Leading Comics #7

(Summer 1943)

Wizard of Wisstark! (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Pierce Rice ?

Inks:

?

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; Wizard of Wisstark; Menzac; Wizards of Stanovia (villains)

Synopsis:

When the Seven Soldiers read and hear about themselves supposedly donating their services to charity, they smell a rat. They are taken by a strange aircraft to see the Wizard Of Wisstark, actually a stage magician, who wants them to travel to Stanovia to battle real wizards, who want to prevent its inhabitants from enjoying true democracy.

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• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Question mark added to the pencils credit and inks credit removed by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Rice only did artwork on the Seven Soldiers of Victory in 1944-45. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-2-08.

Land of Giants! (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Pierce Rice

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]

Synopsis:

The Kid and Stripesy head to the mountains to encounter the giants that the Wizard of Wisstark would like to have join him in the battle against the three wizards, but all they succeed in doing is getting moving pictures of them!

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• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Rice inks credit removed by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Rice only did pencils on the chapters featuring the Star-Spangled Kid. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-2-08.

Wizard Archers and the Wizards! (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Pierce Rice

Inks:

Pierce Rice

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Wizards of Stanovia (villains)

Synopsis:

The Battling Bowmen arrive in Stanovia to seek out the 3 wizards and learn of their plans, which includes retrieving the strange aircraft in the possession of the Wizard of Wisstark.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-2-08.

The Invisible Men! (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Pierce Rice

Inks:

Pierce Rice

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing

Synopsis:

The Crimson and Wing are on the alert for 5th Column activities within the walls of Wisstark, and very soon they are attacked by invisible opponents, who have succeeded in re-capturing the strange aircraft the three wizards seek.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-2-08.

Double Trouble! (Chapter 5) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Pierce Rice

Inks:

Pierce Rice

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Wizard of Wisstark; Wizards of Stanovia (villains); Wizard of Wisstark (villain, phony)

Synopsis:

Vigilante must unravel and stop an attempt by the three wizards to replace the real Wizard of Wisstark with a look-alike.

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• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-2-08.

The March of the Wooden-Armored Soldiers! (Chapter 6) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Pierce Rice

Inks:

Pierce Rice

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Wizard of Wisstark; Wizards of Stanovia (villains)

Synopsis:

The Knight's assignment is to take on the three wizards on the field of battle, but he needs an army for that task...and he gets one: an army bedecked in wooden armor!

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• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-2-08.

Battle of the Wizards! (Chapter 7) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Pierce Rice ?

Inks:

?

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; Wizards of Stanovia (villains); Wizard of Wisstark

Synopsis:

The Seven Soldiers and their forces engage the Wizards of Stanovia & their legions in a fight to the finish, and defeat them by using their own tricks against them.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 ([July] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Question mark added to the pencils credit and inks credit removed by Craig Delich. According to the Who's Who, Rice only did artwork on the Seven Soldiers of Victory in 1944-45. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-2-08.

Smoke Screen (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ted Walsh (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure