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Issue Details

Issue #55
Published February-March 1978
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando (Managing Editor); Al Milgrom (Editor)

Cover Details - "Victims of... the Vortex Beast!"

Characters Kamandi; Doctor Canus; Pyra
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Al Milgrom (signed)
Inks Danny Bulanadi (signed)

1 page Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes advertisement "Sable Lady"

Characters Batman; Robin; Sable Lady
Synopsis Batman and Robin manage to distract Sable Lady from her burglaries by tossing her some cup cakes.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Ben Oda
Notes Inside front cover. Advertisement from ITT Continental Baking Company.

17 page Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth! story "The Vortex Beast"

Characters Kamandi; Doctor Canus; Pyra; Spirit; Vortex Beast; Mylock Bloodstalker; Doile
Synopsis Spirit emerges from the cocoon, with new powers; Mylock Bloodstalker finds Kamandi.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Jack C. Harris
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Danny Bulanadi
Colors Jerry Serpe
Letters Clem Robins
Notes "With grateful appreciation tot the fans of Creation Con II, 1977!"

1 page Kamandi letters page "The Time Capsule"

Characters Kamandi
Genre science-fiction
Pencils Jack Kirby (letterhead)
Inks Mike Royer (letterhead)
Letters Typeset
Notes Letters of comment from readers Tom Houpt, Larry Cummings and Joe Dunne.

1 page DC Publishorial promo (ad from the publisher) "Firestorm"

Script Jenette Kahn
Letters Typeset