Leading Comics #14

(Spring 1945)

The Bandits from the Books (Chapter 1) (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 [Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]]; Wing; Sir Maltby Poplar; Dr. Wimsett (introduction); Humpty Dumpty (introduction); Old King Cole (introduction); Hamlet (introduction)

Synopsis:

After the mysterious appearance of some characters right out of the pages of fairy tale books, the Legionaires visit a Dr. Wimsett, a scientist who has discovered how to intensify life to the point where a character can actually step right out of the pages of the story or poem in which they appeared and into real life. However, since some of the characters are scoundrels, the Legionaires must track them down before any harm is done.

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Treasureless Island (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 Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Humpty Dumpty; Long John Silver (villain, introduction); Frankie (villain)

Synopsis:

Humpty Dumpty, the only character not to escape from the scientist's lab, tells the Kid and Stripesy that he has heard that Long John Silver and his men plan to steal a ship and look for treasure on an island. They find and capture him---or do they?

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Food for Falstaff (Chapter 3) (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 Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Falstaff (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Following up on a tip from Humpty Dumpty, the Battling Bowmen head after Falstaff, who, along with his men, have hijacked a food warehouse. His palate savors the new found banana, but has the goal of stealing sausages, and that is his downfall...or is it?

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Hypocrites, Incorporated (Chapter 4) (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 Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mr. Hooper; Uriah Heep (villain, introduction); The Old Man of the Sea (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

After being warned by Humpty Dumpty about the two rogues they seek, those very two men try to use an innocent but generous man in an attempt to steal funds from Charity House. But failing in that, they try a different scheme, but are foiled by the Crimson and Wing---or are they?

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The Giant Who Got a Job (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]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Humpty Dumpty; Giant (villain, introduction); The Cheshire Cat (introduction); Unicorn (introduction); a lion (introduction); Old King Cole (cameo); Dr. Wimsett (cameo)

Synopsis:

The Knight is warned about the Giant (from Jack and the Beanstalk fame), but refuses to rat on his friends that accompany him, the very friends that allow the Giant to be hired as an act in a circus. Sir Justin captures the Giant, but is not allowed to take the unicorn and the lion, the cat having disappeared.

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Little Men With Big Ideas (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 Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Zeke; The King of Lilliput (villain); The Lilliputians (villains)

Synopsis:

When a shotgun just up and shoots at its owner, Vig immediately investigates, and nearly becomes that gun's victim himself. He successfully rounds up the little men responsible...that is, except the King of Lilliput, who vows to make the world tremble.

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Back to the Books (Chapter 7) (Table of Contents)

Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 5 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]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]]; Wing; Dr. Wimsett; Humpty Dumpty; Old King Cole; Fiddler's Three; Falstaff (villain); Long John Silver (villain); the Giant (villain); Uriah Heep (villain); The Old Man of the Sea (villain); The Lilliputians (villains); King of Lilliput (villain); Hamlet (villain); The Cheshire Cat

Synopsis:

Returning most of the storybook villains to Dr. Wimsett, the Legionaires implore the good doctor to find a way to return these characters back to the books and poems from whence they came.

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Death in the Sky (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller ? [as Jesse Merlan]

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Indexer Notes

NOT found in the Archives edition.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Tom McNamara

Pencils:

Tom McNamara

Inks:

Tom McNamara

Colors:

?

Letters:

Tom McNamara

Content Information

Genre:

gag

Characters:

Grandpa Peters

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-28-09. This feature is NOT in the Archives edition.