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14Spring 1945
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Leading Comics #14

DC · Spring 1945 · on sale 1945-02-27

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Identification plate

Series
Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#14
Publication date
Spring 1945
Key date
1945-04-00
On-sale date
1945-02-27
Indicia publisher
World's Best Comics Co.
Price
$0.10
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Bandits from the Bookcover1pencils: Jon Small; inks: Jon SmallSeven Soldiers of Victory [The Green Arrow; The Shining Knight; The Crimson Avenger; Vigilante; Star-Spangled Kid]
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2You Don't Need a Telescope!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
3The Bandits from the Books, Chapter Icomic story5script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveSeven 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 (introdu
4Chap. 2: Treasureless Island!comic story6script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveThe Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Humpty Dumpty; Long John Silver (villain, introduction); Frankie (villain)
5Chap.3: Food for Falstaff!comic story6script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveThe Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Falstaff (villain, introduction)
6Chap. 4: Hypocrites, Incorporated!comic story6script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveThe Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mr. Hooper; Uriah Heep (villain, introduction); The Old Man of the Sea (villain, introduction)
8Chap. 5: The Giant Who Got a Job!comic story6script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveThe 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)
9Chapter 6: Little Men With Big Ideas!comic story6script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveThe Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Zeke; The King of Lilliput (villain); The Lilliputians (villains)
10Chapter 7: Back to the Bookscomic story5script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveSeven 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; Falst
11Death in the Skytext story2script: Jesse Merlan
12I Was There, Brother...public service announcement1letters: typeset
13-comic story2script: Tom McNamara; pencils: Tom McNamara; inks: Tom McNamara; letters: Tom McNamaraGrandpa Peters

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives #3
ISBN 978-1-4012-1694-8
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