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Issue: Leading Comics #3
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #3 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: 06/13/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth]
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of June 17 in ad in Star Spangled Comics #11.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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 [Vigilante; Green Arrow; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight; Speedy; Crimson Avenger]
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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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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Science, Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Tyrants of Time [Introduction]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Cliff Young ?
Inker(s): Cliff Young ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]]; Dr. Doome (villain); Alexander the Great (villain); Nero (villain); Genghis Khan (villain); Attila the Hun (villain); Napoleon Bonaparte (villain)
Synopsis: A self-proclaimed great scientist, by use of a time machine, brings five of the greatest conquerors of all time to the present and engages them to seek out the five rarest metals on Earth, all to help him build a machine that will open the gate to the future.
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Pages: 6
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[Chapter I:] Defeat Before Waterloo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; Mr. Pemberton; Napoleon Bonaparte (villain); Dr. Doome (villain)
Synopsis: The Kid and Stripesy must take on the French dictator, Napoleon, to prevent him from obtaining a large quantity of gold that will help finance Dr. Doome's secret machine.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Chapter II: [The Radium Robots]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
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]; Alexander the Great (villain); Dr. Doome (villain); Oscar (villain, robot)
Synopsis: Green Arrow and Speedy take on Alexander the Great and an army of radium powered robots in a fight to the finish.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Called "Chapter II" in the intro paragraph.
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Chapter III: The Man Who Told a Fish Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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; Dr. Moresby; Steve Sturgis; Genghis Khan (villain); Dr. Doome (villain)
Synopsis: The Shining Knight must halt the plans of 13th Century conqueror Genghis Khan from keeping the large supply of platinum his men have stolen for Dr. Doome.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Bannered as "Chapter III." Shining Knight encounters Genghis Khan again in JLA #101.
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Chapter IV: The Spirit of Wild Bill Dickson!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton] (signed)
Inker(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; Vigilante
Character(s): Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Billy Gunn; Wild Bill Dickson; Attila the Hun (villain); Dr. Doome (villain)
Synopsis: Vigilante travels to the Black Hills of South Dakota and the famed Mount Rushmore memorial to stop Attila the Hun from making off with a supply of Tantalum.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Called "Chapter IV" in the intro paragraph.
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Chapter V: Fiddler's Farewell!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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): Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Sammy Singer; Scraps; Nero (villain); Dr. Doome (villain)
Synopsis: Dr. Doome's plan to obtain the metals necessary to build a gateway to the future moves to the East Coast, where the Crimson Avenger must wrest a valuable supply of uranium away from Nero.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Called "Chapter V" in intro paragraph.
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The Tyrants of Time, Conclusion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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 [Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]]; Dr. Doome (villain); Ulysses (villain)
Synopsis: The Legionnaires must battle their way past Ulysses and his forces to reach Dr. Doome, who manages to escape into the future before his machine blows up.
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Pages: 5
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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 (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: Private Pete - Hurry back to the toolshed...
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Pages: 1
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Smart One

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Perry Travis (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 2
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Comiquiz

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Letterer(s): typeset
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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 (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: There is so!" "There is not!
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Flying Jeeps
First Line: Swing that gun around!!
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Pages: 2
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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 (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: I ought to make plenty of dough selling this book...
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Pages: 1
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The Big Eight!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #51, Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #32, Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #66, Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #77, All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #41, More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #82, Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #11, and Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #8, with cover repros.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Amazing Facts in a Marvelous World
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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