In this debut issue, we meet Devil Dinosaur, a bright red dino, presumably a T. Rex (although Kirby wisely doesn't use actual dino names), and his young companion, Moon-Boy of the Small-Folk, residents of the dangerous Valley of Flame, a heavily volcanic area. After a battle with Thunder-Horn, Moon-Boy remembers how he first met Devil, when the Killer-Folk killed Devil's family and seared his flesh, and they rescued each other. After that, Moon-Boy's people fled in fear of Devil, while the Killer-Folk plot revenge.
This all works a lot better in comics form, of course, and later issues got even weirder, as Kirby threw in science-fiction concepts with wild abandon.
Mike Royer inks the story, Frank Giacoia inks the cover and Kirby also writes a text page introducing the series.
Published 1978
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I have to admit I didn't really get Devil Dinosaur when it came out, and dropped it after two issues. It took me almost 20 years to realize how wrong I was.
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