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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 19, 2017 13:06:03 GMT -5
Kamandi #21  Well, this calls for some music... Kamandi has come across someone who is battling against greater odds...  It turns out thus creature is human, who can recite Lincoln speeches, but not engage in conversation. Kamandi meets its master, a dolphin, residing in a portable tanks. Kamandi spends time with him, then they go their separate ways. of course, kamandi gets in trouble and is rescued by Ahab, the human. We see several weird creatures, then run into primitive men. They attack in a group and the tank is damaged, though Kamandi and Ahab fight them off. They carry the dolphin into a barrier, where a giant insect emerges. Some nice visuals here..  ...but, the issue doesn't do much for me. Kirby indulges in action scenes and weird, mutated animals and devolved humans; but not much else. It's not rollicking fun and it's not that deeply philosophical. It carries over to the next issue, where we get a better story... Kamandi #22  Kamandi and the dolphin are saved by creatures in suits, who turn out to be Ben Boxer and the gang. They take Ahab and the dolphin, Inspector Zeal, to Seaway, un underwater research complex.  The humans are able to communicate with the dolphins via mechanisms in the structure. Kamandi makes friends with other dolphins, then is slipped a mickey by Ben. This is to help him heal from the radiation surrounding the giant insect. We learn of a secret base of humans, under the direction of killer whales, that poses a threat. An attack is launched with the "Red Baron," a soldier of the whales. Kamandi goes to join the fight to defend the dolphins.  The battle commences against the Red Baron...  Kamandi blows it and the dolphins are hit and he is knocked into the water and passes out from lack of air. He is fished out by Ben and recovers. They receive messages of further attacks. Ben and the boys change into steel form and go on the attack. The Red Baron is killed and a whale searches for him. Kamandi is hurt in the battle and clinging to flotsam. he tells the whale he brought it upon himself. These stories, taken as a whole are pretty good. The opening chapter is a bit lacking; but, once Kirby gets going, it pulls you in. The ending of Ben and the boys using their powers makes for an abrupt end to things and you wonder why they didn't go that route earlier. These three issues were seen in DC house ads over the months, which kept them in my head for years, before reading them. The covers are certainly evocative. On the whole, though, I think Kirby is just marking time. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 19, 2017 13:22:47 GMT -5
OMAC #3  Our story opens with OMAC enjoying a movie. This being the future, the experience is more immersive...  He is awakened by GPA agents, who give him a commission and powers to stop flare-ups anywhere in the world, as well as the rank of 5-star general. As he takes this in, he meets Mr and Mrs barker, his "test parents." They have been brought together to maintain OMAC's connection to humanity. While they get acquainted, we learn of Kafka, leader of a band of mercenaries, who sows chaos and conquest. He appears to be building to an attack, so OMAC is dispatched. OMAC is launched in a rocket and re-enters the atmosphere in a small rocket plane. Missiles are fired at him, which he dodges, though the attack intensifies. he ejects in his assault chair and takes the fight to his attacker below. They fire flamethrowers and tank artillery at him and he defeats them with chemical sprays. They send out a mobile airfield, a giant tractor-trailer, and launch VTOL aircraft at him. he uses more chemicals and renders them harmless. They try artillery and a cluster shot takes him down; but, OMAC attacks on foot and smashes the cannon. He battles his way to Kafka, who is hold up in an armored mobile command center. He fires back as our story ends. Tons of great action, as OMAC is now given a purpose, to fight the would-be Hitler's of the world and bring them to justice. Kirby uses this to show the technology at OMAC's hands and his power and abilities, as he battles through Kafka's defenses. Kirby also presents the idea that protectors need to have a connection to the community they protect, as OMAC is given parents to stimulate his human emotions. Kirby understands that power needs to be grounded in humanity. |
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Post by brutalis on Apr 19, 2017 13:25:36 GMT -5
If Kirby is just marking time until his contract is up he didn't let that prevent him from giving us fun. He provides some insight into what might occur if Dolphin intelligence is truly so close to man's. Kirby also gives us the continuation of Dolphin's working with man and the eternal fight against the Killer Whale.Take into account that these 3 issues arrive around 8-9 months before the movie JAWS premiere and 3 years before Orca: the Killer Whale and you have to wonder how in tune was Kirby with the modern world and how much he was speaking to the future with concepts and ideas that others had only yet to imagine?
