Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #51

Rich Buckler and Jack Abel deliver a cover packed with tension: the blond Kamandi locks in a fierce struggle with a dark-haired rival who boasts he'll become "The Last Boy on Earth," while a flame-wreathed woman streaks through the stormy sky above and a green-clad figure lurks in the background. It's a vivid snapshot of the post-disaster world DC built around its remarkable young protagonist, and the story title — "The Next to the Last Boy on Earth!" — promises that the rivalry on the cover runs right through the interior. Steve Englehart writing, with Dick Ayers and Alfredo Alcala on art, makes this 1977 entry a solid chapter in one of DC's more inventive survival sagas.