Hit Comics #25 for Sale - First Appearance of Kid Eternity - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series)
Issue: #25
Publication date: December 1942
Key date: 1942-12-00
On-sale date: 1942-10-02
Indicia publisher: Comic Magazines Inc.
Price: $0.10
Pages: 68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Kid Eternity - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Mr. Keeper - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Stormy Foster - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Great Defender - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bill Hanson - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Don Glory - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Betty Bates - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bob Masters - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Swab Decker - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of The Ghost of Flanders - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Rip Graves - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Bill the Magnificent - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Origin story on record for: Kid Eternity.

Death on record for: Kid Eternity.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Kid Eternity
1	The Origin of Kid Eternity	comic story	15	script: Otto Binder; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff	Hercules, Kid Eternity First, Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Keeper First, Samson, George Washington
2	The Death-House Blues	comic story	8	pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al Bryant	Betty Bates First
3	Hair Seed	comic story	1	script: Jack Cole; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole
4	A Lesson For Bill Jones	comic story	7	script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George Brenner	The Ghost of Flanders First, Rip Graves First
5	Men With Two Faces	comic story	8	pencils: Rudy Palais; inks: Rudy Palais	Stormy Foster First, The Great Defender First
6	-	comic story	1	script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
7	The Incendiary Comic Book	comic story	5	script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Klaus Nordling; inks: Klaus Nordling	Swab Decker First, Bob Masters First
8	Prisoner In a Chinese Laundry	comic story	6	pencils: John Belfi; inks: John Belfi	Don Glory First
9	Retribution	text story	2	letters: Typeset
10	Magnificent Bill	comic story	11	pencils: Tony DiPreta; inks: Tony DiPreta	Bill the Magnificent First, Bill Hanson First

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Secret Origins #4	1973	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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