Kamandi!

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A look inside a vintage issue of Kamandi, featuring the awe-inspiring extermination of Morticoccus… The Ultimate GERM!

Longbox Graveyard

Longbox Graveyard #143

Welcome to the Dollar Box, where I look at single comics issues or short runs of books that had an original cover price of a dollar or less. This time I turn my attention to Jack Kirby’s Kamandi — the last boy on Earth!

If Wikipedia can be trusted, Kamandi was born when DC Comics failed to land the Planet of the Apes license, and turned to Jack Kirby to create something similar. You can almost imagine the conversation, with Carmine Infantino saying, “Jack, can you do us a Planet of the Apes strip?” and Jack saying, “Never saw the movie — what’s it about?” Carmine: “A ruined future, where men are beasts and humanoid apes rule.” Jack: “Got it!” Of course, Kirby wasn’t going to content himself with drawing a bunch of human actors in ape-face. Jack’s post-apocalyptic world of tomorrow would be ruled…

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gallery of kamandi splash pages by jack kirby

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Did you ever wake up in the morning and wish you could scroll through 146 pages of pure awesome? Well, it’s your lucky morning! Since we started this crazy blog four years ago, we’ve come into possession of tons of scans of Jack Kirby’s Kamandi for DC Comics. These days, you can avoid paying collector’s prices for the original single issues of Kamandi by choosing to pick up the Kamandi Omnibus Volume One and Volume Two by Jack Kirby.

 

 
And you really should do that, because this series has just about everything that ever kicked ass: planetary destruction on a global scale, talking anthropomorphic animals, shooting massive underground worms in the face with laser rifles, and dramatic landscapes only Kirby’s mind could conceive. So go for it: Dig this little gallery, let Jack Kirby pummel your cerebellum with his almighty pencil of the gods, and see for yourself the wonders of Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth!

First Issue: Jack Kirby’s Kamandi!

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Here is the first issue of Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth by Jack Kirby in all its magnificence! Kirby’s futuristic creation first hit the shelves in 1972. The action, adventure, epic double splash pages, and fantastic talking animal-men continue to deliver an entertaining read, even 40 years later. Awesome never goes out of style!

Collector’s Guide: In 2011, the Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth Omnibus collected Jack Kirby’s first 20 issues on this series. DC also printed these issues in 2005-2007 in an affordable, two-volume Kamandi Archive Edition. If you don’t mind the price tag, you can still find many of the original issues of Kamandi in great shape. We’ll stick with the Omnibus, thank you!