Leading Comics #8

(Fall 1943)

Exiles in Time! (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

Colors:

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Letters:

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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]]; Winged Victory; Dummy (villain); Gat Gunn (villain); Blinky (villain)

Synopsis:

Upset with the fact that the Sevon Soldiers seem to be wise to his vast criminal organization's plans, the Dummy, with the use of time machine, sends each of the Legionaires to a different era in the past.

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The Queen's Necklace! (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

Colors:

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Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Three Musketeers [Porthos; Athos; Aramis]; Queen of France; King of France

Synopsis:

Green Arrow and Speedy are hurled back into the days of the Three Musketeers and are arrested along with the three for dueling, and because of the disappearance of the Queen's pearl necklace.

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Courage in Canton! (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Li Ho

Synopsis:

The Avenger and Wing find themselves into ancient China of 225 B.C. and meet up with an inventor, who shows them his creations. In the end, our heroes must battle the Japanese with one of that inventor's creations: gunpowder.

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Voyage of the Vikings! (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Eric the Red; Leif Ericson

Synopsis:

The Kid and Stripesy find themselves aboard a Viking ship, helping Eric the Red battle his enemies, then agree to help him find food for his people, leading to the discovery of Vineland (America).

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Friends, Romans, Countrymen! (Chapter 5) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Julius Caesar; Marc Antony; Crassus; Shifty (villain); Rocky (villain); Danny (villain)

Synopsis:

Three of the Dummy's men use the time machine to go back into the time of the ancient Romans, where Vigilante has been sent, to rob Crassus, a millionaire by contemporary standards.

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The Legend of Leonardo! (Chapter 6) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Leonardo da Vinci; Count Ludovico (villain)

Synopsis:

The Knight lands in ancient Italy to discover Da Vinci attempting to fly with one of his contraptions, and saves him from one of his enemies. Then he discovers that da Vinci has invented a time machine and the Knight decides to put it to good use.

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[Conclusion] (Chapter 7) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Jon Small

Inks:

Maurice del Burgo

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; Shifty (villain); Rocky (villain); The Dummy (villain)

Synopsis:

The Shining Knight uses the time machine to bring each of the Soldiers back to the present time in order to round up the Dummy and his men.

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Head Work (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bill Erwin (signed)

Pencils:

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Inks:

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

sports

Characters:

Coach Forbes; Hap Henry; Horse

Synopsis:

Coach Forbes and Hap are really upset and concerned when a member of their basketball team, named Horse, decides to transfer to a rival school, Merton. Hap is especially concerned as he knew that the coach there PAID his players!

Indexer Notes

There is a screen illustration of a girl behind the text. All info added by Craig Delich (March 8, 2007).

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

Midnight Jones / filler / 2 pages (report information)

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Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Midnight Jones