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 19, 2017 15:42:36 GMT -5
If Kirby is just marking time until his contract is up he didn't let that prevent him from giving us fun. He provides some insight into what might occur if Dolphin intelligence is truly so close to man's. Kirby also gives us the continuation of Dolphin's working with man and the eternal fight against the Killer Whale.Take into account that these 3 issues arrive around 8-9 months before the movie JAWS premiere and 3 years before Orca: the Killer Whale and you have to wonder how in tune was Kirby with the modern world and how much he was speaking to the future with concepts and ideas that others had only yet to imagine? Yeah, Kirby marking time is a masterpiece for anyone else. I say marking time as he seems to just be kind of roaming around now. He certainly still gets out his philosophical musings. The pacing is a bit wonky, which is why you really need to read the issues in succession to see where the story is going. It's a little confused, at first. I'm not a fan of Ben Boxer and the others. They tend to show up out of the blue and save the day, then disappear. The stories are more enjoyable when Kamandi handles things on his own. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Apr 19, 2017 15:43:55 GMT -5
OMAC #3 Our story opens with OMAC enjoying a movie. This being the future, the experience is more immersive... He is awakened by GPA agents, who give him a commission and powers to stop flare-ups anywhere in the world, as well as the rank of 5-star general. As he takes this in, he meets Mr and Mrs barker, his "test parents." They have been brought together to maintain OMAC's connection to humanity. While they get acquainted, we learn of Kafka, leader of a band of mercenaries, who sows chaos and conquest. He appears to be building to an attack, so OMAC is dispatched. OMAC is launched in a rocket and re-enters the atmosphere in a small rocket plane. Missiles are fired at him, which he dodges, though the attack intensifies. he ejects in his assault chair and takes the fight to his attacker below. They fire flamethrowers and tank artillery at him and he defeats them with chemical sprays. They send out a mobile airfield, a giant tractor-trailer, and launch VTOL aircraft at him. he uses more chemicals and renders them harmless. They try artillery and a cluster shot takes him down; but, OMAC attacks on foot and smashes the cannon. He battles his way to Kafka, who is hold up in an armored mobile command center. He fires back as our story ends. Tons of great action, as OMAC is now given a purpose, to fight the would-be Hitler's of the world and bring them to justice. Kirby uses this to show the technology at OMAC's hands and his power and abilities, as he battles through Kafka's defenses. Kirby also presents the idea that protectors need to have a connection to the community they protect, as OMAC is given parents to stimulate his human emotions. Kirby understands that power needs to be grounded in humanity. Ho-lee Shite, what a great monster! Kirby never played out the string, did he? Even in these waning days at DC, he was taking it out of the yard. |
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Post by brutalis on Apr 19, 2017 16:41:19 GMT -5
Yeah, Kirby marking time is a masterpiece for anyone else. I say marking time as he seems to just be kind of roaming around now. He certainly still gets out his philosophical musings. The pacing is a bit wonky, which is why you really need to read the issues in succession to see where the story is going. It's a little confused, at first. I'm not a fan of Ben Boxer and the others. They tend to show up out of the blue and save the day, then disappear. The stories are more enjoyable when Kamandi handles things on his own. As the saying goes, sometimes it isn't about the destination but enjoying the scenery/view as you get there. Kirby wandering and roaming is vastly more entertaining than most of what is coming out today in the written for trade premise. Even the wonky 1st issue of this 3 part fishing story is pretty darn fun for me on its own even if it is slight in set up for the bigger story. But that is how i have experienced some really fun and magical places through letting myself wander without a specific goal whether in thought or even in physically taking trips. Best vacation i had one year was taking a week to drive up the Pacific Coast highway and each day would allow myself to just pull off and explore as i came across signs and side diversions. Some of my favorite days as a youth in the summer was visiting my grandparents in their retirement in Payson up in the pine wood mountains outside of Phoenix. For 3 months i could pack a lunch and wander the paths and rivers in the hills getting "lost" in the wonders of the woods magnificence. Kirby is like that: you don't always know what he is setting up or where he may go but it is a damn fine adventure wherever it leads... |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 23, 2017 13:46:45 GMT -5
