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Issue: Leading Comics #4
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #4 of 44 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 09/08/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth]
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of September 11 in ad in Star Spangled Comics #13.
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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
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Seven Steps to Conquest

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]; The Sixth Sense (villain)
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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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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Pages: 0.33
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Secret Cargo

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Writer(s): Josette Frank
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Chapter I: The Sense Master

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
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]]; The Sixth Sense [Dr. Brett] (villain); Fingers (villain); Leo Palate (villain); Eagle-Eye (villain); Bloodhound (villain); Mickey Gordon (villain)
Synopsis: Five criminals, kidnapped by a robot, have their senses heightened by a certain extract created by a Dr. Brett, in order to be used by a paralyzed man known as the 6th Sense, who plans to use them to steal five jewels.
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Pages: 6
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Chapter II: The Crime Concerto!

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Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
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; Alice Howard; Mickey Gordon (villain); The Sixth Sense (villain)
Synopsis: Mickey Gordon, whose sense of hearing has been dramatically bolstered by Dr. Brett's extract, seeks to steal a diamond for the 6th Sense owned by young Alce Howard. But this heightened sense of hearing is overcome by the beautiful music Alice plays on her piano and Gordon attempts to turn against his evil boss.
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Chapter III: Don Quixote Rides Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Wing; Don Coty; John Wilkins; Fingers (villain); The Sixth Sense (villain)
Synopsis: The Shining Knight must prevent the famed "Yellow Topaz" from falling into the hands of Fingers, and also save its owner, a man who fancies himself another Don Quixote.
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Chapter IV: The Man Who Followed His Nose!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
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; Mrs. Pemberton; Bloodhound (villain); The Sixth Sense (villain)
Synopsis: The Kid and Stripesy must stop Bloodhound, the man with a super sense of smell, from locating the amazing sea-green emerald for the Sixth Sense.
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Chapter V: The Man Who Was Afraid to Eat!

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Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Billy Gunn; Leo Palate; Karl Dennison [aka Karl Denner]; Henchman (villain); The Sixth Sense (villain)
Synopsis: Henchman is used by the Sixth Sense, first to bribe Karl Denner's cook to lace his food with poison, then to steal his valuable blue-white diamond.
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Chapter VI: The Man with the Miracle Eyes!

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Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Green Arrow
Character(s): The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Eagle-Eye (villain); The Sixth Sense (as a robot)
Synopsis: Eagle Eye joins a caravan of some of the strangest people ever seen "under the big top" in order to steal the famed Garnet Diamond.
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Pages: 9
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Chapter VII

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
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]]; Mickey Gordon (villain, death); Fingers (villain, death); Bloodhound (villain, death); Henchman (villain, death); Eagle-Eye (villain, death); The Sixth Sense [Dr. Brett](villain, death)
Synopsis: Having obtained all the gems he needs, the Sixth Sense first electrocutes each of his cohorts, then reveals that this personna is actually a wax dummy and that the real villain, the Robot, is actually Dr. Brett in disguise.
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Pages: 5
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Feature(s): Comiquiz
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Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Once a Jap

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Writer(s): Brittin Quigley
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: war
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Barney O'Dowd Meets Very Tough Competition

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Barney O'Dowd
Character(s): Barney O'Dowd
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Busy Bill the Bill Collector
Character(s): Busy Bill
First Line: What's your next account?
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The Big Eight!

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Now on Sale

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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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