The Kamandi Challenge #1

DC's 2017 twelve-part relay series kicks off in grand post-apocalyptic style, with Bruce Timm's cover depicting a confident, long-haired Kamandi standing tall — pistol in hand, tattered blue shorts and boots his only armor — above a cluster of armed, helmeted ape soldiers crouching in a rocky, crimson-skied landscape. The tagline dares readers to solve the story's mystery before the creators do, framing the whole series as a collaborative challenge worthy of Jack Kirby's original "Last Boy on Earth." With Dan DiDio writing and the art team of Keith Giffen and Scott Koblish bringing the story to life inside, this opening chapter is a confident, fun-spirited tribute to one of DC's most imaginative concepts.