Kamandi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher | DC Comics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #1 (October 1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Jack Kirby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Species | Human | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of origin | Earth A.D. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team affiliations | Checkmate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable aliases | Kingsley Jacobs King | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilities | Skilled fighter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kamandi (/kəˈmændi/) is a fictional comic book character created by artist Jack Kirby and published by DC Comics. The bulk of Kamandi's appearances occurred in the comic series Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth, which ran from 1972 to 1978. He is a young hero living in a post-apocalyptic future. Following the Great Disaster, humans have backslid to savagery in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals.