Leading Comics #12

(Fall 1944)

Million Dollar Challenge (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Inks:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Seven Soldiers of Victory [The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]]; Wing; Weldon Darrel; Weldon Darrel's secretary (villain)

Synopsis:

The Law's Legionaires see an ad in the paper warning them to stay away from the estate of one Darrel Weldon. When they show up anyway, Darrel "penalizes" them by having them have dinner with him, where he relates that he has hidden valuables in 5 places, and if they can find them, following his clues, they will win a million dollars for any charity they wish.

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

The Cache In the Canyon (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Inks:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Boss (villain, introduction); Pete (villain, introduction); other unnamed outlaws (villains, introduction)

Synopsis:

Vigilante heads west to a mining claim owned by Darrel, looking for the valuables hidden there, and runs smack dab into a group of outlaws intent on killing him. Vig finds the treasure and learns the outlaws were after him because they were working Darrel's claim illegally.

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

The Power of the Press (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Inks:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Charlie the Horse (villain)

Synopsis:

The clue provided the Avenger leads him and Wing to a local newspaper office where they discover that Darrel once had a beef with the newspaper and bought it. He discovers the treasure is inside an old newspaper press, and gangsters show up, claiming the money is really theirs since they own the press.

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

The Safe from the Sky (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Inks:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mulcahy

Synopsis:

Green Arrow and Speedy visit a museum, insisting that they have permission to take a meteorite that Darrel lent it, believing it contains the treasure they seek, but instead are arrested as crooks.

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

The Puzzle of the Pyramids (Chapter 5) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Inks:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; un-named crooks (villains)

Synopsis:

Seeking the treasure of Darrel's, brought to the Hudson River from Egypt, the Knight discovers a metal pyramid and investigates. Hearing a cry for help, he runs into a group of crooks, who have heard other Legionaires are being considered criminals for "stealing" things belonging to Darrel, so they attempt to make the Knight look similarly guilty at this scene. However, the Knight overpowers them, But the Shining Knight is puzzled since the loot he seeks turns out to be a pair of infant's shoes and some children's toys!

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

Murder in Minature (Chapter 6) (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Inks:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Kansas City Kane; Chowderhead Charlie (villain, introduction); Cecil the Chimp (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Their clue leads the Kid and Stripesy to a grotto where Darrel once tried to reform criminals, and they discover a miniature city whose bank contains the treasure that they seek.

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

[The Million Dollar Challenge] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Inks:

Arthur Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Seven Soldiers of Victory [The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]] Wing; Weldon Darrel; Weldon Darrel's secretary (villain)

Synopsis:

Perplexed that they are considered thieves because of seeking out the treasures Darrel wanted them to find, they face the man, who confesses that he isn't Darrel at all, but an impostor, and he had previously sent other members of his own gang out to seek the treasures, but then thought better of it because he couldn't "trust" them to give him the loot.

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

Death Strikes Twice (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Blair Bolton (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

This feature is NOT found in the Archives edition.