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