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Issue Details

Issue #53
Published October-November 1977
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando (Managing Editor); Dennis O'Neil (Editor)

Cover Details

Characters Kamandi; Spirit
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks Al Milgrom (signed)

17 page Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth! story "The Catnip Connection"

Characters Kamandi; Spirit; Doctor Canus; Pyra; Buckie; Poof-Cat; Mylock Bloodstalker; Doile; Kamarni (robot); High Llama; Maynard; Steve (flashback); Renzi (flashback); Ben Boxer (flashback)
Synopsis Kamandi and Spirit, while searching for Ben, come across some cats hooked on catnip.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Jack C. Harris
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Alfredo Alcala

1 page Kamandi letters page "The Time Capsule"

Characters Kamandi
Genre science-fiction
Script Jack C. Harris [as JCH]
Pencils Jack Kirby (letterhead)
Inks Mike Royer (letterhead)
Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Kevin L. Callahan, Randy Vyverberg and Lyle Watson, with replies from Harris.

Half page DC Publishorial promo (ad from the publisher) "Whatever Happened to...? (Fill in Your Favorite Cancelled Title)"

Script Jenette Kahn
Letters Typeset

Half page DC Profiles biography (nonfictional) "DC Profiles #17 Joe Rubinstein"

Script Mike Gold?
Letters Typeset