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"The Last Boy on Earth!": This story is reprinted from Kamandi #1.

Quote1 Can this be the world that Grandad sent me to the surface to reclaim? Is this his dream of a joyous homecoming!? Quote2
Kamandi

Countdown Special: Kamandi #1 is a one-shot with a cover date of April, 2008.

Synopsis for "The Last Boy on Earth!"

This story is reprinted from Kamandi #1.

Kamandi is the so-called "Last Boy on Earth". Growing up in an apocalyptic future, he rides a raft down the flooded streets of what was once Manhattan. He sees a group of nomadic humans who flee at the sight of him. While studying them, Kamandi hears an explosion emanating from his command bunker headquarters. He races back to the base to find that someone had set off the booby traps.

Running inside, he is shocked to discover that two wolf-men named Fen and Stek have murdered his grandfather and stolen some documents that they found within the bunker's walls. The wolves attack Kamandi, but he shrugs off the assault with some well-placed karate moves. They chase him down into the tunnels that run beneath Command D, but Kamandi pulls down some wires that strikes the water, electrocuting them.

Emerging from the tunnels, Kamandi takes the Wolves' wagon and drives away. A short time later, he comes upon another amazing sight - a squad of armored Tiger-Men embroiled in armed combat against some Leopard-Men. Kamandi finds himself caught in the middle of the conflict and is captured by the Tiger-Men. The Tiger-Men leader Great Caesar bring him back to the Royal City where he is imprisoned.

Kamandi meets a dog man named Doctor Canus, who is the caretaker of Caesar's prisoners as well as the keeper of a giant nuclear warhead - a holdover from the days before the Great Disaster. Inside Canus' private laboratory, Kamandi meets one of the Nuclear People - Ben Boxer. Kamandi is ecstatic at the chance to meet another human being.

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Synopsis for "Killer Germ!"

This story is reprinted from Kamandi #10.

As Kamandi battles the bat-men and is endangered by the Misfit's threat of the morticoccus germ, he learns the origin of Ben Boxer and his two friends.

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  • Hiram Boxer (Flashback only)
  • Misfit (Single appearance; dies)

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Synopsis for "Mighty One!"

This story is reprinted from Kamandi #29.

Kamandi and Ben Boxer find a tribe of apes who explain that an ancient hero whom they call Mighty One constructed the new continent between Europe and America to cap volcanoes, and they believe Ben may be the Mighty One returned.

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  • Zuma (Single appearance; dies)

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The events from this issue or series are related to the Countdown to Final Crisis. Countdown was a weekly series spanning exactly 52 issues, and tying in with plots across many story arcs all over the DCU. This template will automatically categorize articles that include it into the Countdown Crossover category.
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