(Spring 1943)

DC, 1941 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
World's Best Comics Company
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Format:
Color; Standard Golden Age US; Saddle-Stitched; Newsprint; Ongoing

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Treasure That Time Forgot (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Ed Dobrotka
Inks:
Ed Dobrotka
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Seven Soldiers of Victory [Shining Knight; Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid; Crimson Avenger; Green Arrow; Speedy; Vigilante; Wing]
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The Treasure That Time Forgot! (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Seven Soldiers of Victory [Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]]; Wing; Scrivener; Atahualpa (death); Mr. Milton; Francisco Pizarro (villain); Jameson (villain); Burton (villain, death)
Synopsis:
The Seven Soldiers of Victory are offered $1 billion to recover a fortune in gold that was hidden away in the Andes Mountain range by the Incan Indians from murderous Spaniards. A man named Burton was the last to know of it's location, but left only cryptic clues behind of that location discovered after his death.
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Indexer Notes

Del Bourgo credit removed from pencils by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Del Bourgo only did inks on the Seven Soldiers of Victory chapters. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.


Crimes by Proxy (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders] (cameo); un-named criminal (villain)
Synopsis:
The two teams head for South America to locate the gold in friendly competition, but soon, each team begins to believe that the other is out to put them out of the way in order to get the gold for themselves.
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Indexer Notes

Del Bourgo credit removed from pencils by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Del Bourgo only did inks on the chapters featuring Green Arrow & Star-Spangled Kid. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.


A Duel to the Death! (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Copperhead (villain)
Synopsis:
A clever criminal and his henchmen, through a series of clever maneuvers, plant seeds of doubt into the mine of our heroes and get them to work against one another in their search for the gold.
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Indexer Notes

Del Bourgo credit removed from pencils by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, del Bourgo only did inks on the chapters featuring Shining Knight & Vigilante. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.


Winged Masters of the Mountains (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Scrivener; Copperhead (villain)
Synopsis:
The Copperhead and his henchman believe that the Seven Soldiers have figured out all of the cryptic clues left behind by Burton as to the gold's location, so they must immediately destroy Vigilante and the Shining Knight.
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Indexer Notes

Del Bourgo credit removed from pencils by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Del Bourgo only did inks on the chapters featuring Shining Knight & Vigilante. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.


The Gold That Failed to Glitter (Chapter 5) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Seven Soldiers of Victory [Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]]; Mr. Milton
Synopsis:
When the team regroups, the Soldiers begin to battle one another until they discover they have been duped by the Copperhead, then they join forces to travel to the gold's location, only to find it missing!
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Indexer Notes

Crimson Avenger and Wing do not appear in this sequence.

Del Bourgo credit removed from pencils by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Del Bourgo only did the inks on the chapters featuring the Seven Soldiers of Victory of Victory. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.


The Third Treasure Trail! (Chapter 6) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Inks:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Scrivener; Copperhead (villain)
Synopsis:
The Crimson and Wing travel the 3rd treasure trail outlined in Burton's clues to the gold and discover a lost Incan village where they are captured by the locals, believing them to be no better than the Spaniards originally.
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Indexer Notes

Question mark removed from inks credit by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Del Bourgo did both pencils and inks on the Crimson Avenger chapters. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.


Trail's End (Chapter 7) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
?
Inks:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Seven Soldiers of Victory [Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]]; Wing; Mr. Milton; Copperhead (villain); Scrivener (villain)
Synopsis:
Milton discovers that his secretary, Scrivener is in reality the Copperhead, and a full scale battle ensues as the huge gold deposit is uncovered.
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Indexer Notes

Del Bourgo credit removed from pencils by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Del Bourgo only did the inks on the chapters featuring the Seven Soldiers of Victory of Victory. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-24-08.


Warrior's Return (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Walt Brush (signed)
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Terror O'Dowd / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Terror O'Dowd

Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Treasure That Time Forgot! (Chapter 1)
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  2. 2. Crimes by Proxy (Chapter 2)
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  3. 3. A Duel to the Death! (Chapter 3)
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  4. 4. Winged Masters of the Mountains (Chapter 4)
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  5. 5. The Gold That Failed to Glitter (Chapter 5)
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  6. 6. The Third Treasure Trail! (Chapter 6)
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  7. 7. Trail's End (Chapter 7)
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  8. 8. Warrior's Return
  9. 9. [no title indexed]
    Terror O'Dowd
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Per Sandell
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Lou Mougin
  • Bob Hughes