Leading Comics #2

(Spring 1942)

Beware! The Black Star Shines (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 6 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 Sanders]]; Mr. Pemberton; Black Star (villain); Falseface (villain); Captain Bigg (villain); Hopper (villain); Brain (villain); Rattler (villain)

Synopsis:

When Pat Dugan spies five well-known criminals dressed as policemen, it piques the interest of the Star-Spangled Kid, who calls the Seven Soldiers of Victory to investigate. They discover, from a piece of film, that the Black Star is using those felons to commit crimes on a national basis.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #111 (May-June 1974)
• in Super Heroes Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 series) #3 ([September 1976] ?)
• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

Mystery of the Clowning Criminals (Chapter 2) (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; Falseface (villain); Black Star (villain)

Synopsis:

Led by Falseface, the Black Star's criminal element strikes at many areas of the city of New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #111 (May-June 1974)
• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

Mystery of the Santa Claus Pirate (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils:

Hal Sherman (signed)

Inks:

Hal Sherman (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Dr. Yates; Captain Bigg (villain); Black Star (villain)

Synopsis:

Captain Bigg, dressed as Santa Claus, and the rest of his men take on the guise of pirates in order to raid luxurious yachts and plunder their loot!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #111 (May-June 1974)
• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

Mystery of the One-Man Museum (Chapter 4) (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]; Coburn; Hopper (villain); Black Star (villain)

Synopsis:

The Hopper and his men target Pleasure City, "home" of an eccentric millionaire named Coburn, who lives in the Castle of Fear at the fair grounds.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #111 (May-June 1974)
• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

The Case of the Twisted Twins (Chapter 5) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Mort Weisinger ?

Pencils:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Inks:

Jack Lehti (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Bobby Leeds; Bandler; The Brain (villain); Black Star (villain)

Synopsis:

The Avenger and Wing travel to Twin City, scene of the annual convention of twins at the Hotel Double, attempting to foil the plans of the Brain, who is blackmailing millionaire Bandler in return for a life-saving blood transfusion.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #112 (July-August 1974)
• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

The Sixty Kiddie Club (Chapter 6) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)

Inks:

Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Billy Gunn; Mr. Wilkens; Rattler (villain); Black Star (villain)

Synopsis:

The Western Waddy tangles with the Rattler at the Palace of Perpetual Play, where men who have worked all their lives can retire and learn how to be children. One of them has in his possession a stamp worth $100,000!

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #112 (July-August 1974)
• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

[The Black Star Shines] (Chapter 7) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Mort Meskin

Inks:

Mort Meskin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]]; Mr. Wilkens; Black Star (villain, death)

Synopsis:

The Law's Legionaires learn from Mr. Wilkens the real motive behind Black Star's crime wave: to obtain a ray invented by five partners in a chemical firm that will enlarge the size of all organic life. And when they attempt to track down the nefarious villains, they are greeted by a giant bird, ant, rabbit and spider that have been dispatched to destroy the Seven Soldiers.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #112 (July-August 1974)
• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1 ([February] 2005)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

Way to Freedom (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Norman Goss (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[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:

humor

Characters:

King Kale