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4Fall 1942
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Leading Comics #4

DC · Fall 1942 · on sale 1942-09-08

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Series
Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series)
Issue
#4
Publication date
Fall 1942
Key date
1942-10-00
On-sale date
1942-09-08
Indicia publisher
World's Best Comics Co.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Seven Steps to Conquestcover1pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: Mort MeskinSeven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante; Green Arrow; Star-Spangled Kid; Shining Knight; Speedy; Crimson Avenger]; The Sixth Sense (villain)
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Secret Cargotext article0.67script: Josette Frank
3Chapter I: The Sense Mastercomic story6script: Bill Finger; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: Ed DobrotkaSeven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]]; The Sixth Sense [Dr. Brett] (villain); Fingers (villain); Leo Palate (villa
4Chapter II: The Crime Concerto!comic story9script: Bill Finger; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: Ed DobrotkaThe Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Alice Howard; Mickey Gordon (villain); The Sixth Sense (villain)
5Chapter III: Don Quixote Rides Again!comic story9script: Bill Finger; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: Ed DobrotkaThe Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Wing; Don Coty; John Wilkins; Fingers (villain); The Sixth Sense (villain)
6Chapter IV: The Man Who Followed His Nose!comic story9script: Bill Finger; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: Ed DobrotkaThe Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Mr. Pemberton; Mrs. Pemberton; Bloodhound (villain); The Sixth Sense (villain)
7Chapter V: The Man Who Was Afraid to Eat!comic story9script: Bill Finger; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: Ed DobrotkaThe Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Billy Gunn; Leo Palate; Karl Dennison [aka Karl Denner]; Henchman (villain); The Sixth Sense (villain)
8Chapter VI: The Man with the Miracle Eyes!comic story9script: Bill Finger; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: Ed DobrotkaThe Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Eagle-Eye (villain); The Sixth Sense (as a robot)
9Chapter VIIcomic story5script: Bill Finger; pencils: Ed Dobrotka; inks: Ed DobrotkaSeven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]]; Mickey Gordon (villain, death); Fingers (villain, death); Bloodhound (villa
10Comiquizactivity0.5letters: typeset
11Leading Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.5letters: typeset
12Once a Japtext story2script: Brittin Quigley
13Barney O'Dowd Meets Very Tough Competitioncomic story2Barney O'Dowd
14Busy Bill the Bill Collectorcomic story2Busy Bill
15The Big Eight!promo (ad from the publisher)1
16Now on Salepromo (ad from the publisher)1

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