Leading Comics #1

(Winter 1941-1942)

Blueprint for Crime (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Seven Soldiers of Victory [Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]]; The Hand (villain); Dummy (villain); Red Dragon (villain); Big Caesar (villain); Professor Merlin (villain); Needle (villain)

Synopsis:

The nefarious Hand, believing that he has only one month to live, organizes a group of master criminals, the "fingers" of his hand, to commit crimes, and challenges a newly organized band of heroes to the greatest criminal chase the world has ever seen.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Art credit by Craig Delich 10/04. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

Death Valley (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

George Papp [as Geo. Papp] (signed)

Inks:

George Papp [as Geo. Papp] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cactus Mike; Professor Merlin (villain); The Hand (villain); Needle (villain, cameo)

Synopsis:

Green Arrow and Speedy head to Death Valley, California to stop Professor Merlin from stealing gold stockpiled by an old prospector.

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• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

[Peril in Panama] (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils:

Hal Sherman (signed)

Inks:

Hal Sherman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Mrs. Pemberton; Claude Brighton; The Needle (villain); The Hand (villain); Big Caesar (villain)

Synopsis:

The Kid and Stripesy head for the Panama Canal Zone to prevent the Needle from stealing a ray-gun weapon from its inventor.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

The chapter title may have been intended to be "Blueprint for Banditry," as those words are in bold in the intro paragraph. The story title used here comes from the Archives reprint.

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

Blackout over Broadway (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Superhero

Characters:

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Big Caesar (villain); The Hand (villain); Red Dragon (villain, cameo)

Synopsis:

The Crimson and Wing must prevent Big Ceasar from carrying out mass robberies in Times Square under the cover of darkness.

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• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Craig Delich 10/04. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

[The Red Dragon] (Chapter 5) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Chief Wamona (death); Red Dragon (villain); Brom (villain); The Hand (villain); Dummy (villain, cameo)

Synopsis:

The Shining Knight travels to the Valley of Wamona to prevent the Red Dragon from stealing a large supply of pitchblend (radium) from the local Indians living there.

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• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

The Stone People (Chapter 6) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.] (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Billy Gunn; The Dummy (villain); The Hand (villain)

Synopsis:

The Western Waddy travels to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood to foil the evil plan of the Dummy to kidnap some important people, pretend to turn them to stone, then try to extort money from people before "restoring" them back to life.

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• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

Blueprint for Crime (Chapter 7) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Seven Soldiers of Victory:[Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; The Hand (villain, death)

Synopsis:

Seeing that his plot has failed against the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the Hand decides to take them all on at his own home. But when he hears from the doctor that his medical condition can be cured and that he won't die, the Hand's vanity gets the better of him and he decides to fight anyway.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

The Hand returns as The Iron Hand in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #100.

Art credits from Craig Delich. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

King Kale / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Characters:

King Kale

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Clancy the Cop / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Clancy

Set a Thief... (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel ? [as Eric Carter] (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

crime