Kamandi #24-25   After his aquatic adventures, Kamandi washes ashore near what looks like the Munsters' neighborhood...  He goes to investigate; and, as usual, gets attacked by the locals. They think he is some kind of curse that makes "animals" talk. After some bouncing around, Kamandi gets some peace and introduces himself, to Flim-Flam, leader of this rag-tag bunch. Something is affecting the environs of this old house. Different members of the group are inhabited by the curse, including a small boy. However, a bald man is able to calm him and force the spirit to leave. He eventually finds records of a research project, then the end result of it, a cat with psychic powers. The bald man is a natural jammer. After a fight, the cat flees, leaving the group alone. In issue #25, Kamandi, Flim-Flam and the rest try to leave the area in the remains of a showboat. They end up running into Ben Boxer, again. Introductions are made and we find out Flim-Flam is a showman and the humans are his performers, like a circus animal act, in reverse. As they demonstrate we see some new weird creatures...  What da heck is that?  ? In reference to the 4/20 thread, Kirby dreamed up weirdos like that on nothing heavier than coffee and his cigars. I think some comics creators were smoking the wrong stuff! The creatures head off and the gang decides they better get out of there before more monsters show up. Kamandi finds a hovercraft, and a fish with legs, and a nasty disposition. Everyone gets aboard and they are attacked and flee, then attacked by flying sharks! They try to evade and are bounced around and finally end up on the shores of some place, with high cliffs looming overhead. These two issues mostly help set up what is coming next, in the strange new place where the hovercraft ends up. The first story is another "mystery" one, as that seemed to be what was selling, at DC. It's a slightly wonky take on the possessed house kind of thing, delving into ESP and the like. The next issue is more exploration and monster-fighting. No great thread weaving through these two books; but, it leads to a longer story where Kirby does have a definite story in mind. We'll pick that up, next time. Let's just say it appears to be Kirby's statement about the Vietnam War. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 23, 2017 14:05:47 GMT -5
OMAC #4  OMAC is still fighting Kafka and his mobile bunker. He calls upon Brother Eye for more power.  OMAC gets a boost and is able to turn the bunker over, like a turtle on its shell...  OMAC rips open the hatch and pulls Kafka out, alive. He soon finds himself in front of the Global Peace Agency, where a computer formally identifies him and reads the list of charges. Ho boasts that they will not live to try him, that he will soon be free. The scene reminds me of Saddam Hussein, after he had been captured. It turns out the criminal justice court is atop Mt Everest, though it is not safe from attack. An intruder is spotted on radar and OMAC commandeers a jet to go after it. The thing is the spider creature on the cover and it emits powerful energy. Missiles don't stop it. OMAC needs more help from Brother Eye. He figures out it is a fusion reactor, turning matter into energy and it is reaching critical mass. He rips off a horn, sending it careening towards space and leaps. The GPA are able to cushion his fall and save him, as the creatures explodes in space. Lots of great action and further looks into this fantastic world, where masked agents of a global law enforcement body try mass murderer on Mt Everest, and dictators have nuclear-fueled monsters as doomsday weapons. Through it all, OMAC lives up to his name: a One Man Army Corps. There is an element of wish fulfillment, as the evil dictators and conquerors face justice, instead of mass slaughter that ends in their suicide. Kafka is Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, and every other killer brought to justice. Kirby saw a bit of this with the Nuremburg Trials, though the main Nazi officials escaped its justice. In later years, we saw Slobodan Milosevic stand trial fro atrocities in the Balkan wars and Saddam Hussein stand trial for his actions against his own people. Far too often, the reality is a Hitler, who dies by his own hand, in some bunker, or a Bin Laden, who dies during an assault. Rarely do we get the political killers on trial. OMAC continues to be a place for wild concepts, well ahead of their time. |
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Post by brutalis on Apr 25, 2017 13:25:08 GMT -5
