We’ve got
an interesting one here, first it’s a continuation of an old DC comic style, and
we have the titular Kamandi.
Kamandi is
a character I only have a passing interest in. He was created by Jack Kirby as
a rival to Planet of the Apes when DC couldn’t get the rights to the franchise.
Jack Kirby is a legend in comics, creating the New Gods for DC and also having
a hand creating a lot of Marvel staples, along with Stan Lee of course. They
call him ‘The King’ for a reason.
But to the
DC Challenge idea. This is where things get a bit more intriguing. Usually a
12-issue mini-series like this would have a consistent writer and artist on the
whole arc. Here, though, each issue is tackled by a different artist and writer.
There is a bit of a game about setting narrative traps, where an issue would end
on a cliff-hanger the next writer would have to resolve. Of course, it couldn’t
be impossible, since the writer would have to provide their own idea for a
resolution.
Seeing how
this is tackled, it doesn’t really fit the 4-issue test style I usually use, so
there may be some changes to the style I use here, but we’re still looking at
the first 4 issues, so let’s take a look.
