#christopher freeman

Jeff Lemire and Diego Olortegui have introduced a new Kid Eternity in JSA #3. She’s only made a couple of appearances so far, and we don’t know much about her—mainly because she doesn’t seem to remember much about herself. But maybe we can find some clues by looking at Jeff Lemire’s past work.

Back in the New 52 era, Lemire and artist Cully Hamner created a different version of Kid Eternity for DC. He only appeared once, in National Comics: Eternity #1, and then never again. That version was a modern twist on the characters who came before.

The original Kid Eternity debuted in Hit Comics #25 (1942) from Quality Comics. He died in a boating accident years before his destined time and was supernaturally brought back to uphold good in the world. By uttering the word "Eternity," he could summon historical or mythological figures and also turn invisible or immaterial. Eventually, he was given the name Christopher “Kit” Freeman. After DC acquired Quality (and later Fawcett), he was retconned as the brother of Freddy Freeman—better known as Captain Marvel Jr.

After Crisis on Infinite Earths, Grant Morrison and artist Duncan Fegredo gave Kid Eternity a darker, Vertigo-style reinterpretation. In that version, he was manipulated into serving the Lords of Chaos, and the spirits he summoned were revealed to be demons posing as historical figures. This version of the character was notably murdered in JSA (1999) #1 by Mordru. He later returned for a brief stint with the Teen Titans—only to be killed again, this time by the Calculator.

Lemire and Hamner’s Kid Eternity was also named Christopher Freeman, but this version never went by “Kit,” nor did he die in a boating accident. He joined the 27 Club, shot down in the street alongside his father. In the afterlife, he was separated from his dad and eventually resurrected with only a hazy memory of his death. Returning to his job as a police coroner, he discovered he could resurrect the ghost of a deceased person for 24 hours just by touching their body. The premise felt very much like a blend of Pushing Daisies and the TV version of iZombie—fun, imaginative, and ending on a great cliffhanger.

Have my very strange take on this guy

If the suspendium event and the rest of the shazam 1970s comic series didn't happen, i wondered what the future would be for the golden age Marvel Family

Billy: Mr Morris would probably hand over Whiz station to Billy, so he'd be the new owner of the station. Happily married to Cissie Sommerly

Mary: based on my previous headcanon on her being a fashion model (because i kept seeing mary being used as a model for back to school advertisements or clothing advertisements in fawcett comics), I'd like to think she'd own a Fashion magazine brand or continued the Shazam.inc business after Uncle Dudley's passing

Freddy: He'd probably open a comic book shop. In future days where he is in his 70s-80s, he'd write comics based on his previous diary entries of his adventures with the marvel family with a fake pen-name, as the newer generation are not familliar about the family and thinks of his comics as fictional

Kit: He tries to spend as much time with his brother after revealing himself accidentally, going out everyday to fish in a boat or to admire nature. It was a bit sad seeing everyone grow old as he stays the same, but it saddens him even more when Freddy started forgetting past events in his older years, it was why he would often read Freddy's diary back to him

Tawky Tawny: Tawny had a pretty long and famous life, still relaxing with the marvel family, being a businessman, a hollywood actor once. He was incredibly famous that they tried to make a documentary on his life! Sadly, there weren't any young tigers who could talk and walk like him to play the role as Tawny (let alone a tiger who wouldn't maul the camera crew), so they used CGI despite Tawny's complaint about the tiger being uncanny

Christopher Freeman / Kid Eternity

Kid Eternity info page

City Fence

Christopher Freeman, Central Park, December 2nd 1989