We saw the Dominators yesterday in 1988's Invasion, but today we check out a very early appearance of their race...from ten years earlier and a thousand years later. From 1978, Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #248, "Earth's Last Stand" Written by Paul Levitz, art by Joe Staton and Jack Abel.
On the neutral planet Weber's World, a group of Legionnaires led by Wildfire try to guard a peace conference between the United Planets and the Dominators, while on earth a Khund invasion force is too much for the skeleton force left defending it. The Science Police and the Legion of Substitute Heroes make a noble effort, but are overwhelmed as well. Brainiac 5 is sucked into a black hole, and after robots attack the conference, the dignitaries from the UP and the Dominators are somehow teleported away. And the Dark Circle closes...
When I first read Invasion, I thought the Dominators had been created for the series, but they had been around for some time. They would also have a good run in Giffen's "Five Years Later" Legion stories, too.
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