |
| Montezuma | 1 |
| Morgan, Henry | 1 |
| Mulgrew, Jason | 1 |
| Murphy, Charles | 1 |
| Napoleon | 1 |
| Nation, Carrie | 1 |
| Neanderthal | 1 |
| Neptune | 1 |
| Nightingale, Florence | 1 |
| Noah | 1 |
| Nobel, Alfred | 1 |
| Nobody | 1 |
| Nostradamus | 2 |
| O'Brien, David | 1 |
| Oakley, Annie | 1 |
| Og | 1 |
| Osceola | 1 |
| Paddock, Charley | 1 |
| Pasteur, Louis | 1 |
| Penelope | 1 |
| Perseus | 1 |
| Pheidippides | 1 |
| Pinkerton, Allan | 1 |
| Plastic Man | 1 |
| Porthos | 2 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Russell, Lillian | 1 |
| Rustum | 1 |
| Ryan, Paddy | 1 |
| Samson | 2 |
| 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 |
| Steinmetz, Charles | 1 |
| Sullivan, John L. | 2 |
| Tecumseh | 1 |
| Tell, William | 1 |
| Thalfi | 1 |
| Thor | 2 |
| Thumb, Tom | 1 |
| Thurston, Howard | 1 |
| Tiglath IV | 1 |
| Tuck, Friar | 1 |
| Tut-ankh-amen | 1 |
| Twain, Mark | 1 |
| Ulysses | 1 |
| Uncas | 1 |
| Vercingetorix | 1 |
| Villa, Pancho | 1 |
| Villon, Francois | 1 |
| Vulcan | 1 |
| Washington, George | 3 |
| Watson, John H | 1 |
| Webster, Daniel | 2 |
| Xanthippe | 1 |
| Zbyzko, Stanislaus | 1 |
NEXT--Madam, I'm Adam!!
From Hit Comics #51 (1947)
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