Could Kamandi Join Legends of Tomorrow Season 3?

Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Aruba,” the season 2 finale of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Turn back now if you don’t want to be spoiled.

In the closing minutes of tonight’s season finale, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow threw viewers for a loop: rather than making another jump through time, they were hit by a time storm and dropped like a stone into the streets of present-day Los Angeles…

…where they were met with buildings from all throughout time.

Oh, and dinosaurs.

Needless to say, the decision to interact with their past selves in order to stop the Legion of Doom from imposing their will on the timeline was one that will haunt the team for a while, even if it’s objectively the right one for them to have made.

With Los Angeles a hodgepodge of recognizable landmarks, futuristic tech, and prehistoric creatures, though, it’s easy to wonder just what kind of world will meet the Legends when they step out of the Waverider at the beginning of next season.

One distinct possibility? It may bear some resemblance to the world of Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth.

Created by Jack Kirby, who wanted to write and draw a Planet of the Apes-style story for DC Comics, Kamandi is one of a number of titles published in the ”70s and ’80s that took place after an event known only as The Great Disaster.

Generally tales set in a future where time has generally lost meaning, the world of Kamandi was ruled by sentient, bipedal animals, with what little remaind of mankind forced into slavery. The imagery of the world was that of a decaying Earth where major cities were essentially monuments to what had been, overgrown and filled with savagery. A recent issue of DC’s The Kamandi Challenge saw the title character battling the elements in San Diego, where the convention center where Comic Con International takes place every year was a locale but rather than cosplayers, Kamandi was surprised to discover bat-people, a malevolent tortoise-king, and a garantuan leopard with a fighter jet on a chain around its neck.

Those sorts of images are likely to be too absurd or too expensive (or both) for primetime, but in a world where time is a jumble and recognizable urban landmarks are existing side by side with dinosaurs, it seems like it would be a missed opportunity not to have Kamandi show up…

…especially since 2017 is Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday. That’s why The Kamandi Challenge is happening in the comics this year and, in all likelihood, it will still be 2017 (and the year-long celebration of The King will still be going) by the time Legends premieres its third season.

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• Legends of Tomorrow EP Klemmer Compares Season 3 To Game of Thrones