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Cover: Al Bryant
Kid Eternity #5
“The Hoodlum That Wasn't”
In "The Hoodlum That Wasn't," Kid Eternity encounters a mysterious old man who claims to have flown decades before the Wright Brothers—riding a steam-powered contraption to a hidden mesa teeming with prehistoric life. With art by Pete Riss and Witmer Williams, and a striking cover by Al Bryant, this 1947 adventure blends pulp fantasy and early aviation myth with a touch of timeless wonder.
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The Kid meets an old man who claims he flew four years before the Wright Brothers in a steam-powered plane of his own creation, landing on a lost mesa peopled with cave men and dinosaurs.
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