Leading Comics #11

(Summer 1944)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Hard-Luck Hat! Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 3)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Arturo Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

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Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

Seven Soldiers of Victory [Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]]; Wing; Handsome Harry (villain, introduction); Shifty (villain); Sam (villain); Bull (villain)

Synopsis

Handsome Harry goes out to survey his criminal domain, but has to return home for his "lucky hat." When the Law's Legionnaires capture his mob, Harry escapes, but his hat blows away...a hat that will weave a different story for each person into whose possession it will fall.

Reprints

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([September] 2008)

Chapter 2: The Banker and the Bandit! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy; Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Arturo Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Mr. Pemberton; King-Pin Kong (villain, introduction); J. Billington Biker (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

Banker Biker just so happens to purchase the runaway hat, but soon agrees to a scheme with King-Pin Kong to knock off his own bank and split the take with the felon. They are apprehended, but the hat remains at Biker's mansion, thus bringing bad luck to him.

Reprints

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([September] 2008)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Chapter 3: Muggs at Mealtime! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Arturo Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Gas-Pipe Grogan (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The hat now falls into the possession of Gas-Pipe Grogan, who has just purchased Biker's mansion. Grogan comes upon the idea of being the sole provider of salt to restaurants, who have to pay his price or do without. But when the Vigilante overhears the crooks trying to avoid paying their fair share of taxes on the scheme, he steps in to halt the racket...but the hat blows away.

Reprints

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([September] 2008)

Chapter 4: Absent-Minded Victim! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Crimson Avenger and Wing; Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Arturo Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mr. Chumley; Bozo (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The hat now falls into the hands of a criminal named Bozo, who recognizes it at once as belonging to Grogan. However, he leaves it in a barbershop, and it is picked up by Lee Travis, who changes to the Crimson Avenger to investigate its owner, who is trying to take over an antique store by convincing the owner that he doesn't know him. After stopping the plot, Travis throws the hat into the trash.

Reprints

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([September] 2008)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Chapter 5: The High-Hatted House! (Table of Contents: 9)

Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Shining Knight / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Arturo Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; John Harrison; Mary Harrison; Jimmy Harrison; Bopper (villain, introduction); two unnamed convicts (villains, introduction)

Synopsis

By a trick of fate, the wind blows the hat onto the roof of an inventor's home and is spotted by a group of crooks who just escaped from prison. When the crooks over-power the inventor, it's Winged Victory that takes the hat off the roof and uses it to confound the crooks and allow for their capture. The hat, however, is discarded and lays in wait to play a role in the fortunes of someone else.

Reprints

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([September] 2008)

Chapter 6: The Dummy Director! (Table of Contents: 10)

The Green Arrow and Speedy; Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Arturo Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Wilbur Timmins; Mary Lou Timmins; Mr. Jordan; Akers (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The hat is found by the son of a first class second-hand clothes store owner, who places it on a dummy out in front of his store. The hat and dummy all are bought by a financier, who leaves the dummy at a board of director's meeting after he resigns, but is stopped at the door by some toughs who want the stock certificate in the company. The battling bowmen stop the scheme, but the whereabouts of the hat seem to be unknown except by the financier.

Reprints

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([September] 2008)

Chapter 7: Hat's Haven (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

Joe Samachson

Pencils

Arturo Cazeneuve

Inks

Arturo Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Seven Soldiers of Victory [Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]]; Wing; Mrs. Biltwell; Mr. Dresser; Handsome Harry (villain)

Synopsis

Handsome Harry is out camping and spots his "lucky hat" floating down the river and retrieves it, only to find the financier's stock certificate inside. He opens a "Haven for Homeless Hoboes," and later a "Hobo College," all funded by money that Harry steals from people who donate to his cause. When Harry and his mob are arrested, they are freed on a technicality, and the Legionnaires have to find a legal way to put Harry behind bars. The hat? It becomes a nesting site for birds after Harry tosses it away.

Reprints

• in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 ([September] 2008)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Grandpa Peters / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Tom McNamara

Pencils

Tom McNamara

Inks

Tom McNamara

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Shucks! Ashes is good fer rugs!

Genre

humor

Characters

Grandpa Peters

The Pay-Off (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Whitney Ellsworth

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Shorty / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

This looks like shorty's work!

Genre

humor; military

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Charles Atlas / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Bumbershoot Jump! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)