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  • kennermike
    Permanent Member
    • Nov 4, 2007
    • 3367

    Kamandi the Last Boy On Earth -Kirby 1974

    any fans? sorry typo series ran from 1972 to 1978 DC comics
  • kryptosmaster
    Removed.
    • Jun 14, 2008
    • 0

    #2
    One of my favorite titles/characters of all-time. One of the first comic runs I completed.
    A rotten shame what DC did to the Kamandi timeline.
    I'd love to see a Kamandi movie some day.
    Rich

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    • Joe90
      Most Special Agent
      • Feb 23, 2008
      • 721

      #3
      Kamandi has been a topic here in the past...

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      • johnmiic
        Adrift
        • Sep 6, 2002
        • 8427

        #4
        I love Kamandi. I tried the "re-imagined" title they had in the 1990's and it stunk. They tried to make it darker. The world has ended and mankind is an endangered spieces-how much darker do you wanna get!?!?!?! Kirby's version will always rule.

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        • B-Lister
          Eccentric Weirdo
          • Mar 19, 2010
          • 3075

          #5
          I was introduced to Kamandi in 1990, or thereabouts. I am now working on a complete run.


          totally loved the character in "Wednesday Comics".
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          • The Bat
            Batman Fanatic
            • Jul 14, 2002
            • 13412

            #6
            LOVE Kamandi! I wish he had his own Comic...not the giant News Strip thing. They could get the Artist(that was on Cable, can't remember his name)who draws like Kirby.
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            • ctc
              Fear the monkeybat!
              • Aug 16, 2001
              • 11183

              #7
              >The world has ended and mankind is an endangered spieces-how much darker do you wanna get!?!?!?!

              HAW! Yeah. The 90's one was pretty bad. The 70's one was all sorts of nifty. Plenty of Kirby-esque strangeness and it really felt like there was a giant backstory we were only getting bits of. You could see a lot of it in the Thundarr cartoon too.

              Don C.

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              • palitoy
                live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                • Jun 16, 2001
                • 59794

                #8
                I liked the 90s version at the time, not that it held a candle to the original but it really revived my interest in the character.
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                • Captain
                  Fighting the good fight!
                  • Jun 17, 2001
                  • 6031

                  #9
                  Read the originals when they came out and love the story and the characters. Some accussed Kirby of ripping off the Apes franchise, but he often said hes never even seen ny of the Apes films. I dont think he swiped from them either. The general concept of a world gone wrong, and animals rising up to become the premiere species has been around forever...his was just better fleshed out than most of the others. I think the brief appearances in Brave and the Bold have proven this series has legs, and would love to see a Kamandi cartoon and toy line!!!
                  "Crayons taste like purple!"

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                  • PNGwynne
                    Master of Fowl Play
                    • Jun 5, 2008
                    • 19950

                    #10
                    I really enjoy Kamandi--slightly derivative of POTA but wildy inventive Kirby fun.

                    I have both Archive volumes and re-read them often. I'd love to see a movie or toy line!
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                    • kingdom warrior
                      OH JES!!
                      • Jul 21, 2005
                      • 12478

                      #11
                      Love all of Kirby's work from the 70's. Kamandi is up there. Absolutely loved his artwork.

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                      • palitoy
                        live. laugh. lisa needs braces
                        • Jun 16, 2001
                        • 59794

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Captain
                        Read the originals when they came out and love the story and the characters. Some accussed Kirby of ripping off the Apes franchise, but he often said hes never even seen ny of the Apes films. I dont think he swiped from them either. The general concept of a world gone wrong, and animals rising up to become the premiere species has been around forever...his was just better fleshed out than most of the others. I think the brief appearances in Brave and the Bold have proven this series has legs, and would love to see a Kamandi cartoon and toy line!!!
                        IIRC Kirby was asked to make something similiar to Planet of the Apes which is why the comic has that certain flavour, the rest of it however is pure Kirby.
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                        • Bruce Banner
                          HULK SMASH!
                          • Apr 3, 2010
                          • 4335

                          #13
                          Always liked Kamandi. Big fan of Kirby, and Kamandi was one of my favourites.
                          PUNY HUMANS!

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                          • samurainoir
                            Eloquent Member
                            • Dec 26, 2006
                            • 18758

                            #14
                            This can't be a coincidence can it?






                            I do appreciate the concept and Kirby style execution, but it certainly surprised me when I learned that Kamandi was the most popular of his 70's DC Creations. A boy in cut-off jeans just seems so less-colourful than The Demon or Mister Miracle Super Escape Artist or Sandman Master of Dreams etc.

                            What I love about his Brave and Bold appearances are that they seem to just hint at bigger storylines that are left to our imaginations.
                            Last edited by samurainoir; Aug 23, '10, 11:47 AM.
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                            • kryptosmaster
                              Removed.
                              • Jun 14, 2008
                              • 0

                              #15
                              Were it not for the DC Implosion of 1978 I think Kamandi may have made it all the way to the Crisis or at least until the demise of the horror books in the early 80's.
                              I've always wondered whether there were any suggestions to resurrect Kamandi's title but knowing the Crisis was coming they decided against it?
                              Rich

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