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Issue: Leading Comics #14
Publication Date: March 1945
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Issues: #14 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: 02/27/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (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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Bandits from the Book

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jon Small
Inker(s): Jon Small
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [The Green Arrow; The Shining Knight; The Crimson Avenger; Vigilante; Star-Spangled Kid]
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In Issue: FlagSeven Soldiers of Victory Archives #3 published September 2008
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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You Don't Need a Telescope!

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The Bandits from the Books, Chapter I

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]]; Wing; Sir Maltby Poplar; Dr. Wimsett (introduction); Humpty Dumpty (introduction); Old King Cole (introduction); Hamlet (introduction)
Synopsis: After the mysterious appearance of some characters right out of the pages of fairy tale books, the Legionnaires visit a Dr. Wimsett, a scientist who has discovered how to intensify life to the point where a character can actually step right out of the pages of the story or poem in which they appeared and into real life. However, since some of the characters are scoundrels, the Legionnaires must track them down before any harm is done.
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Chap. 2: Treasureless Island!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
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]; Humpty Dumpty; Long John Silver (villain, introduction); Frankie (villain)
Synopsis: Humpty Dumpty, the only character not to escape from the scientist's lab, tells the Kid and Stripesy that he has heard that Long John Silver and his men plan to steal a ship and look for treasure on an island. They find and capture him---or do they?
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Chap.3: Food for Falstaff!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Green Arrow and Speedy
Character(s): The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Falstaff (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Following up on a tip from Humpty Dumpty, the Battling Bowmen head after Falstaff, who, along with his men, have hijacked a food warehouse. His palate savors the new found banana, but has the goal of stealing sausages, and that is his downfall...or is it?
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Chap. 4: Hypocrites, Incorporated!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Crimson Avenger and Wing
Character(s): The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mr. Hooper; Uriah Heep (villain, introduction); The Old Man of the Sea (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: After being warned by Humpty Dumpty about the two rogues they seek, those very two men try to use an innocent but generous man in an attempt to steal funds from Charity House. But failing in that, they try a different scheme, but are foiled by the Crimson and Wing---or are they?
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Want to Be a Champion?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Wheaties
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Chap. 5: The Giant Who Got a Job!

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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Humpty Dumpty; Giant (villain, introduction); The Cheshire Cat (introduction); Unicorn (introduction); a lion (introduction); Old King Cole (cameo); Dr. Wimsett (cameo)
Synopsis: The Knight is warned about the Giant (from Jack and the Beanstalk fame), but refuses to rat on his friends that accompany him, the very friends that allow the Giant to be hired as an act in a circus. Sir Justin captures the Giant, but is not allowed to take the unicorn and the lion, the cat having disappeared.
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Chapter 6: Little Men With Big Ideas!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Vigilante
Character(s): The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Zeke; The King of Lilliput (villain); The Lilliputians (villains)
Synopsis: When a shotgun just up and shoots at its owner, Vig immediately investigates, and nearly becomes that gun's victim himself. He successfully rounds up the little men responsible...that is, except the King of Lilliput, who vows to make the world tremble.
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Chapter 7: Back to the Books

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory
Character(s): Seven Soldiers of Victory [The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]]; Wing; Dr. Wimsett; Humpty Dumpty; Old King Cole; Fiddler's Three; Falstaff (villain); Long John Silver (villain); the Giant (villain); Uriah Heep (villain); The Old Man of the Sea (villain); The Lilliputians (villains); King of Lilliput (villain); Hamlet (villain); The Cheshire Cat
Synopsis: Returning most of the storybook villains to Dr. Wimsett, the Legionnaires implore the good doctor to find a way to return these characters back to the books and poems from whence they came.
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Death in the Sky

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Jack Miller ? [as Jesse Merlan]
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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I Was There, Brother...

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Writer(s): Tom McNamara
Penciller(s): Tom McNamara
Inker(s): Tom McNamara
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Letterer(s): Tom McNamara
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Grandpa Peters
Character(s): Grandpa Peters
First Line: Hey! Be careful!
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Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Feature(s): The Weather Man
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The Giant Cannon

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Rod Reed
Penciller(s): C. C. Beck
Inker(s): C. C. Beck
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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