Kamandi #24-25 After his aquatic adventures, Kamandi washes ashore near what looks like the Munsters' neighborhood... The great insanity of Kirby; who else would be delivering imaginative art where you can go from a broken down scary as all get out haunted house and an outrageous monstrosity imagining in one series and then go onto Omac's stunning super science fiction glory blowing your mind away? And the King mixes it all up and makes it work while delivering monthly fun for us eager minds seeking over stimulation! |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 26, 2017 15:59:25 GMT -5
Kamandi #26-28    When we last left Kamandi and his friends, they had come ashore, near the base of high cliffs...  Kamndi and Ben Boxer go exploring. They capture a giant hawk and use it to fly up and explore the plateau above. There they find strange wonders, with giant insects and animals and tropical forests...  This primordial Eden has a serpent in it, literally, as Kamandi and Ben come under fire from what turns out to be Sacker's leopards. They are using machines and defoliants to destroy this paradise and capture the living creatures. Kamandi wants to stop them; but, he and Ben are too few. They soon find help, in an ant and a bulldog. The bulldog turns out to be Captain Pypar, of the Horse Marines, and the ant is just called Aborigine, by Pypar.  Kamandi and Ben find themselves drafted to aid the Captain, as they look into the leopard activities. The ant is sent to find the regiment and we learn that we are in Canada, in the Domain of Devils. The trio perform a recon and discover artillery, in violation of the law, as well as the Sacker thugs rounding up insects and destroying anthills. The aborigine returns, with images of the regiment. Kamandi soon meets the CO...  as well as a sort of NATO contingent. These nations are descended from ancient Europe and are the guardians of the Dominion of Devils. They are here to keep Sacker's men out. What follows is a massive battle, with artillery vs cavalry. Kamandi and Ben turn the tide and Sacker's leopards are driven off. This is a neat parable of ecology, while mixing in NATO, in what should have been their real role, in a more benevolent world. Kirby also has some fun with the military mindset, as Kamandi doesn't make for an obedient soldier. I suspect Pvt. Kirby wasn't too enamored of a soldier's life either, even before combat (as witnessed in his post-war depictions of military life). There are some parallels to Vietnam, in the use of defoliants (like Agent Orange) , though not as much as I first thought, when I skimmed through these issues. Kirby's allegory is more the destruction of nature in the name of polluting industry, a very topical subject, at the time this was created (and still topical today). In his own action-filled way, Kirby was a deep thinker and he poured out his thoughts into his stories. being an artist, he tells his story more via traditional methods, rather than in the more modern way that the more socially conscious writers of the Bronze Age told their stories. It may seem more simplistic, yet it comes across as less pompous and just as effective. Kirby was creating for children and knew that simple let the message get through better. He also made it fun, which is the best way to slip in a good idea. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 26, 2017 16:21:35 GMT -5
OMAC #5  Man's obsession with eternal youth continues into the future! OMAC is being briefed by a GPA agent, who smuggled out film of the Crime Cabal's operation, which kidnaps youths to provide bodies for the elderly rich to have their brains implanted in new bodies...  The Crime Cabal is a super-mafia and they have deep resources. They send a hit team after the agent...  Thanks to Brother Eye, OMAC and the agent survive the blast. They get out and OMAC rounds up a suspect, Buck Blue, a hunter. He forces him to lead him to his masters in the body-snatching route. They head to a suburban mansion, where we see the Godmother and why Buck was picked by OMAC. They bust up the negotiations and we learn that Fancy Freddy had snatched Buck's girl, to be a body for the bloated Godmother. Freddy tries to buy off Buck and he is going for it, when OMAC pushes. Freddy is about to shoot them in the back when a GPA force shows up, with non-lethal weapons. They take off the crooks and Buck continues to plead that he will be killed, along with OMAC, if they show up at the "terminal" the place where the people are brought. OMAC says he has a plan. Really great stuff here, from Kirby, which brings to mind John Frankenheimer's Seconds, a paranoid film where an old man is rejuvenated into a younger Rock Hudson, as well as some lesser sci-fi and horror films and many sci-fi/horror stories and novels. The idea of the rich being able to buy youth and kidnapping bodies to do it is a nightmare, which als reflects the philosophical ideas of wealthy parasites living off of the underclasses. There is probably some personal messages in here, given Kirby's treatment by publishers. Again, Kirby's work of this period is filled with big ideas. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 29, 2017 19:45:17 GMT -5
