Each week, the pop culture website Pop-A-Looza shares some posts from vast 'n' captivating Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) archives. The latest shared post is all about my 1970s discovery of a 1940s comic book character called Kid Eternity.
As the piece says, I first encountered Kid Eternity in the pages of an issue of DC Comics' 100-Page Super Spectaculars circa 1971; you can read my separate reminiscence of those beloved Super Specs here. My interest in Kid Eternity was part and parcel of my '70s embrace of superheroes and other fictional adventurers from preceding decades, an interest I've also detailed in essays about the original Captain Marvel, Plastic Man, Doc Savage, the Shadow, the Green Hornet, Hoppy the Marvel Bunny, the Red Tornado, Flash Gordon, Tarzan, movie serials, superpulp paperbacks, The Pulps, Daredevil Battles Hitler (plus also Doll Man and some '60s material), the Spectre (as part of an appreciation of Adventure Comics in the '70s), and my fanciful notion of a Justice Society of America movie. That prevailing passion led me to concoct my series of 100-Page FAKES!, each of which can be accessed from here.
But today, we look back on how a 100-Page Super Spectacular starring Superman, the Atom, Air Wave, Hawkman, and Super-Chief also introduced me to an old character who would become one of my favorites. The Everlasting First: Kid Eternity is the latest Boppin' Pop-A-Looza.
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