1198 - DC Super Stars 17 - The Secret of the Qunitile Crystal

Index Number – 1198 - 1.0
Issue – DC Super Stars 17
Cover Date – Novmeber 1977
Title – The Secret of the Quintile Crystal
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Superman
Villain – Lord Lorval
Synopsis – The Legionnaires relate the tale of their first mission to a visiting Superman.
Writer – Jack C. Harris
Artist – Juan Ortiz / Bob Smith
Cover – Joe Staton / Bob Layton
Editor – Paul Levitz

1197 - Karate Kid 11 - Distasters of Yesterday

Index Number – 1197 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 11
Cover Date – November 1977
Title – Disasters of Yesterday
Characters – Karate Kid
Villain – Major Disaster
Synopsis – Karate Kid is sent to caveman times.
Writer – Jack C. Harris, David Michelinie
Artist – Ric Estrada
Cover – Al Milgrom / Jack Abel
Editor – Dennis O’Neil

1195 - Justice League of America 147 - Crisis in the 30th Century!

Index Number – 1195 - 1.0
Issue – Justice League of America 147
Cover Date – October 1977
Title – Crisis in the 30th Century!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Lightning Lad, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Sun Boy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Villain – Mordru; Abnegezar, Rath, Ghast; Psycho-Pirate
Synopsis – The Legionnaires join the Justice League of America and the Justice Society of America to battle Mordru and the three demons; Abnegezar, Rath, Ghast.
Writer – Paul Levitz, Martin Pasko
Artist – Dick Dillin / Frank McLaughlin
Cover – Dick Dillin / Frank McLaughlin
Editor – Julius Schwartz
Comment – After the existence of Earth-2 was revealed, the JLA and JSA regularily teamed up, this time with the LSH. This sparked discussions among fans about the existence of a Legion on a future Earth-2.
Reprinted – Crisis on Multiple Earths 4 – 2006

1194 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 231 - A Day in the Death of a World

Index Number – 1194 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 231
Cover Date – September 1977
Title – A Day in the Death of a World
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Mon-El, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy
Villain – Fatal Five – Emerald Empres, Mano, Persuader, Tharok, Validus
Synopsis – The Legion is exacuating the population of Mordan, whose sun will become a supernova. The Fatal Five has engineered this disaster to transform the people into a valuable element, Energite.
The Legion saves the planet but the Five escapes.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman (chapter one), Mike Netzer (chapter two) / Jack Abel
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Denny O’Neil
Comment – This title changed from Superboy to Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes with a larger page count. This issue combines stories originally planeed for 230 and 231 into one story.

1193 - Karate Kid 10 - Death Duel on Orando

Index Number – 1193 - 1.0
Issue – Karqate Kid 10
Cover Date – September 1977
Ti tle – Death Duel on Orando
Characters – Cosmic Boy, Karate Ki, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Superboy
Villain – The Black Dragon
Synopsis – Karate Kid and Princess Projectra arrive on Orando in the 30th century to find that the new Black Drogon, originally trained by the Kid’s criminal father, controls the planet. Projectra is imprisoned with her father, King Voxx, and learns that Karate Kid has been on a quest to prove himself wothry of her. The Kid defeats the Dragon and frees his captives, but his tests will continue.
Writer – David Michelinie
Artist – Ric Estrada / Jack Abel
Cover – Al Milgrom
Editor – Dennis O’Neill
Comments - According to John Censullo of Legion Outpost II, The Legionnaires appear between Superboy 230 and 231

1192 - Superboy 230 - The Day Bouncing Boy Bounced Back

Index Number – 1192 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 230
Cover Date – August 1977
Title – The Day Bouncing Boy Bounced Back
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Lightning Lad - Saturn Girl
Synopsis – Bouncing Boy accidently regains his bouncing ability while on guard duty at the headquarters.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Aftist - Michael Netzer / Jack Abel
Editor – lDenny O’Neil

