Kamandi Vol 1 1

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"The Last Boy on Earth!"

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Kamandi Vol 1 #1
November, 1972

Executive Editor

Carmine Infantino

Cover Artists

Jack Kirby, Mike Royer

Writers

Jack Kirby

Pencilers

Jack Kirby

Inkers

Mike Royer

Letterers

Mike Royer

Editors

Jack Kirby

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Kamandi #2

Appearing in "The Last Boy on Earth!"

Featured Characters:

• Kamandi

Supporting Characters:

• Ben Boxer
• Buddy Blank
• Doctor Canus

Villains:

• Great Caesar
• Leopard People
• Tiger People
• Wolf People

Other Characters:

• Dog People
• Fen (First and only known appearance to date)
• Stek (First and only known appearance to date)

Locations:

• Earth-AD

• Tiger Empire

• New York City
• Hudson River
• Manhattan
• Empire State Building
• Statue of Liberty

Items:

• Great Caesar's laser rod
• Atomic warhead

Vehicles:

• Tiger wagon

Synopsis for "The Last Boy on Earth!"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in Kamandi Archives, Volume 1.

• Kamandi - The Last Boy on Earth is published on a bi-monthly schedule.

• This issue contains a map detailing North America and South America following the events of the Great Disaster.

• This issue contains a one-page article entitled "The Time Capsule", written by Mark Evanier and Steve Sherman

• This issue is divided into three chapters:

• Part I: The Last Boy on Earth
• Part II: A Wolf
• Part III: The Royal City Kennels

• First appearance of Kamandi and his supporting cast. Kamandi's earliest chronlogical appearance takes place in a flashback provided in Kamandi #49.

• Ben Boxer's earliest chronological appearance takes place in Kamandi #10.

• Buddy Blank's true identity is revealed in Kamandi #50.

• Doctor Canus' earliest chronological appearance takes place in flashback in Kamandi #57.

• Great Caesar appears next in Kamandi #4. His earliest chronological appearance takes place in flashback in Kamandi #57.

Trivia

• The cover to this issue is an homage to the 1968 Arthur P. Jacobs film, Planet of the Apes. The Statue of Liberty can be seen in ruins in the background of the cover - an obvious reference to the climatic reveal at the end of Planet of the Apes.
  
  

Related Articles

• 1972
• Kamandi image gallery
• Kamandi appearances list
• Kamandi quotes page
• Ben Boxer image gallery
• Ben Boxer appearances list
• Ben Boxer quotes page
• Doctor Canus image gallery
• Doctor Canus appearances list
• Doctor Canus quotes page
• O.M.A.C. image gallery
• O.M.A.C. appearances list
• O.M.A.C. quotes page

See Also

• Discuss Kamandi Vol 1 1 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Kamandi series

Recommended Reading

• Cancelled Comic Cavalcade
• Kamandi - At Earth's End
• OMAC (Volume 1)
• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe II (Ben Boxer biography page)
• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe XII (Kamandi biography page)
• Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe XVII (O.M.A.C. biography page)

Links and References

• Kamandi article at Wikipedia
• Kamandi Home Page
• Kamandi biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
• Kamandi - The Last Boy on Earth comic series index at the Grand Comics Database
• Kamandi - The Last Boy on Earth comic series index at Dark Mark's Comic Indexing Domain
• Kamandi article at Toonpedia

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