1222 - DC Comics Presents 2 - Race to the End of Time

Index Number – 1222 - 1.0
Issue – DC Comics Presents 2
Cover Date – August 1978
Title – Race to the End of Time
Characters – Brainiac 5, Cosmic Boy, Mon-El, Princess Projectra, Superboy, Wildfire
Villain – The Zelkot, the Volkir
Synopsis – While Superman and Flash race through time to prevent two warring alien races from destroying the Earth, Superman is trapped in the 30th Century. He and Superboy must collide with each other to bounce back to their home time periods.
Writer – Martin Pasko
Artist - Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez / Dan Adkins
Cover – Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez / Dan Adkins
Editor – Julius Schwartz
Comment – How can Superman and Superboy co-exist in the same time period? The explanation was to do with a tracking device that Superman is wearing. OK?

1221 - Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth 58 - Enter: The Legionnaire

Index Number – 1221 - 1.0
Issue – Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth 58
Cover Date – August 1978
Title – Enter: The Legionnaire!
Characters – Karate Kid
Villain – Lord of Time, Major Disaster
Synopsis – The villains send Karate Kid to the alternate future of Kamandi. They battle each other then team up.
Writer – Jack C. Harris
Artist – Dick Ayers / Danny Buldanadi
Cover – Jim Sherman / Bob McLeod
Editor – Allen Milgrom
Comment – “They battle each other then team up.” Where have we seen that before? Or since? ? Karate Kid returns to the 30th century in Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 244 (inces 1224).
This book was also cancelled during the DC implosion in the winter of 1978. . The black and white art for the next issue was included in a photocopied collection called Cancelled Comic Cavalcade. About 50 copies were distributed in the DC offices and sent to the US Copywight Office and the the Overstreet price guide for purposes of estavblishing a copyrights. Karate Kid is mentioned in Kamandi 59 and the Legion Headquarters is depicted, but we have not included this story in our index. Google “Cancelled Comic Cavaldade” to see these stories.

1220 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 242 - Girls' Night Out

Index Number – 1220 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 242
Cover Date – August 1978
Title – Girls’ Night Out
Characters – Dream Girl, Light Lass, Princess Projectra, Shadow Lass
Villain – generic thieves
Synopsis – The girls foil a robbery attempt while enjoying an evening out.
Writer – Paul Levitz, Paul Kupperberg
Artist – Arvell Jones / Dan Bulanadi
Editor – Al Milgrom

1219 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 242 - Startarget - Earth

Index Number – 1219 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 242
Cover Date – August 1978
Title – Startarget - Earth
Characters – Brainiac 5, Colossal Boy, Dawnstar, Element Lad, Mon-El, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Villain – Garlak and the Khunds, the Dark Circle
Synopsis – While battling the Khunds, the Legion discovers that Harlak is being mind-controlled by the Dark Circle
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Bob McLeod
Cover – James Sherman / Joe RubinsteinEditor – Al Milgrom

1218 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 241 - My Brother's Keeper

Index Number – 1218 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 241
Cover Date – July 1978 –
Title – My Brother’s Keeper
Characters – Light Lass, Timber Wolf
Villain – Lightning Lord
Synopsis – The two Legionnaires track down Lightning Lord after he excapes from prison.
Writer – Paul Levitz, Paul Kupperberg
Artist – Arvell Jones / Dan Bulanadi
Editor – Al Milgrom

1217 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 241 - Prelude to Earthwar

Index Number – 1217 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 241
Cover Date – July 1978
Title – Prelude to Earthwar
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Dawnstar, Element Lad, Phantom Girl, Mon-El, Shrinking Violet, Sun Boy, Superboy, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Villain – Resource Raiders
Synopsis – The United Planets learn of an impending invasion of the Khunds, while the Legionnaires battle the Resource Raiders in Antarctica, and discover sabotage on Weber’s World.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Bob McLeod
Cover – James Sherman / Joe Rubenstein
Editor – Al Mirgrom
Comment – As the title implies, this is the first installment of the Legion’s first multi-issue epic, Earthwar. It also introduces two important Science Police officers, Shvaughn Erin and Ontir, neither are (spoiler alert) what they seem to be.

