(March-April 1978)

DC, 1976 Series
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Volume
3
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1977-11-29
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
0709893244804
Editing
Al Milgrom (editor); Joe Orlando (managing editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader #151.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Karate Kid / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks
Bob McLeod (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Job Number
C-626
Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Karate Kid; Legion of Super-Heroes [Chameleon Boy; Cosmic Boy; Superboy; Sun Boy; Saturn Girl; Lightning Lad; Colossal Boy]; Major Disaster
Reprints
Keywords
fires; tornadoes

Sable Lady (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
E. Nelson Bridwell ?
Pencils
Curt Swan
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
?
Letters
Ben Oda

Genre
superhero
Characters
Batman [Bruce Wayne]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; Sable Lady
Synopsis
Sable Lady is stealing furs and hoping to decoy the Dynamic Duo by planting false burglar alarms all over Gotham City, but they find her and foil her plans with Hostess Cup Cakes because she can't resist them.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. An advertisement for Hostess Cup Cakes featuring DC characters and produced by DC staff.

Tomorrow's Battle... Yesterday! (Table of Contents: 2)

Karate Kid / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
Juan Ortiz
Inks
Bob McLeod
Colors
Anthony Tollin
Letters
Milt Snapinn

Job Number
J-4947
Genre
martial arts; superhero
Characters
Karate Kid; Legion of Super-Heroes [Superboy; Saturn Girl; Cosmic Boy; Lightning Lad; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Sun Boy]; Lord of Time (villain); Major Disaster (villain); Diamondeth [Iris Jacobs]
Synopsis
The Legion joins Superboy in fighting Karate Kid. Once subdued, Karate Kid realizes that the Legionnaires have not yet met him in their own timelines. The Legion then splits up to handle natural disasters caused by the villains, before taking on Major Disaster and The Lord of Time themselves. Back in the 20th century, Iris' attempt to start a new life by volunteering for an experimental treatment at S.T.A.R. labs has unexpected results.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Karate Comments / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Job Number
L-854

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from readers Shawn Williams, Randy Walker, Ted P. Skimmer, Bob Barnes, and Arthur Johnson.

Volume 77 Issue 48 - Week of November 28, 1977 (Table of Contents: 4)

The Answer Man; Daily Planet / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bob Rozakis; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Editing
Bob Rozakis; Anthony Tollin (production)

Characters
Firestorm

Indexer Notes

Solicitation for titles shipping the weeks of November 28, 1977 and December 5, 1977. Spotlight on FIRESTORM #1 and SHAZAM #34.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Karate Kid
  2. 1. Sable Lady
    Batman; Hostess Cup Cakes
  3. 2. Tomorrow's Battle... Yesterday!
    Karate Kid
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Karate Comments
  5. 4. Volume 77 Issue 48 - Week of November 28, 1977
    The Answer Man; Daily Planet
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ruben Cortes
  • CTGarry
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Pat Lang
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Edvin Salihovic
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore