Kamandi Origins - This Post-Apocalyptic Hero Is Jack Kirby's Most Underrated Creation Of All Time!

[@cordellsenior9935]

Jack Kirby's mind was an endless fountain of landmark stories, ideas and concepts. He practically did this comic book in his sleep. And someone found it good enough to bring to mass market. He's also responsible for The High Evolutionary, upcoming in Marvel movies.

[@mcurran6505]

Kamandi deserves his own animated series.

[@davidbranch1077]

I agree, I'm just seeing this.

[@DoctorRobertNeville]

We were promised one a long time ago. Instead they gave us Thundar the Barbarian.

[@Fenris77]

Indeed.

[@maureencora1]

I Want This on DVD.

[@davidvangerner7241]

It should be made by the ones behind the young justice tv series

[@Panzer4F2]

Someday, this character is going to get his own live action, computer generated movie, and the Tigers are going to look very cool. Also, big shout out to the Park Ranger Lions. Jack Kirby was a genius.

[@TheOne5872-n3n]

Omg loved this short comic run it always reminded me of planet of the apes, Kirby was and is a F$&king genius this should be a movie, wake up DCEU there’s a goldmine here

[@the_king__of_the_world]

I could totally buy a cool Saturday morning retro cartoon being developed from these stories

[@TheOne5872-n3n]

@@the_king__of_the_world that’s genius! And do it in Kirby-like art style and mature like invincible, that would so work 10 ep season.

[@FrancistheBrave]

I've been saying that for sometime WB sitting on DC goldmine but seems to not care about the others DC characters ☹️

[@TheOne5872-n3n]

@@FrancistheBrave amen

[@the_king__of_the_world]

@@FrancistheBrave I formally wanted any and all characters that have words like "Super Hero" and just Super in general. I wanted all those characters to all one day be owned by the same company for example Warner Bros., NBC Universal. But the Justice League and Spiderman would juste simply always overshadow the les known characters. For example if TMNT . Smaller publishers like that would be part of say Marvel DC then we would start to not see them much anymore kind of what happened to Billy Batson= Shazam Captain Marvel

[@exhaustguy]

My first comic which I collected. Remember reading issue 9 and telling my dad I wanted to collect it (I was 9 at the time). He helped me get the back issues. I have the entire original run (I sold or gave away most of my other comics). There is a beautiful hard bound omnibus edition of Kirby's run (1-40) available from DC. Fueled my love for Jack Kirby. Buddy Blank was a later retcon. The grandfather's relationship to Omac wasn't in the original run. In an alternative timeline Kamandi is Tommy Tomorrow (another later retcon). Folks considered the comic somewhat derivative of Planet of the Apes, but Kirby took Kamandi to amazing places - very innovative for the time. And you have Kirby's art especially the two page splashes that he perfected.

[@jamesclukey7488]

The Planet of the Apes movie definitely had a huge influence on this comic, but Jack Kirby had been frustrated with DC for cancelling all his Fourth World books and this new title showed how much he still had to offer. I always loved these books and Mike Royer's inks were great over Kirby's pencils. Sadly this book was cancelled too, and Jack followed it up with The Demon ! Another title he created out of thin air. Suprisingly DC still tries to get mileage out of both creations.

[@thatonkgau5221]

Kamandi is a very interesting and fascinating character with a lot of potential. If DC was smart they would an animated movie of Kamandi or give him a DC game.

[@allenlovell1604]

Loved the comicbook version Was not aware that they had cartoons of this iconic character though ! Still got the original issues of the comicbook. Thanks for posting this KZbin, it was a blast :-)

[@mikejones2681]

This is great animation! Great Kirby feel. They should’ve made this a series.

[@briandaleske5139]

I think it would be great if this character (KAMANDI) has a cartoon show series made about him now, for this era to watch. Plus to add I imagine the new version of the cartoon series KAMANDI; It could be titled as (KAMANDI: THE LAST INTELLIGENT BOY ON EARTH).

[@jamesmurray8558]

His grandfather was O.M.A.C. his name is for Command D. I collect this book.

[@kaylaturnis9486]

I am not familiar with Kamandi but I first seen him on an episode of Batman: The Brave and The Bold!

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

My favorite Kirby DC creation. I even made a video that features his life with Grandpa OMAC.

[@jamesmurray8558]

His name is code for Command D. a project to protect human kind. His grandfather was O.M.A.C. One Man Army Corp who fought agaisn corparations in the future.

[@DennisWoodyard-DragonflyEnt]

Very cool. I liked the Kamandi comics, but hadn't seen the DC Showcase short, which really looks great, or Kamandi appearances in the Batman animated TV episodes. Thanks for posting..

[@jeremiahpedigo476]

Here's one you can do next, that I'm sure alot of people forgot about from DC in the 80s that only had a 50 issue run altogether. Arak Son Of Thunder, found issues #7 and #34 almost mint 👌

[@henryromain5577]

If Dc was smart they’d make a movie with Kamandi his character touches so much with out generation survival is what at everyone mind right now

[@jamielthashepherd6870]

I think a live action tv show would be better

[@midshipman8654]

@@jamielthashepherd6870 All the human-animal hybrids might be tough budget wise (or just look bad) for a live action tv show.

[@dumdumii-gq8cc]

Imagie Gendy Tartakovzki made a kumandi animated show with a little bit of PRIMAL element on this

[@robinbeattie3404]

Nice video

[@jamalvargas6146]

Scalped This Long Running Native American themed series by Vertigo was considered for a Live Action TV Series that eventually got scrapped among other DC tv series

[@Earthman99999]

I would love to see a live action Kamandi film... but it would have to remain true to the source material as possible.