1216 - Karate Kid 15 - Bring Back My Future to Me

Index Number – 1216 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 15
Cover Date – July 1978
Title – Bring Back My Future to Me
Characters – Chameleon Boy, Karate Kid, Superboy
Villain – Major Disaster, Lord of Time
Synopsis – The villains send the Kid to the alternate future of Kamandi.
Writer – Bob Rozakis, Jack C. Harris
Artist – Juan Ortiz
Cover – Rich Buckler / Jack Abel
Editor – Allen Milgrom
Comment – This is the last issue of Karate Kid. The decision to cancel the series was made before the infamous DC Implosion in the winter of 1978. Sob. This story was continued in Kamandi 58 (Index 1221), which was cancelled as a part of the DC Implosion.

1215 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 240 - Dawnstar Rising

Index Number – 1215 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 240
Cover Date – June 1978
Title – Dawnstar Rising
Characters – Dawnstar. Laurel Kent, Jed Rikane, Shadow Lad, Wildfire
Introduction – Jed Rikane
Synopsis – While at the Legion Academy, Dawnstar relates her origin and her first mission.
Writer – Paul Levitz, Paul Kupperberg
Artist – James Sherman / Bop McLeod
Editor – Al Milgrom
Comments - This story is reprinted in the hard=to-find digest Best of DC 33.

1214 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 239 - The Man Who Manacled the Legion

Index Number – 1214 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 240
Cover Date – June 1978
Title – The Man Who Manacled the Legion
Characters – Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Phantom Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villain – Grimbor
Synopsis – Grimbor seeks vengeance after his beloved Charma is killed in prison.
Writer – Paul Levitz, Jack C. Harris
Artist – Howard Chaykin / Bob Wiacek
Cover – Mike Grell / Joe Rubinstein
Editor – Al Milgrom

1213 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 239 - Murder Most Foul

Index Number – 1213 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 239
Cover Date – May 1978
Title – Murder Most Foul
Characters – Superboy, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dawnstar, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Shadow Lass, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy
Synopsis – Ultra Boy is framed for the murder of an old girl-friend. He tries to clear his name while the Legion tracks him down
Writer – Jim Starlin, Paul Levitz
Artist – Jim Starlin / Joe Rubinstein
Cover – Mike Grell / Joe Rubinstein
Editor – Al Milgrom

1212 - Karate Kid 14 - Diamondeth is Forever!

Index Number – 1212 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 14
Cover Date – May 1978
Title – Diamondeth is Forever!
Characters – Karate Kid
Villain – Major Disaster, the Lord of Time
Synopsis – Iris Jacobs has been transformed into a crystalline creature called Diamondeth, who is on a rampage. Karaate Kid and Robin team up to subdue her.
Writer – Bob Rozakis
Artist – Juan Ortiz / Bruce Patterson
Cover – Rich Buckler / Frank Giacoia
Editor – Allen Milgrom

1211 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 237 - No Price Too High!

Index Number – 1211 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 237
Cover Date – March 1978
Title – No Price Too High
Characters – Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dawnstar, Dream Girl, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Phantom Girl, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Villain – Arma Getten, Khunds
Synopsis – Arma Getten kidnaps R. J. Brande to force the Legion to hunt the cosmos for three items. Brande creates a sun for Graxl.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Walt Simonson / Jack Abel
Cover – Mike Grell / Joe Rubinstein
Editor – Al Milgrom
Comment – Paul, you can do better than “Arma Getten”. This issue contained a text feature on time travel paradoxes.

1210 - Karate Kid 13 - March 1978 - Tomorrow's Battle ... Yesterday!

