Kid Eternity

Kid Eternity
Hit Comics #41 (July, 1946), Quality Comics
Publication information
Publisher	Quality Comics, later DC Comics/Vertigo
First appearance	Hit Comics #25 (December, 1942), Quality Comics
Created by	Otto Binder (writer) Sheldon Moldoff (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Christopher "Kit" Freeman
Supporting character of	Marvel Family
Abilities	Summoning of historical or mythological figures, intangibility

Kid Eternity
Artwork for the cover of Teen Titans vol. 3, 68 (April, 2009). Art by Eddy Barrows.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
Created by	Grant Morrison
In-story information
Alter ego	Unknown
Team affiliations	Teen Titans
Abilities	Summoning of demons that emulate historical or mythological figures

Kid Eternity is a fictional character, a comic book superhero that premiered in Hit Comics #25 written by Otto Binder, drawn by Sheldon Moldoff, and published by Quality Comics in December 1942. All of Quality's intellectual properties were sold to DC Comics in 1956 (though most of the said properties lapsed into public domain by that point), including the character. The character has continued to appear (albeit infrequently) in DC comic books since his revival in the 1970s.

In 1956, Everett M. "Busy" Arnold, the owner of Quality Comics decided to leave the comic business entirely for the more profitable arena of Men's Adventure Magazines. He sold the Quality Comics line to his competitor, DC Comics. DC kept a number of Quality's titles running, but not until the 1970s did they look at the long-cancelled superhero characters (with the introduction of the Freedom Fighters).

Prior to issue #25, Hit Comics had a series of rotating cover features, including Hercules, the Red Bee, Stormy Foster and Neon the Unknown. However, December 1942 saw the entire line-up of comics at Quality change their features (if not always the cover feature). Kid Eternity was brought in from the start as the new cover feature for Hit.

The character proved to be popular enough that when Quality Comics began expanding their post-war line, the Kid got his own self-titled comic book, Kid Eternity, in the Spring of 1946. Further illustrating the popularity of the character, his antagonists, Her Highness and Silk were given their own strip in Hit Comics #29 through #57.