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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published January-February 1978
Cover Price 0.35 USD
Pages 36
Editing Joe Orlando (Managing Editor); Allen Milgrom (Editor)
Notes Logo changes with this issue.

Cover Details - "Alone Against the Legion!"

Characters Karate Kid; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Cosmic Boy; Saturn Girl; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy; Chameleon Boy; Lightning Lad]
Genre superhero; martial arts
Pencils Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks Jack Abel (signed)
Notes Logo changes with this issue.

1 page Penguin advertisement "The Cuckoo Cuckoos "

Characters Penguin [Oswald Cobblepot]
Genre Superhero
Script E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils Curt Swan
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Ben Oda
Notes An advertisement for Hostess Fruit Pies.

17 page Karate Kid story The "Time" of Your Death!

Characters Karate Kid; Iris Jacobs; Major Disaster (villain); Legion of Super-Heroes [Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy]
Synopsis Karate Kid is drawn to Smallville in the past and a fight with Superboy by Master Disaster and a mystery villain.
Genre superhero; martial arts
Script Bob Rozakis
Pencils Juan Ortiz
Inks Bob McLeod
Colors Anthony Tollin
Letters Milt Snapinn
Notes The Legion characters appear in the costumes they wore in the 1960s.

1 page Karate Comments letters page "Karate Comments"

Notes Letters from readers - Nathan Chapman, Snapper Estes and Bill Keller.

Half page Ask the Answer Man text article "It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's the Answer Man"

Script Bob Rozakis
Letters typeset

Half page DC Profiles biography (nonfictional) "DC Profiles #25: Tex Blaisdell"

Letters typeset
Notes Profile of Tex Blaisdell.