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More On The Last Boy On Earth! Over the weekend we picked up another collection of Jack Kirby Comics including his 1970's series of Kamandi for DC Comics and The Eternals for Marvel Comics. Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, was published from 1972 to 1978 by DC. Kamandi himself was portayed as a young 'hero' in a Post-Apocalyptic future, which was set in a parallel Earth of the DC Universe's future. It was set in a period after an event called "The Great Disaster". In that period humans are a persecuted minority in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals. If that sounds familiar to you, then remember that an earlier 1968 movie 'Planet of the Apes' also portrayed an animal-ruled world! Indeed, the cover of Kamandi #1, showing a demolished Statue of Liberty, was posibly inspired by a similar scene in the 'Planet of the Apes' movie just before it ended! However, if you were to think that Jack Kirby was 'aping' the movie, he actually had drawn a similiar theme in a comic book story in 'Alarming Tales' #1 back in September 1957. In that comic book Jack drew a story entitled "The Last Enemy." In that story, he has a man traveling in time to the year 2514, where he finds that humans are extinct! That time traveler finds that the world is ruled by tribes of intelligent tigers, dogs, and rats! Jack's drawings of these intelligent animals are very much similar to his later drawings in Kamandi 15 years later! This series was one of the last that Jack Kirby wrote and drew for DC Comics before returning to Marvel Comics. Some of my favorite artists of the Silver Age took over the book after Jack left to go back to Marvel Comics. Those included Chic Stone and Dick Ayers! We have an ongoing Comic Con and pop culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale! Just click on the cover at the top right to see our current listings! Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again! Michael |
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