1191 - Superboy 230 - Thje Creature Who Conned the Legion

Index Number – 1191 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 230
Cover Date – August 1977
Title – The Creature Who Conned the Legion
Characters – Brainiac 5, Dream Girl, Element Lad,; Sun Boy, Superboy Villain – Sden
Synopsis – The sorcerer Sden fools the Legion into recovering the Crystal of Catastrophe until they catch on. Superboy takes the crystal to the past.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Jack Abel
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Denny O’Neil
Comment – Superboy and the Crystal of Catastrophe continue in Adventure 453

1190 - Superboy 229 - Hunt for a Hero Killer

Index Number – 1190 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 229
Cover Date – July 1977
Title – Hunt for a Hero Killer
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dawnstar, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Superboy, Timber Wolf,Wildfire
Villain – Deregon, the Dark Circle
Synopsis – The Legion travels to the homeworld of the Dark Circle to capture Deregon to avenge the death of Chemical King
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Jack Abel
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – lDenny O’Neil

1189 - Karate Kid 9 - The Black Belt Contract

Index Number – 1189 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 9
Cover Date – July 1977
Title – The Black Belt Contract
Characters – Karate Kid, Princess Projectra
Villain – Pulsar
Synopsis – While Karate Kid fights Pulsar again, Projectra finds the monitor globe. After the battle, they discover great trouble on Orando, and then the disappear.
Writer – David Michelinie
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Al Milgrom
Editor – Dennis O’Neill
Comment – According to John Censullo of Legion Outpost II, Projectra appears between Superboy 230 and 231.

1188 - Superboy 228 - That a World Might Live ... A Legionnaire Must Die!

Index Number – 1188 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 228
Cover Date – June 1977
Title – That the World Might Live … A Legionnaire Must Die!
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Chemical King, Light Lass, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Superboy, Timber Wolf, Wildfire
Villain – Deregon
Synopsis – Chemical King dies while preventing the Australian fovernor from igniting World War VII.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Jack Abel
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Denny O’Niell
Comment – We knew it had to happen eventually. As we recall, Chemical King was one of the dead Legionnaires memorialized in the Adult Legion story (Index Number 1075 - Adventure Comics 354).

1187 - DC Special 28 - The City that Stopped - Dead!

Index Number – 1187 - 1.0
Issue – DC Special 28
Cover Date – June 1977
Title – The City that Stopped - Dead!
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chemical King, Phantom Girl, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy
Villain – Fenton Pike
Synopsis – Pike sabotages the fusion powershpere in Metropolis.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Arvell Jones / Bob Layton
Cover – Al Milgrom
Editor – Paul Levitz

1186 - Superboy 227 - War at World's End

Index Number – 1186 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 227
Cover Date – May 1977
Title – War at World’s End
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Lightning Lad, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Superboy, Wildfire
Villain – Pulsar Stargrave, Holdur, Quicksand
Synopsis – The Legion stops Stargrave from retrieving the ancient Coluan computers which created Brainiac in the 20th century.
Writer – Gerry Conway
Artist – Joe Staton / Jack Abel
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Denny O’Neill

1185 - Karate Kid 8 - Pandemonium ... Panic ... Pulsar!

Index Number – 1185 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 8
Cover Date – May 1977
Title – Pandemonium ... Panic ... Pulsar!
Characters – Karate Kid
Villain – Pulsar
Synopsis – Karate Kid is released from custody when his landlady turns up alive. He stops Pulsar from killing the police commissioner. When Iris kissed the Kid in celebration, Proncess Projectra arrives.
Writer – David Michelinie
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Dennis O’Neill
Comments - According to John Censullo at Legion Outpost II, The Legion characters appear between Superboy 230 and 231.

