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Issue: Leading Comics #1
Publication Date: December 1941
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Issues: #1 of 44 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth]
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of December 17 in ad in Batman #9.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante; Green Arrow; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight; Speedy; Crimson Avenger]
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In Content Item: FlagBinky's Buddies #4 published July 1969
as DC Special [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]figures only, see note
In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as Cover - Leading Comics #1 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as Back Cover [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The "Big 8"

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Blueprint for Crime, Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]]
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Pages: 1
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Blueprint for Crime [Chapter 1]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin
Inker(s): Mort Meskin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]]; The Hand (villain); Dummy (villain); Red Dragon (villain); Big Caesar (villain); Professor Merlin (villain); Needle (villain)
Synopsis: The nefarious Hand, believing that he has only one month to live, organizes a group of master criminals, the "fingers" of his hand, to commit crimes, and challenges a newly organized band of heroes to the greatest criminal chase the world has ever seen.
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In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as Blueprint for Crime (chapter 1) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[Chapter 2] Death Valley!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): George Papp [as Geo. Papp] (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp [as Geo. Papp] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Green Arrow
Character(s): Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Cactus Mike; Professor Merlin (villain); The Hand (villain); Needle (villain, cameo)
Synopsis: Green Arrow and Speedy head to Death Valley, California to stop Professor Merlin from stealing gold stockpiled by an old prospector.
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In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as Death Valley! (chapter 2) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Chapter 3: Peril in Panama

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel (signed)
Penciller(s): Hal Sherman (signed)
Inker(s): Hal Sherman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Star-Spangled Kid
Character(s): The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Mrs. Pemberton; Claude Brighton; The Needle (villain); The Hand (villain); Big Caesar (villain)
Synopsis: The Kid and Stripesy head for the Panama Canal Zone to prevent the Needle from stealing a ray-gun weapon from its inventor.
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In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as [Peril in Panama] (chapter 3) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The chapter title may have been intended to be "Blueprint for Banditry," as those words are in bold in the intro paragraph. The story title used here comes from the Archives reprint.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): King Kale
Character(s): King Kale
First Line: A present from Count Scallion, sire...
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Pages: 2
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[Chapter 4] Blackout Over Broadway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Lehti (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Big Caesar (villain); The Hand (villain); Red Dragon (villain, cameo)
Synopsis: The Crimson and Wing must prevent Big Ceasar from carrying out mass robberies in Times Square under the cover of darkness.
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In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as Blackout over Broadway! (chapter 4) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Clancy the Cop
Character(s): Clancy
First Line: Brr - It's cold out...
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Pages: 2
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Comics Quiz Page

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Chapter 5: The Red Dragon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Chief Wamona (death); Red Dragon (villain); Brom (villain); The Hand (villain); Dummy (villain, cameo)
Synopsis: The Shining Knight travels to the Valley of Wamona to prevent the Red Dragon from stealing a large supply of pitchblend (radium) from the local Indians living there.
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In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as The Red Dragon (chapter 5) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Set a Thief...

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel ? [as Eric Carter] (signed)
Penciller(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff] (illustration, signed)
Inker(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff] (illustration, signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
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Pages: 2
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[Chapter 6] The Stone People

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.] (signed)
Inker(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Billy Gunn; The Dummy (villain); The Hand (villain)
Synopsis: The Western Waddy travels to the glamor and glitz of Hollywood to foil the evil plan of the Dummy to kidnap some important people, pretend to turn them to stone, then try to extort money from people before "restoring" them back to life.
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In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as The Stone People (chapter 6) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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1000 Free Copies

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Blueprint for Crime, Chapter 7

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory:[Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Hand (villain, death)
Synopsis: Seeing that his plot has failed against the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the Hand decides to take them all on at his own home. But when he hears from the doctor that his medical condition can be cured and that he won't die, the Hand's vanity gets the better of him and he decides to fight anyway.
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In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #1 published April 2005
as [Blueprint for Crime, Conclusion] (chapter 7) [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The Hand returns as The Iron Hand in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #100.
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The Best in Comic Reading

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Metro Publications
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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