[@sherovinbayota6905]

@DCEU make a movie about this guy

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

I used to read Kamandi back in the 70s and I didn't know he was raised by Buddy Blank the original OMAC One Man Army Corps.

[@montylc2001]

He wasn't. The story was embellished for the animated short.

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

@@montylc2001 Yeah I forgot how they're always changing someones origin story because in the comics they never revealed who Kamandi's grandfather was.

[@richblyth488]

I have a few of the original comics o got as a kid and have always loved this comic series

[@4817Indian]

Thank you.I am learning about this character.

[@purplespark8]

The showcase was so good. Want more animated stuff

[@spacemanspiralcatzero]

I learned more about Kamandi after the Countdown series, where on another earth the “Great Disaster” began with a virus that changed the humans to beasts and the animals to humanoids.

[@robertoacevedo6247]

This brings memories I had these comic books in Spanish by Editorial Novarro, from Spain who translated DC and Marvel in Spanish.

[@LairdErnst]

I didn't know about the short they'd made. It definitely looks fun as a post-apocalyptic comic. Not as grim and gritty as Mad Max but more hopeful than Planet of the Apes.

[@supershadowfan2000]

Remember learning about this guy from Bateman the Brave and the Bold

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Nice

[@maureencora1]

Really "Kamandi is the Last Teen on Earth".

[@shaihulud69]

je les avais tous, ca m a dechiré le coeur de m en separer. c etait extra.

[@kaphasibad8369]

I just seen this Animated Movie it reminds of Thundarr the Barbarian an by u mentioning created by Jack Kirby makes sense since his art & concepts were used in Thundarr ,it was short hopefully a series or something will come from this Pease great watch....I think I found it on Netflix

[@exhaustguy]

Was it US Netflix? In the US it is packaged with the Justice Society BluRay (I had already seen that movie through HBO Max, and I didn't know about Kamandi). I requested the BluRay from my library (they have a great collection of movies), but I want to see it now!!! Thanks for sharing.

[@kaphasibad8369]

@@exhaustguy Cheers Man it had to be Netflix yet it was a stand alone Animation by WB it wasn't that long though I think it lasted 45-1 hour and the animation & voice acting was top notch Very Jack Kirby Nostalgia Art style

[@justiceriser8970]

U forget one different in the animation the humans are extinct in contrast in the comics they still lived but are not mindless animals but childlike people

[@thumbsaloft]

I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE for PIXAR to do KAMANDI in CGI the way they did THE INCREDIBLES! I don't mean make it funny or comedic, I mean using their fantastic computer art skills to bring KAMANDI and his world to life! I'd also like to see PIXAR do GROO THE WANDERER!

[@Panzer4F2]

Got to agree. The folks at Pixar would love this property, but I think live action, like the new Planet of the Apes movies, is the way to go. The Tigers and their Roman Empire influence would be lots of fun just on it's own. Groo would be a great CGI cartoon style character though. Funny that they have not milked that yet.

[@thumbsaloft]

@@Panzer4F2Give me CGI and Live action!

[@latviancimmerian]

Gonna watch the short now. Go DC.

[@thesailormercury2]

last human of earth sound like something out of Finn and Jake ?

[@monel58]

Wandering into your post and remembering the original run of the comic book I wonder if Kamandi inspired Fallout 3 ??

[@Gametimex300]

Spider-Man unlimited took inspiration from this

[@magictricks6235]

Cool 😎

[@philip2010]

I like kamandi not really the animated series tho The comic series took ideas from planet of the apes the island of lost souls and other post apocalyptic concepts but good ideas come from other good ideas but this series goes way beyond planet of the apes and it some ways more interesting every issue was exciting with awesome Sci fi ideas

[@Panzer4F2]

Lions, Tigers, Snakes ... and old Chicago ? Kirby's imagination was boundless, and I had no idea where the stories were going. His storyline with the British Bulldogs would be very popular just because those characters look so damn cool..

[@kimbelsimpson7535]

Kamandi wasn't the last human on Earth he was one of the last civilized humans left on Earth.

[@GD30.06]

Vid on sportsmaster?

[@LordOfAllusion]

So, it’s Adventure Time with no Jake?

[@brucer2152]

I am not sure that Buddy blank [i.e. Omac] raised Kamandi....unless your saying "Grandfather" was Buddy Blank?!?1 I'd like to see where that is printed.

[@anacatarina1388]

It would have been awesome there was a new DC anime movie about this Tarzan & Planet of the Apes mixed up😁

[@emanuelferreira6875]

Never new. Now i want a live action with cris hemsworth

[@markshulusky6680]

Hemsworth? Wouldn't that make him the last middle aged man on earth?

[@Jamesalec63]

Kamandi eventually grew up to become Tommy Tomorrow or that one alternative future storyline in another is was said he had Krypton DNA in his blood or his Superman cousin's son Supergirl, his hair colour says possible but there's another route Booster Gold is related to him as is Rip Hunter this is definitely possible as Tommy Tomorrow is seen in the story of Rip Hunters origin story well multiple timelines anyway and in Multiverse storyline's?

[@bmxgary1985]

Hey bro my uncle has 1000's of iComic books graded and 8n mint Evan some oringional Batman from 1 920's

[@larry74403]

Can’t even get the title right. Where do you even find the narrators? Because you need to look someplace else.

[@thesefran1286]

ai voice

[@thesefran1286]

he also come across. 🤖 💩