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Issue: Leading Comics #8
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: World's Best Comics Co.
On Sale Date: 08/31/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (10 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 September 3 in ad in Adventure Comics #88.

Art credits for all chapters of the Seven Soldiers of Victory story changed from Joe Kubert to Jon Small / Maurice Del Bourgo due to Kubert's denial to Scott Nybakken at DC that he had done any of the art in this issue. All synopses and art credits added by Craig Delich.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jon Small
Maurice del Bourgo
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Seven Soldiers of Victory
Seven Soldiers of Victory [Shining Knight; Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid; Crimson Avenger; Green Arrow; Speedy; Vigilante]; Wing; The Dummy (villain)
Go back through the centuries with the Seven Soldiers of Victory!
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PX

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Josette Frank
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Subject Matter
Good Books Worth Reading
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Page also includes Supermen of America message from "Clark Kent," Superman's Secret Message, the Editorial Advisory Board, the listing of DC titles, and indicia. Inside front cover.
Chapter 1: Exiles in Time!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Jon Small
Maurice del Bourgo
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Subject Matter
superhero
Seven Soldiers of Victory
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]]; Winged Victory; Dummy (villain); Gat Gunn (villain); Blinky (villain)
Upset with the fact that the Sevon Soldiers seem to be wise to his vast criminal organization's plans, the Dummy, with the use of time machine, sends each of the Legionaires to a different era in the past.
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Chapter II: The Queen's Necklace!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Jon Small
Maurice del Bourgo
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Subject Matter
superhero
Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Green Arrow
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Three Musketeers [Porthos; Athos; Aramis]; Queen of France; King of France
Green Arrow and Speedy are hurled back into the days of the Three Musketeers and are arrested along with the three for dueling, and because of the disappearance of the Queen's pearl necklace.
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Chapter III: Courage in Canton!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Jon Small
Maurice del Bourgo
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Subject Matter
superhero
Seven Soldiers of Victory; Crimson Avenger and Wing
Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Li Ho
The Avenger and Wing find themselves into ancient China of 225 B.C. and meet up with an inventor, who shows them his creations. In the end, our heroes must battle the Japanese with one of that inventor's creations: gunpowder.
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Chapter 4: Voyage of the Vikings!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Jon Small
Maurice del Bourgo
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Subject Matter
superhero
Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Star-Spangled Kid
Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Eric the Red; Leif Ericson
The Kid and Stripesy find themselves aboard a Viking ship, helping Eric the Red battle his enemies, then agree to help him find food for his people, leading to the discovery of Vineland (America).
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Chapter 5: "Friends, Romans, Countrymen!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Jon Small
Maurice del Bourgo
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Subject Matter
superhero
Seven Soldiers of Victory; Vigilante
Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Julius Caesar; Marc Antony; Crassus; Shifty (villain); Rocky (villain); Danny (villain)
Three of the Dummy's men use the time machine to go back into the time of the ancient Romans, where Vigilante has been sent, to rob Crassus, a millionaire by contemporary standards.
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Are You "Pre-Flight" Material?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Wheaties
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On the two pages between page 2 and page 3 of the previous story sequence.
Chapter 6: The Legend of Leonardo!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Jon Small
Maurice del Bourgo
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Subject Matter
superhero
Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Shining Knight
Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Leonardo da Vinci; Count Ludovico (villain)
The Knight lands in ancient Italy to discover Da Vinci attempting to fly with one of his contraptions, and saves him from one of his enemies. Then he discovers that da Vinci has invented a time machine and the Knight decides to put it to good use.
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Chapter 7: [Conclusion]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Jon Small
Maurice del Bourgo
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Subject Matter
superhero
Seven Soldiers of Victory
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]]; Wing; Shifty (villain); Rocky (villain); The Dummy (villain)
The Shining Knight uses the time machine to bring each of the Soldiers back to the present time in order to round up the Dummy and his men.
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Head-Work

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Erwin
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typeset
Subject Matter
sports
Coach Forbes; Hap Henry; Horse
Coach Forbes and Hap are really upset and concerned when a member of their basketball team, named Horse, decides to transfer to a rival school, Merton. Hap is especially concerned as he knew that the coach there PAID his players!
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Subject Matter
humorous
Midnight Jones
Midnight Jones
Whup-- Whoa-- Whuh-- Wh--
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Subject Matter
humorous
Small-Fry
Whatcha doin', Small-Fry?
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Charles Atlas
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Inside back cover.
The Big Eight!

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House ad for Flash Comics (DC, 1940 series) #46, Sensation Comics (DC, 1942 series) #22, All-American Comics (DC, 1939 series) #53, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #65, Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #80, Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #88, Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #25, and More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #93, with cover repros. On the back cover.

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