He died as a child, decades before his time, and spent the next 30 years in Hell thanks to a mix-up in the afterlifeтАЩs bureaucracy. Then a miracle occurred, and the Kid escaped perdition for Earth. His mission: become the new Messiah. His gift: the ability to summon any human, god or devil who ever existedтАФor who anyone once believed existedтАФwith the cry of a single wordтАж тАЬETERNITY!тАЭ Redeeming humanity, however, is trickier than it seems. From AmericaтАЩs forgotten highways to the endless realms of cyberspace, from the clamor of TV talk shows to the chaos of insane asylums, from the siren song of sex to the menace of mad gods, a whole host of forcesтАФgood, bad and uglyтАФhave united to thwart the utopian efforts of this savior in sunglasses. Fortunately, he has a little help from his friendsтАФincluding a hacker, a hobo, Zeus, Freud, Neal Cassady, Marilyn Monroe and many more. When it comes to saving the world, not even the power of Eternity can do it aloneтАж KID ETERNITY BOOK ONE collects the first nine issues of legendary writer Ann Nocenti and superstar artist Sean PhillipsтАЩ classic VERTIGO saga of magic, madness and the strangeness of the twentieth-century psyche.