Sunday, February 27, 2011

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.

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