![]() ![]() The final published issue was #59, cover-dated September–October 1978. It was canceled during the " DC Implosion" of 1978, despite respectable sales figures. Harris, with art by Pablo Marcos, Keith Giffen, and Dick Ayers. Later issues were alternately written by Paul Levitz, Dennis O'Neil, David Anthony Kraft, Elliot S. Kirby subsequently left DC, but the series continued, initially written by Conway and drawn by Chic Stone. Kirby also drew issues #38 through #40, although they were scripted by Gerry Conway. Kirby provided art and story through the comic's 37th issue, in January 1976. The book went to a monthly publishing schedule quickly, a sign of its early popularity. The Kamandi series was launched in October–November 1972, and was written and drawn by Jack Kirby. Although his initial plan was to not work on the comic books themselves, the cancellation of Forever People freed him up to do so. ![]() Kirby brought all those elements together to create Kamandi. ![]() He also had an unused comic strip he created in 1956, titled Kamandi of the Caves. Kirby had not seen the films but he knew the rough outline and he had also created a very similar story, "The Last Enemy!", in Harvey Comics' Alarming Tales that predated the original Planet of the Apes novel. When this failed to happen, he asked Jack Kirby for a series with a similar concept. Publication history Creators ĭC editor Carmine Infantino had tried to acquire the license to publish Planet of the Apes comic books. After a huge event called "The Great Disaster", humans have been reduced back to savagery in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals. Kamandi is a young hero in a post-apocalyptic future. The bulk of Kamandi's appearances occurred in the comic series Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, which ran from 1972 to 1978. Kamandi ( / k ə ˈ m æ n d i/) is a fictional comic book character created by artist Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics. ![]()
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