 kamandi is an american 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. kamandi is a young hero in a post-apocalyptic future. after a huge event called "the great disaster," humans have been reduced to savagery in a world ruled by intelligent, highly evolved animals. ==publication history== ===creation=== dc editor carmine infantino had tried to acquire the license to publish planet of the apes comic books but when this failed to happen he asked jack kirby for a series with a similar concept. although kirby had not seen the films 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. he also had an unused comic strip he created in 1956, titled kamandi of the caves. kirby brought all those elements together to create kamandi.{{cite book|last=mcavennie|first= michael|last2=dolan|first2=hannah, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = dc comics year by year a visual chronicle|publisher=dorling kindersley|year=2010|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 153|quote = kirby had already introduced a similar concept and characters in alarming tales #1 (1957)...c
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