Among the many allies whom Kid Eternity called upon in his battle against crime were a number of historical figures, who were legends on other worlds but real on his native Earth-S.
Tom Mix was a crime crusading cowboy and US Marshal. On Earth-Prime, he was an actual modern day actor portraying a 19th century hero. On Kid's world, while there probably was a modern performer who portrayed the original champion, the prototype Mix was alive and well when called upon to assist Eternity on a case.
His counterparts on Earths One and Two would've been bounty hunter Jonah Hex and Texas Ranger Jeffrey Graham aka the Roving Ranger. As with Mix, Hex and Graham were brought into the 20th century.
Another resident of that bygone era was Don Quixote, a Spanish Nobleman living under delusions after reading various novels glamorizing a lifestyle of chivalry adopts his new career as a knight errand. He would chase windmills he thought were adversaries of his but were only imaginary fictions of his warped reality.
He had more stable dopplegangers on Earths One and Two in El Diablo and El Castigo, although those two Spanish masked men operated in the new world of North America during the same time period, and with more substantial results
Siegfried was a Germanic mythological hero who dared the flames that threatened the love of his life.
His tragic tale mirror that of the Viking Prince who likewise had a tragic love life despite having several notable adventures.
Both Siegfried and Jon, the aforementioned Viking Prince, were brought forward into the 20th century thanks to the time traveling abilities of Kid Eternity, the Lord of Time and the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
While very little in the way of details had been revealed as to the life story of Siegfried, the mark he left behind in his culture's myths was profound indeed.
While very little in the way of details had been revealed as to the life story of Siegfried, the mark he left behind in his culture's myths was profound indeed.
Rustum is an enigma with not much known about his past. Some takes place him as a mighty paladin of ancient Iran, a warrior born of royalty with fantastical adventures involving him battling behemoth beasts and other threats throughout his career.
His massive strength and golden garb make him similar to the Golden Gladiator, Marcus, of Earth-Two's Rome... and likewise another strong man in the Olympian of Earth-One's Greece.
Like Siegfried and Jon above, Rustum and Marcus were temporarily displaced into the modern era by the Kid and the Crisis respectively. This made then contemporaries of Olympian, who himself allegedly had ties to ancient heroes of old himself.
Jack in the Beanstock is a popular children's tale. His courage and conviction as well as a healthy mop of blond lochs mirrored the lad Brian Kent. He was connected to the English strongman Tom Hickathrift, said to be the grown up version of Jack who was a Giant slayer.
Kent as the Silent Knight also experienced the 20th century during the self-same Crisis event, and thus met modern day superheroes as had Jack. While not garbed as an armored knight like Brian, Jack aka Tom was a prolific protector for his time period, hence all the legends that amassed as to his exploits.
Hickathrift's cosmic twin Silent Knight filled the same role on Earth-Two over a thousand years ago and in our modern era as had time traveling Travis Morgan. Known as the Warlord of subterranean Skartaris in Earth-One's universe,
Morgan left behind his career as an Air Force pilot to becoming a freedom fighter for a world hidden behind a dimensional barrier. Morgan had tales both in present day as well as a thousand years prior to his birth, similar to Hickathrift on Earth-S.
Hickathrift's cosmic twin Silent Knight filled the same role on Earth-Two over a thousand years ago and in our modern era as had time traveling Travis Morgan. Known as the Warlord of subterranean Skartaris in Earth-One's universe,
Morgan left behind his career as an Air Force pilot to becoming a freedom fighter for a world hidden behind a dimensional barrier. Morgan had tales both in present day as well as a thousand years prior to his birth, similar to Hickathrift on Earth-S.
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