Kid Eternity #1

(Spring 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Terror From the Tomb (Table of Contents: 2)

Kid Eternity / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Al Bryant

Inks

Al Bryant

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Atlas (introduction); William Tell (introduction); Johann Schleyer (introduction); Tiglath IV (introduction); King Tut-ankh-amen (introduction); The Thuggoths (villains, introduction for all, all die)

Synopsis

The beastly Thuggoths, evil counterparts to the phoenix, emerge from an Egyptian tomb, and the Kid summons King Tut to re-imprison them.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (ilovecomics, 2019 series) #6

The Land of the Amazons (Table of Contents: 3)

Kid Eternity / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Al Bryant

Inks

Al Bryant

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Carrie Nation (introduction); Paul Bunyan (introduction); Patrick Clancy (introduction); Queen Matilda and her Amazons (villains, introduction for all); Matilda's husband (introduction); Dr. Trask (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Kid Eternity must combat Queen Matilda and her Amazon-like sisters, who were enslaving men until she was finally shown how superior men were.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (ilovecomics, 2019 series) #8 (2021)

[Blasting the Bank Robbers] (Table of Contents: 4)

Snap Shotz / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Al Stahl

Pencils

Al Stahl

Inks

Al Stahl

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

adventure

Characters

Snap Shotz (introduction)

There Lies the Treasure (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Mysto the Magician

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Hinky Dooly / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

But I don't get it, Hinky!

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Hinky Dooly

Synopsis

Football practice can get you to the head of the line.

Indexer Notes

This is the first appearance of this feature. However, Hinky in this story is a slightly older boy with black hair: starting in the next issue, he is depicted as a younger boy with blonde hair.

The Black Diamond of Doom (Table of Contents: 7)

Kid Eternity / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Woolfolk

Pencils

Al Bryant

Inks

Al Bryant

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Kid Eternity; Mr. Keeper; Porthos (introduction); Alphonse Bertillion (introduction); Charlie Paddock (introduction); Lord Byron (introduction); Kali (villain, introduction, death); Savarda (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Kid Eternity chooses to finish off the evil Kali with his own fists, sending him to a watery grave.