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Issue: Leading Comics #12
Publication Date: September 1944
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Issues: #12 of 44 Issues
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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: 08/29/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 18 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth]
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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 Million Dollar Challenge!

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Penciller(s): Jon Small
Inker(s): Jon Small
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [The Crimson Avenger; The Shining Knight; Vigilante; Green Arrow; Star-Spangled Kid]
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Editorial Advisory Board

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[untitled]

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First Line: Want action?
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Million Dollar Challenge!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]]; Wing; Weldon Darrel; Weldon Darrel's secretary (villain)
Synopsis: The Law's Legionnaires see an ad in the paper warning them to stay away from the estate of one Darrel Weldon. When they show up anyway, Darrel "penalizes" them by having them have dinner with him, where he relates that he has hidden valuables in 5 places, and if they can find them, following his clues, they will win a million dollars for any charity they wish.
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Chap II: The Cache in the Canyon!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Boss (villain, introduction); Pete (villain, introduction); other unnamed outlaws (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Vigilante heads west to a mining claim owned by Darrel, looking for the valuables hidden there, and runs smack dab into a group of outlaws intent on killing him. Vig finds the treasure and learns the outlaws were after him because they were working Darrel's claim illegally.
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Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: The leaflets tell 'em they'd be better off by surrendering...
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Chap. 3: The Power of the Press!

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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Crimson Avenger
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Charlie the Horse (villain)
Synopsis: The clue provided the Avenger leads him and Wing to a local newspaper office where they discover that Darrel once had a beef with the newspaper and bought it. He discovers the treasure is inside an old newspaper press, and gangsters show up, claiming the money is really theirs since they own the press.
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Chap. 4: The Safe from the Sky!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Green Arrow
Character(s): The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mulcahy
Synopsis: Green Arrow and Speedy visit a museum, insisting that they have permission to take a meteorite that Darrel lent it, believing it contains the treasure they seek, but instead are arrested as crooks.
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150 Mile Race to Save a Nation!

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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Chap. V: The Puzzle of the Pyramid!

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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; un-named crooks (villains)
Synopsis: Seeking the treasure of Darrel's, brought to the Hudson River from Egypt, the Knight discovers a metal pyramid and investigates. Hearing a cry for help, he runs into a group of crooks, who have heard other Legionnaires are being considered criminals for "stealing" things belonging to Darrel, so they attempt to make the Knight look similarly guilty at this scene. However, the Knight overpowers them, But the Shining Knight is puzzled since the loot he seeks turns out to be a pair of infant's shoes and some children's toys!
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Chap. VI: Murder in Miniature!

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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy
Character(s): The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Kansas City Kane; Chowderhead Charlie (villain, introduction); Cecil the Chimp (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Their clue leads the Kid and Stripesy to a grotto where Darrel once tried to reform criminals, and they discover a miniature city whose bank contains the treasure that they seek.
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Chapter 7 [Conclusion]

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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]] Wing; Weldon Darrel; Weldon Darrel's secretary (villain)
Synopsis: Perplexed that they are considered thieves because of seeking out the treasures Darrel wanted them to find, they face the man, who confesses that he isn't Darrel at all, but an impostor, and he had previously sent other members of his own gang out to seek the treasures, but then thought better of it because he couldn't "trust" them to give him the loot.
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Feature(s): Quiz Quix
First Line: Here's another small parcel of brain-twisters for you, chums...
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Actually Fly

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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Death Strikes Twice

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Writer(s): Murray Boltinoff [as Blair Bolton]
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Genres: adventure
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Feature(s): Wonders of Living Things
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Feature(s): Charles Atlas
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Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!

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Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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