I usually don't show them, because they don't add anything to the story, or our discussion of Kid and his powers and adventures.
And yet, this time, I will.
Because...
We start with the Kid explaining to Mr. Keeper why he always likes to hang around Earth:
Thankfully, Kid is a much kinder soul than I.
Anyway, our guys head down to Earth, only to find...
He has no problem beating the crap outta gangsters...
It turns out he's alive, and they find some papers in his pocket...
So what's in the suitcase? Marcellus' soul? Gwyneth Paltrow's head? The formula for Coke?
Meanwhile, the boss--Knobs--is none to happy about his guys getting creamed by a historical character...
Once Orpheus is gone and his spell worn off, the bad guys turn to...swords?!?!?
Meanwhile, Orpheus' song healed Barry Shaw. But he was unconscious for the whole "Kid Eternity just rescued your ass twice," so he doesn't trust the Kid...
So anyway...Kid thinks it's wrong to open an unconscious man's suitcase to see what's inside. But it is definitely OK to summon a beautiful woman to seduce the guy into opening the suitcase...?
Oh, don't worry about Barry. d'Aubigny was famous for outdueling men...
Well, Knobs knows when he's beaten. But he knows what is in the case (how?!?!), and if he can't steal it--he'll buy it!!
Frustratingly unrevealed MacGuffin aside, this was a fun story, with three interesting first time summonings. It was also the 55th Kid Eternity story, and our up-to-the minute standings:
| Mercury | 5 |
| Achilles | 4 |
| Atlas | 3 |
| Bunyan, Paul | 3 |
| Corbett, Jim | 3 |
| Holmes, Sherlock | 3 |
| Houdini, Harry | 3 |
| Leander | 3 |
| Robin Hood | 3 |
| Washington, George | 3 |
| Antony, Marc | 2 |
| Arthur, King | 2 |
| Bucephalus | 2 |
| Byron, George Gordon | 2 |
| Cody, “Buffalo” Bill | 2 |
| Columbus, Christopher | 2 |
| D'artagnan | 2 |
| de Bergerac, Cyrano | 2 |
| Ericson, Leif | 2 |
| Geronimo | 2 |
| Hercules | 2 |
| Jove | 2 |
| Khan, Genghis | 2 |
| Lister, Joseph | 2 |
| Milo Of Croton | 2 |
| Nostradamus | 2 |
| Porthos | 2 |
| Rin-Tin-Tin | 2 |
| Samson | 2 |
| Silver, Long John | 2 |
| Sullivan, John L. | 2 |
| Thor | 2 |
| Webster, Daniel | 2 |
| Abu | 1 |
| Adam | 1 |
| Apollo | 1 |
| Aramis | 1 |
| Arnold, Benedict | 1 |
| Astor, John Jacob | 1 |
| Athos | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Colt, Samuel | 1 |
| Crockett, Davy | 1 |
| Cronson, Gerald | 1 |
| Crusoe, Robinson | 1 |
| Custer, George Armstrong | 1 |
| d'Aubigny. Julie | 1 |
| Davis, Richard Harding | 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 |
| Fink, Mike | 1 |
| Frankenstein's Monster | 1 |
| Franklin, Ben | 1 |
| Galahad | 1 |
| 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 |
| Hermann, Alexander | 1 |
| Hickathrift, Tom | 1 |
| Hickok, Wild Bill | 1 |
| Hippocrates | 1 |
| Hodges, Joe | 1 |
| Hopkins, Matthew | 1 |
| Houston, Sam | 1 |
| Hyde, Edward | 1 |
| Hyer, Tom | 1 |
| Jackson, Andrew | 1 |
| James, Jesse | 1 |
| Javert | 1 |
| Jeffries, Jim | 1 |
| Jones, John Paul | 1 |
| Kidd, William | 1 |
| Lafayette, General | 1 |
| Lancelot | 1 |
| Laughing Cavalier | 1 |
| Lee, Robert E. | 1 |
| Legree, Simon | 1 |
| Leonidas | 1 |
| Light Brigade | 1 |
| Lincoln, Abraham | 1 |
| Marable, Fate | 1 |
| Masterson, Bat | 1 |
| 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 |
| O'Brien, David | 1 |
| Oakley, Annie | 1 |
| Og | 1 |
| Orpheus | 1 |
| Osceola | 1 |
| Paddock, Charley | 1 |
| Pasteur, Louis | 1 |
| Penelope | 1 |
| Perseus | 1 |
| Pheidippides | 1 |
| Pinkerton, Allan | 1 |
| Plastic Man | 1 |
| Post, Wiley | 1 |
| Prometheus | 1 |
| Quixote, Don | 1 |
| Revere, Paul | 1 |
| Richard the LionHeart | 1 |
| Robespierre, Maximilien | 1 |
| Roc | 1 |
| Rogers' Rangers | 1 |
| Russell, Lillian | 1 |
| Rustum | 1 |
| Ryan, Paddy | 1 |
| Sandow, Eugen | 1 |
| Sayers, Tom | 1 |
| Schleyer, Johann | 1 |
| Serra, Junipero | 1 |
| Siegfried | 1 |
| Skunk, Jimmy | 1 |
| Socrates | 1 |
| Solomon | 1 |
| Steinmetz, Charles | 1 |
| Tecumseh | 1 |
| Tell, William | 1 |
| Thalfi | 1 |
| 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 |
| Watson, John H | 1 |
| Xanthippe | 1 |
| Zbyzko, Stanislaus | 1 |
NEXT--Kid prevents the Marie Celeste!!
From Kid Eternity #9 (1948)
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