Kamandi #29  After last issue, Kamandi and Ben come across Fred Flinstone's discarded newspaper...  The tablet relates how Superman helped in the raising of the Landbridge, a new continent. Okay, Kirby gets pretty meta here, as Ben and Kamandi are looking at a comic book page (from a reallllllllllllyyyy big comic), while appearing on a comic book page. That is some goofy stuff! The apes come along and mistake Ben for the Mighty One. This idea is challenged by an ape named Zuma, who hurls balls at Ben, until he matches three and they disappear.  An older ape stops the fight and says that Ben must prove his abilities above all odds, on the proving grounds of Nashnil (as in National Periodic Publications, aka DC Comics). They enter the arena...  An ape is launched into the air, via catapult, to prove he can fly higher than the tallest buildings. Flying is easy; landing is tricky! Ben demonstrates his power, at Kamandi's urging, and they move on to the next test (Ben never does "fly").  Zuma fails to budge it, but Ben is able to hollow out a depression near the edge of the ball of rock and it moves into it, satisfying the test. ben has had enough but Kamandi urges him to take the next test, as an ape fires bullets at him . Ben survives and passes the test. He is to be taken to the Mighty Ones suit, kept in a vault. Kamandi finds Zuma there, trying to steal it. Kamandi fights him, despite a size and strength difference. he hits him in the noggin with a rock then yanks Superman's cape from under Zuma's foot, dumping him in a lava pit. Zuma dies and Kamandi cries like a little baby (wuss!) He tells Ben he had to save the costume for when Superman returns, something he believes will happen. This is a goofy bit of fun, with a rather strange and emotional ending. Kirby pokes a bit of fun at DC and if he were any less a professional, it probably would have been more vicious (ask Steve Gerber). Funky Flashman was after leaving Marvel; I doubt Kirby was quite ready to bite the hand that fed him, until he had new work lined up. Too bad; I suspect he could have used the catharsis. |
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Post by codystarbuck on Apr 29, 2017 20:06:07 GMT -5
OMAC #6  OMAC and buck have arrived at the subway, where the kidnapped victims are brought to be sold to the wealthy for new bodies. Buck warns of the Sickies, when he is attacked. OMAC fights them off and learns that they are humans that are forced to submit to radiation and hormones, which turn them into monsters. They are then used to keep out outsiders. The head for the "terminal" where the people are brought in and find some goons with a bound and gagged woman. OMAC goes to work and frees her, while they wait for the train that takes the victims to the next point.  Newly arrived Peace Agents take the girl away and the boys head into the unknown. OMAC forces Buck to accompany him and he warns him they are one short, as the car is programmed for three. Poison gas is released; but, OMAC gets rid of the tank. They are observed on a monitor and the criminals send out troops to intercept them. They catch the car in a heavy crossfire, then hit it with a laser cannon. OMAC and Buck burst out, in a molecular cocoon, which protects them. OMAC opens a can of whoop ass and fights his way to an operating room, where the head of the Crime Cabal is about to have his brain put in a younger body. OMAC stops the process and saves the day.  Buck is about to double-cross him when the GPA shows up. OMAC shows Buck his reward, his girlfriend's storage chamber. She will be revived. An action-packed in to a haunting idea. Human trafficking is a real issue and Kirby is well ahead of society on that, though slavery has always been an issue. The body banks idea is one we would see again in comics, in the very heavily Kirby-inspired Micronauts, as Baron Karza maintains a body bank for the wealthy and powerful. |
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Post by brutalis on May 2, 2017 8:41:02 GMT -5
This Kamandi issue was read and re-read over and over again by me and my cousins. Trying to connect all of the in-house references was pure fun. That the apes had turned everything of Superman's history into a false society based on an Olympic level was sheer genius to us comic book addicted kids. That Ben Boxer was posing as literally the man of steel slipped past my cousin's at the time. Kirby was far more creative in his time with what seemingly was slight and simple yet carried such weight and depth and complexity. The writers and artists of today should be reading Kirby to inspire and create new worlds today.