1184 - Superboy 226 - Five Against One

Index Number – 1184 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 226
Cover Date – April 1977
Title – Five Against One
Characters – Brainiac 5, Element Lad, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Superboy, Timber Wolf, Villain - Pulsar Stargrave [Brainiac]
Synopsis – Brainiac 5 travels to Zerox to retrieve the Star Stone for Pulsar Stargrave. He learns that Stargrave is not his father, but is the villainous Brainiac from the 20th century.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Michael Netzer / Jack Abel
Editor – Denny O’Neill

1183 - Superboy 226 - The Dazzling Debut of Dawnstar

Index Number – 1183 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 226
Cover Date – April 1977
Title – The Dazzling Debut of Dawnstar
Characters –; Chameleon Boy, Dawnstar, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Wildfire
Intruduction – Dawnstar
Villain – resourse raiders
Synopsis – Dawnstar is recruited from the Legion Academy to track the leader of the resourse raiders. She is later inducted as a member.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Jack Abel
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – lDenny O’Neill
Comment – Dawnstar is a descendent of a space colony of Native Americans. She is not descended from a 21st century Victoria Secret supermodel, despite her large pair of . . . wings.

1182 - Superboy 225 - A Matter of Priorities

Index Number – 1182 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 225
Cover Date – March 1977
Title – A Matter of Priorities
Characters – Princess Projectra, Sun Boy, Timber Wolf
Villain – Tseln of Thaun
Synopsis – The Legionnaires accompany Ambassador Relnic on a diplomatic mission. They must defend Relnic without revealing their true identities.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Michael Netzer / Bob Wiacek
Editor – Denny O’Neill

1181 - Superboy 225 - And Who Shall Lead Them?

Index Number –1181 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 225
Cover Date – March 1977
Title – And Who Shall Lead Them?
Characters –Dream Girl, Lighning Lad, Mon-El, Shadow Lass, Superboy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Synopsis – Superboy and Wildfire battle over Legion leadership.
Writer – Raul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Bpb Viacek
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Denny O’Niell
Comment – Superboy got the most votes for leader. But he is not a full-time member, so the position went to Wildfire. Apparently the election results were processed in Florida.

1180 - Karate Kid 7 - The Gyro-Master Strikes Twice

Index Number – 1180 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 7
Cover Date – March 1977
Title – The Gyro-Master Strikes Twice
Characters – Karate Kid
Villain – Gyro-Master
Synopsis – While Karate Kid is being arrested for the murder of his landlady, the Gyro-Master strikes . . . twice!
Writer – David Michelinie
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Dennis O’Neill
Comment – This story was written with the Top, from the Flash Rogues Gallery, as the villain. But he was unavailable since he was temporarily dead.

1179 - Superboy 224 - When Stargrave Strikes

Index Number – 1179 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 224
Cover Date – February 1977
Title – When Stargrave Strikes
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy,
Villain – Pulsar Stargrave, Holdur, Quicksand
Synopsis – Stargrave reveals that he freed the Time Trapper from his stasis field, and that he intends to rule the universe. After telling Brainiac 5 that he is his father, Brainy agrees to help.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell / Jim Wiacek
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Denny O’Neil
Comment – This is the first of many explanations of who or what Stargrave is. This is the last story reprinted in the Archive series. I believe that the next Showcase Presents volume of reprints will extend at least this far.

1178 - Superboy 223 - We Can't Escape the Trap in Time

Index Number – 1178 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy 223
Cover Date – January 1977
Title – We Can’t Escape the Trap in Time
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villain – Time Trapper, Pulsar Stargrave, Quicksand, Holdur
Synopsis – The Time Trapper learns that in all possible futures, five Legionnaires will stop his plans to conquer the universe, so he sets out to kill Chameleon Boy, Karate Kid, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy and Superboy.
Writer – Jim Shooter
Artist – Mike Grell / Jim Wiacek
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Murray Boltinoff
Reprinted – Legion of Super-Heroes Archive 12 – 2003

1177 - Karate Kid 6 - Showdown with Commander Blud!

Index Number – 1177 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 6
Cover Date – January 1977
Title – Showdown with Commander Blud!
Characters –Cosmic Boy. Karate Kid. Princess Projectra. Star Boy. Sun Boy
Villain – Commander Blud
Synopsis – The Legion snaps Karate Kid from his brainwashing. Karate Kid faces Blud alone. In his apartment, his communication globe apparently kills his landlady, and the Kid is arrested for her murder.
Writer – David Michelinie
Artist – Ric Estrada / Joe Staton
Cover – Ernie Chan / Mike Grell
Editor – Dennis O’Neil