Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth #44 (1976 DC Comics) – “The Merchant of Menace” – VF/NM Bronze Age Classic

📦 Product Description:

Condition: VF/NM (Very Fine to Near Mint)
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Year: 1976
Series: Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth
Issue: #44
Story: Gerry Conway
Art: Chic Stone
Cover Artist: Ernie Chan

🛸 Issue Overview:
Captured and sold into slavery?! That’s right — Kamandi finds himself shackled and traded like goods by a bizarre merchant empire built on mutant commerce and post-human economics. In true Kirby fashion, this story punches capitalism in the face with giant animal fists and philosophical undertones.

“The Merchant of Menace” is a standalone Bronze Age tale that captures the brutal absurdity of the post-apocalyptic future with wild creativity and a surprising dose of relevance.

📊 Condition Notes (VF/NM Estimate):

• Cover: Glossy with vibrant colors, minimal edge wear

• Spine: Tight with 1–2 faint stress lines

• Corners: Square, slight blunting at tips

• Interior Pages: Cream to off-white, clean and intact

• Stored bagged and boarded, preserved in a smoke-free vault

💀 Why This Issue Deserves a Spot in Your Collection:

• Bronze Age Kirbyverse at its finest — absurd, deep, and collectible

• Great standalone issue — perfect entry point

• Increasingly hard to find in high-grade condition

• Builds the dystopian mythos of Kamandi’s ruined world

🧟 From the Reaper’s post-collapse collection of the uncanny, this issue screams ‘buy me or perish.’