Kamandi Vol 1 44
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"The Merchant of Menace"
"Tales of the Great Disaster: The Prince and the Pawn"
Appearing in "The Merchant of Menace"
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- Sacker
- Barracudas (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "The Merchant of Menace"
Mr. Sacker has Kamandi and Ben Boxer captured and forces them to undertake an expedition to bring back tiny humans from the Bermuda Triangle to be sold as pets.
Appearing in "Tales of the Great Disaster: The Prince and the Pawn"
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- Gorilla Grandmaster
- Myra (First appearance)
- Prince Otis (First appearance)
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Synopsis for "Tales of the Great Disaster: The Prince and the Pawn"
Urgall runs into a group of rats making a "cold war" against apes over oil.
Notes
- This issue is divided into two chapters:
- Part I: The Merchant of Menace
- Part II: Sea Battle
- This is the first issue of the series to feature colorist credits.
- Sacker appeared last in Kamandi #15.
- "Tales of the Great Disaster" includes flashbacks to events chronicled in Kamandi #43.
Trivia
- The subtitle to this issue, The Merchant of Menace is a reference to the William Shakespeare play, The Merchant of Venice.
- Barraka is also the name of the one of the playable characters in the Mortal Kombat series of video games.
Related Articles
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Cancelled Comic Cavalcade
- Kamandi: At Earth's End
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe II (Ben Boxer biography page)
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe XII (Kamandi biography page)
Links and References
- Kamandi article at Wikipedia
- Kamandi Home Page
- Kamandi biography page at the Unofficial Guide to the DC Universe
- Kamandi - The Last Boy on Earth comic series index at the Grand Comics Database
- Kamandi - The Last Boy on Earth comic series index at Dark Mark's Comic Indexing Domain
- Kamandi article at Toonpedia
Categories: Ernie Chua/Cover Artist | Gerry Conway/Writer | Keith Giffen/Penciler | Mike Royer/Inker | Jerry Serpe/Colourist | Gerry Conway/Editor | David Anthony Kraft/Writer | Paul Levitz/Writer | Pablo Marcos/Penciler | Steve Mitchell/Inker | Comics | 1976 | 1976, August | Kamandi Vol 1 | Bronze-Age | Executive Editor Credit Needed | Letterer Credit Needed | Wikify | Synopsis Written | Kamandi (Earth-AD)/Appearances | Benjamin Boxer (Earth-AD)/Appearances | Sacker (Earth-AD)/Appearances | Barracudas (Earth-AD)/Appearances | Apes (Earth-AD)/Appearances | Lizards (Earth-AD)/Appearances | Earth-AD/Appearances | Bermuda Triangle/Appearances | Rats (Earth-AD)/Appearances
