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This page is written from
the Real World point of view

This page gathers the information pertaining to the fifteen issues of Karate Kid from the regular pages of the Legion Publication History. Also includes Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #58, which finishes a two-part crossover story begun in Karate Kid #15, and Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2, which includes what would have been issue #59 of Kamandi.

Preboot (Pre-Crisis)
	Karate Kid #1 (published December 4, 1975, cover date March/April 1976) My World Begins In Yesterday W: Paul Levitz; P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; E: Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz (assistant)
	Karate Kid #2 (published February 12, 1976, cover date May/June 1976) The International Dooms of Major Disaster W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; E: Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz (assistant)
	Karate Kid #3 (published April 15, 1976, cover date July/August 1976) The Ravager W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; C: Carl Gafford; E: Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz (assistant)
	Karate Kid #4 (published June 7, 1976, cover date September/October 1976) The Rage of Yesterdays Lost! W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; C; Carl Gafford; L: Milton Snapinn; E: Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz (assistant)
	Karate Kid #5 (published August 2, 1976, cover date November/December 1976) The Tomorrow Thief W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; C: Liz Berube; E: Joe Orlando, Paul Levitz (assistant)
	Karate Kid #6 (published October 4, 1976, cover date January/February 1977) Showdown With Commander Blud! W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; E: Joe Orlando, Dennis O'Neil (story)
	Karate Kid #7 (published December 6, 1976, cover date March/April 1977) The Gyro-Master Strikes Twice! W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; E: Joe Orlando, Dennis O'Neil (story)
	Karate Kid #8 (published January 31, 1977, cover date May/June 1977) Pandemonium ... Panic ... Pulsar! W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; C: Liz Berube; E: Joe Orlando, Dennis O'Neil (story)
	Karate Kid #9 (published April 4, 1977, cover date July/August 1977) The Black Belt Contract W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Joe Staton; C: Carl Gafford; E: Joe Orlando, Dennis O'Neil (story)
	Karate Kid #10 (published June 6, 1977, cover date September/October 1977) Death-Duel on Orando W: David Michelinie (as Barry Jameson); P: Ric Estrada; I: Jack Abel; C: Carl Gafford; E: Joe Orlando, Dennis O'Neil (story)
	Karate Kid #11 (published August 1, 1977, cover date November/December 1977) Disasters of Yesteryear W: Jack C. Harris; P&I: Ric Estrada; E: Joe Orlando, Dennis O'Neil (story)
	Karate Kid #12 (published October 3, 1977, cover date January/February 1978) The Time of Your Death! W: Bob Rozakis; P: Juan Ortiz; I: Bob McLeod; C: Anthony Tollin; L: Milton Snapinn; E: Joe Orlando, Al Milgrom (story)
	Karate Kid #13 (published November 28, 1977, cover date March/April 1978) Tomorrow's Battle ... Yesterday! W: Bob Rozakis; P: Juan Ortiz; I: Bob McLeod; C: Anthony Tollin; L: Milton Snapinn; E: Joe Orlando, Al Milgrom (story)
	Karate Kid #14 (published February 6, 1978, cover date May/June 1978) Diamondeth Is Forever! (Robin x-over) W: Bob Rozakis; P: Juan Ortiz; I: Bruce Patterson; C: Mario Sen; L: Milton Snapinn; E: Joe Orlando, Al Milgrom (story)
	Karate Kid #15 (published April 3, 1978, cover date July/August 1978) Bring Back My Future To Me! W: Bob Rozakis, Jack C. Harris (co-plot); P&I: Juan Ortiz; C: Mario Sen; L: Clem Robbins; E: Joe Orlando, Al Milgrom (story)
	Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #58 (published May 1, 1978, cover date August/September 1978) Enter: the Legionnaire (Karate Kid x-over, cont. from #353) W: Jack C. Harris; P: Dick Ayers; I: Danny Bulanadi; C: Mario Sen; L: Shelly Leferman; E: Joe Orlando, Al Milgrom (story)
	Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #2 Fall 1978 Into the Vortex Story which would have appeared in the unpublished Kamandi #59. Includes flashback to Karate Kid crossover story and image of Legion HQ.
	The Brave and the Bold v1 #198 (published February 17, 1983, cover date May 1983) "Terrorists of the Heart!" Notes: x-over Karate Kid