Index Number – 1210 - 1.0
Issue – Karate Kid 13
Cover Date – March 1978
Title – Tomorrow’s Battle ... Yesterday!
Characters –Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Karate Kid, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Sun Boy, Superboy
Villain – Major Disaster and the Lord of Time
Synopsis – The Kid realizes that the Legionnaires have travelled from a spot in their history where they have not yet met Karate Kid. (Huh?) They split up to battle the vilians.
Writer – Bob Rozakis
Artist – Juan Ortiz / Bob McLeod
Cover – Rick Buckler / Bob McLeod
Editor – Allen Milgrom

1209 - All-New Collectors' Edition C-55 - The Millennium Massacre!

Index Number – 1209 - 1.0
Issue – All-New Collectors’ Edition C-55
Cover Date – 1978
Title – The Millennium Massacre
Characters – Bouncing Boy, Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, Chlorophyll Kid, Color Kid, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Dawnstar, Dream Girl , Duo Damsel, Duplicate Boy, Element Lad, Fire Lad, Karate Kid, Kid Psycho, Light Lass, Lightning Lad, Mon-El, Night Girl, Phantom Girl, Polar Boy, Princess Projectra, Saturn Girl, Shadow Lass, Shrinking Violet, Star Boy, Stone Boy, Sun Boy, Superboy, Timber Wolf, Tyroc, Ultra Boy, Wildfire
Villain – Time Trapper
Synopsis – Superboy travels to the 30th century to attend the wedding of Lightning Lad and Saturn Girl. He unexpectedly finds a militaristic society. Apparently, a nuclear exchange in 1978 caused his future / their past to change. After the wedding, he leads a group of Legionnaires to the past to rechange history. They all face off against the Time Trapper at the end of time.

Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Mike Grell / Vince Colletta
Cover – Mike Grell
Editor – Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz
Comment – This was a tabloid-sized book. It featured a two-page spread of the big wedding with all the Legionnaires and the Subs pictured. It also included Duplicate Boy from Lallor, the Martian Manhunter, Paul Levitz, Mike Grell and a character from the John Carter of Mars series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs. This implies that J’onn J’onzz survived into the 30th century. In fact, later issues will suggest that he is actually R. J. Brande in one of the Legion’s incarnations.
The “Origins and Powers” feature from his book is reprinted in the 2009 collection, Legion of Super Heroes – 1,050 Years of the Future.
This edition has been panned by much of fandom over the years, mostly because it won’t fit in a long box, and although it does feature the type of time travel story that I hate, I treasure this issue for the art. The larger format allowed Grell and Colletta to pull out all of the stops with numerous sweeping panaramas. It’s hard to find, but worth searching for.

1208 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 236 - Words Never Spoken!

Index Number – 1208 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 236
Cover Date – February 1978
Title – Words Never Spoken!
Characters – Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl
Synopsis – Imra and Garth take time to discuss their future. She says yes.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – James Sherman / Joe Rubinstein
Editor – Al Milgrom

1207 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 236 - Mon-El's One Man War

Index Number – 1207 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 236
Cover Date – February 1978
Title – Mon-El’s One Man War
Characters – Mon=El
Villain – Khunds
Synopsis – Mon-El batatles the Khunds.
Writer – Paul Levitz
Artist – Michael Netzer / Joe Rubinstein, Rick Bryant
Editor – Al Milgrom

1206 - Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 236 - A World Born Anew!

Index Number – 1206 - 1.0
Issue – Superboy and the Legion of Super Heroes 236
Cover Date – February 1978
Title – A World Born Anew!
Characters – Brainiac 5. Chameleon Boy, Colossal Boy, Cosmic Boy, Element Lad, Night Girl, Pol Krinn, Princess Projectra, Superboy
Villain – Worldsmith
Synopsis – The Legion battles a terraformer wreaking havoc on Braal.
Writer – Paul Levitz, Paul Kupperberg
Artist – James Sherman / Bob McLeod
Cover – Mike Grell / Joe Rubinstein
Editor – lAl Milgrom
Comment – Great character design on Worldsmith: fat little alien in a pin-striped black suit. Great cover design with homages to Action Comics, Adventure Comics and Young Romance Comics.