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Kamandi Issue 20, pg. 10 (1974)

Location: Kirby art
Artists: Jack Kirby (Penciller) ,  D. Bruce Berry (Inker)

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Location: Kirby art
Title: Kamandi Issue 20, pg. 10 (1974)*
Artist:  Jack Kirby (Penciller) ,  D. Bruce Berry (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 55
Likes on CAF: 6
Comments: 4
Added to Site: 6/9/2026

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Another 70's Kirby favorite, his longest running series at DC. I was glad to learn years later that Kirby, DC et al. eventually admitted that yes, Kamandi was a rip-off of "Planet of the Apes," or at least an homage. Here in Old Chicago among the automotons Kamandi explores with an appropriate PotA stand-in gorilla.

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Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
Posted On 6/10/2026

It almost didn't matter that it was based on something else as it provided the playground for Kirby to apply his imagination and philosophy!  That last panel is very slick and can be clipped out to stand alone as pop art! 

West Stephan Member Since 2007
Posted On 6/10/2026

~Congratulations on adding this cool Kirby page to your collection!

Aaron N. Member Since 2009
Posted On 6/10/2026

Yes and no--Infantino directed Jack to do a POTA riff, true. So Jack went back to material he created years before, combining his late-40s strip pitch "Kamandi of the Caves" with his 1957 intelligent animal future story "The Last Enemy," from Alarming Tales 1.  Boulle's novel was published in 1963, so in fact Kirby took nothing from POTA but the Statue of Liberty. Great page! Berry's bold inking is really working for me in this sequence.

Alan Dion Member Since 2008
Posted On 6/10/2026

Thanks for the timeline clarification Aaron! The Statue of Liberty was a rather big borrow though.