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Issue: Leading Comics #5
Publication Date: December 1942
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Issues: #5 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: 12/05/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of December 9 in ad in More Fun Comics #87.
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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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The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy

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 [Shining Knight; Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid; Crimson Avenger; Green Arrow; Speedy; Vigilante]
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as The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #2 published September 2007
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

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Salute

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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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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The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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 [Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]]; The Skull (villain); Bill "Porky" Johnson (villain); Bull Corbin (villain); Sparkler (villain); Bronco Blade (villain); Matt Greider (villain)
Synopsis: Green Arrow, Speedy and the Crimson Avenger investigate a series of sensational escapes of several vicious criminals from prison, all arranged by the sinister Skull.
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Pages: 6
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Chapter 2: The Case of the Criminal Vigilante

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Skull (villain); Bronco Blade (villain); Roscoe Meek
Synopsis: The Vigilante goes up against one Bronco Blade (who disguises himself as Vigilante), whom the Skull uses to steal Spinaway, the world's fastest racehorse, and owned by Roscoe Meek, who had refused to sell the aminal for any price.
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Pages: 9
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Chapter III: Diamond of Doom!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ed Dobrotka
Inker(s): Ed Dobrotka
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Star-Spangled Kid
Character(s): Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Sparkler (villain, death); Sylvester Pemberton, Sr.; Mrs. Kimberly
Synopsis: The Kid and Stripsey take on Sparkler, one of the Skull's mobsters, who has been ordered to steal the Koram Diamond from the owner who wouldn't sell it for $1 million.
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Chapt. IV: Death Among the Stars!

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Writer(s): ?
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): Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; The Skull (villain); Bull Corbin (villain); Edward Grimes
Synopsis: The Skull orders Bull Corbin to steal a rocketship from its inventor so that he can take a pleasure trip to the Moon!
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Pages: 9
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Chapter 5: Knight Without Armor

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Writer(s): ?
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]; Winged Victory; Matt Greider (villain, death); Prof. Moresby
Synopsis: To better be able to avoid injury from the police, the Skull's henchman, Greider, is ordered to steal the chain-mail armor from the Shining Knight.
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Pages: 9
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Chapter 6: The Murderer Who Couldn't Be Hanged

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Writer(s): ?
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]; The Skull (villain); Bill "Porky" Johnson (villain, death); Dr. Boggs
Synopsis: Green Arrow and Speedy must halt the Skull's plan to steal a machine that brings about perpetual youth.
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Pages: 9
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The Miracles That Money Couldn't Buy, Conclusion

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Writer(s): ?
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 [Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Winged Victory]; The Skull (villain, death); Bronco Slade (villain); Dr. Boggs; Roscoe Meek
Synopsis: The Law's Legionaires confront the Skull for a showdown match with him before he can use the machine his aide had stolen to give him perpetual life.
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Pages: 5
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Joe's always advertising!
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Feature(s): Comic Cavalcade
Synopsis: House ad for Comic Cavalcade #1.
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Three Times Loser

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Writer(s): Eric Carter (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ha Ha Ha
First Line: Johnny Benson - Your conduct has been so bad...
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Writer(s): George Papp
Penciller(s): George Papp
Inker(s): George Papp
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Dizzy Data
First Line: Early American superstition called for the stealing of a wash-rag...
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Disclose Notes: Signed: "Cpl. Geo. Papp."
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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
Synopsis: House ad for World's Finest #8.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: Gee - That looks nice and easy!
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Writer(s): ?
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Billy and His Boss
First Line: Turning out tanks for the army is a noisy business...
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wonders of Science, Simplified
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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