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Post by codystarbuck on May 6, 2017 18:19:42 GMT -5
Kamandi #30-40            I'm gonna wrap up my look at Kamandi with Kirby's last storyline, which sort of progresses through these 11 issues. It's all kind of episodic; but, with a lot of cliffhangers. It marks the end of Kirby's involvement; first as editor of his own material. then as writer, and finally he leaves all together. Gerry Conway comes onboard as editor with issue 35, and Joe Kubert starts providing the covers. Conway is credited as writer/editor with issue 38. I don't know the full story here; but, if I were to hazard a guess, Kirby just turned in the artwork in the latter stages and Conway dialogued his plot and put together the follow-up team, which had Chic Stone doing his Kirby impression. Kirby brings back old friends, has the boys encounter a UFO and get whisked into space, and turns on the wonder and adventure. Ben and Kamandi awake and find themselves in the grip of an alien...  They are brought inside a ship, which whisks them to an island somewhere, where we see past treasures of Earth, including an airliner. The pair escape the alien, tearing open his suit to reveal that he is an energy being. Then, we see a portal in space sucking up a building. ben discovers one of the dead passengers of the plane was carrying an atomic bomb and herds Kamandi away. The portal sucks up the plane and unleashes the bomb. Ben absorbs the radiation, protecting Kamandi. Kamandi wakes up later, finding a gigantic Ben, who seems in a trance and who goes on a bit of a rampage (as you do, when you absorb radiation). By coincidence, Dr Canus arrives, on an expedition with Prince Tuftan, and rescue Kamandi. They are eventually able to get Ben to transform and Dr Canus discovers the energy creature. While everyone regroups, Tuftan and his men land and surround the more docile Ben. Kamandi argues and Canus introduces the alien, when, wouldn't you know it, a group of gorilla commandos shows up. Much military action ensues and Kamandi meets Nick Furry and the Howler Monkey Commandos...  Kamandi runs and finds refuge in the UFO, where Dr Canus is poking around. The energy alien aids them and whoops the gorillas, who surrender. Tuftan and his men fight other gorilla elements, while Canus and Kamandi try to create a body for the alien. The gorillas are defeated and the body forms and the shape is definitely not a "him." Meanwhile, more of the gorilla navy arrives, including a captial ship with a massive ram. tuftan and his ship are in danger; but use the commando leader to hold off the attack. meanwhile, the female alien, now called Pyra, throws a few fits, as she gets used to her curvy new body. Canus and Kamandi steal her ship and stop the ramming ship. Pyra hits them with some fire and the ship launches into space. Canus and Kamandi end up encountering a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft, and a transformed cosmonaut, inside. Pyra has knowledge f his past and things get a bit wonky, as we hear recordings of the great disaster. The cosmonaut attacks and Pyra saves Canus and Kamandi and the head back to Earth. They first find an old resort hotel, with fights going on (naturally) abd the Kamandi finds a tried of intelligent humans, who want to marry him into the tribe! They take some DNA, tell him he is going to be a father and he freaks. Lots of running, an aquarium, some lizard people and Kirby is definitely gone. Okay, Kirby starts out well and kind of follows a thread across episodes; but, he definitely is checking out. It looks like Conway is altering the story the moment he comes on as credited editor. It feels like there is a shift in focus. Once he is listed as writer, we definitely lose the Kirby wonder, and are left with some mundane character scenes. The art starts looking less and less like Kirby and some parts definitely look like someone else redid panels or Kirby only did breakdowns. I think he may have actually have left before the credits indicate. Either that or Conway or someone else at DC asks for pages to be redone or altered. The gorilla command stuff is pretty fun and Kirby gets to engage in a bit of combat action. The alien is a bit much and the cosmonaut thing has been done to death, even by Kirby. There are a lot of exciting action scenes and some wonky science. This is the end of Kamandi, for me, too. I have no interest post-Kirby and it already seems like it is running on fumes. It lasted a while longer but the glory days are over. For something that was commissioned from Kirby, rather than developed by him, Kirby did a lot with it. he was able to rise above a Planet of the Apes knock-off and had some poignant moments and plenty of exciting ones. There is a sameness to the stories, when read in succession; but, that is hardly unique to this. Any comic that wasn't a long epic is going to feel that way as formulas were how writers dealt with serial fiction. Kamandi lasted until issue 59 and even met Karate Kid, of the Legion, along the way. He met up with OMAC, when the Implosion axe fell on the series. DC let it lie until after Crisis, when Kamandi end up becoming Tommy Tomorrow. He was later brought back in the whole Crisis reruns from Geoff Johns and Grant Morrison and the rest of the people picking over the carcasses of more imaginative creators. Okay, that may be a bit unfair; but, that's what Infinite and Final Crisis and pretty much a large chunk of DC in the 00s and beyond felt like. Now get of my post-Disaster lawn! Bunch of smart alecky talking apes and tigers and leopards and such! Next up, Kirby revisits his days in combat, as we look at The Losers. |
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