*Kamandi #25 Splash p.5

Artist: Jack Kirby (Penciller)

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Title:	*Kamandi #25 Splash p.5
Artist:	Jack Kirby (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Splash Page
For Sale Status:	FS
Views:	400
Likes on CAF:	9 10
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	1/15/2022
Comic Art Archive:	Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth Issue: 25 Page: 5 View

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Offered here is an extraordinary Jack Kirby chapter splash from the psychedelic 70s. It appeared in Kamandi #25 (1975). With it's huge funky "Freak Show!!" title lettering and powerful rendition of Kamandi and three mutant robot-like creatures, this is an offering that not only serves as a fine example of Kirby's Bronze Age output, but also really captures the spirit of the era.

When Jack Kirby left Marvel in 1970 to join DC he was still as the peak of his creative genius. Free to control his own destiny, Kirby created a vast tapestry known at the 4th World, an interrelated series of books including New Gods, Forever People and Mister Miracle. Typical of Kirby, the characters were ahead of their time and were not an initial success with readers who were lacking the sophistication in large enough numbers to appreciate what Kirby had created. Not to be stopped, Kirby quickly came up with new titles including The Demon and, what turned out to be his biggest hit at DC, Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth.

Kamandi combined elements of Kirby's past work including an unused 50s comic strip called "Kamandi of the Caves" with elements of the hit movie Planet of the Apes to tell the story of a boy on a post-Apocalyptic Earth. Kirby stayed on the book for 40 issues, making it his longest-lasting success in the Bronze Age.

Jack Kirby is the most well-known and respected artist in the history of comic books. He's the co-creator of Captain America, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk, Thor, the Avengers, the X-Men, the New Gods, and, of course, Kamandi, not to mention dozens of other characters that he created for Marvel during the 1960s that have gone on to form the single greatest shared universe of characters ever assembled. As shown here, his work for DC in the 1970s was just as brilliant.

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Ian Saint
Member Since 2021

1 - Posted on 1/16/2022

What a cool piece to own. I love the Giant Freak Show wording.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 1/16/2022

Strong and confident Kirby artwork! D Bruce Berry knew how to ink these bold images to enhsnce Kirby's writing and art!

Robert Porterfield
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 1/16/2022

wrote:

Sweet splash!

Just visited your page. Wow! What a story. You absolutely have gone full circle in this industry. Most do not have stories like this, simply because they are not that old. (That was my attempt at humor.) I do not have that illustrious a story concerning my background in collecting, but my older brother did. I remember when he forced me to go to Passiac, New Jersey to buy comics. He bought Fantastic Four #1 for $300. I bought Daredevil #1 for $7. I hated spending $7 for this book! I remember taking ALL my old Spider-men comics to Fat Jack's (20th street Philadelphia) and exchanged them for AF #15. Chuck (A worker at the desk) saved this book for me because he knew I couldn't afford a better example. This book was restored, but back then we had no idea what that meant. I traded over 25 old, old Spider-men. Do you know how much I hated getting rid of those old, well-loved and read examples of my childhood? As I got older, I submitted this book to CGC. Of course it came back restored 6.5, but that book IS my story. Spider-man occupied my every day thoughts, and why not; he was ME - or US all!. You probably fit into that catagory.

Well, thanks for sharing your story; and 'Hell yeah' what a great collection you have - but I like your story just as much. -Nuff said.

Comics Superworld
Member Since 2007

Posted on 1/16/2022

Outstanding! Has the coolest characters on it

Lee Harmon
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 1/16/2022

The classic poses and incredible lettering work so well in the fantastic page.

Thanks so much for posting and sharing this gem with us all!

Joe Murray
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 1/18/2022

I would certainly want some Ben Boxer on a cool Kamandi splash, congrats!

George H
Member Since 2009

Posted on 1/18/2022

SO COOL from the lettering to the art. So much Kirby goodness.

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