Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944-08-29
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Leading Comics (DC, 1941 series) #12 Edit Cover
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The Million Dollar Challenge!
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Seven Soldiers of Victory / cover / 1 page

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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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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Million Dollar Challenge!
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Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 4 pages

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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!
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Seven Soldiers of Victory; Vigilante / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:superhero; western-frontier
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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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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Chap. 3: The Power of the Press!
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Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Crimson Avenger / comic story / 7 pages

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The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Charlie the Horse (villain)
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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!
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Green Arrow; Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 7 pages

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The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Mulcahy
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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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Thom McAn Shoes / advertisement / 2 pages

Chap. V: The Puzzle of the Pyramid!
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Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Shining Knight / comic story / 6 pages

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The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; un-named crooks (villains)
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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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Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy / comic story / 6 pages

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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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Seven Soldiers of Victory / comic story / 4 pages

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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)
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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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Quiz Quix / comic story / 1 page

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  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Here's another small parcel of brain-twisters for you, chums...

Actually Fly
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

Death Strikes Twice
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"Wonders of Living Things" Book and Microscope / advertisement / 1 page

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Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Million Dollar Challenge!
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["Want action?"]
  4. Million Dollar Challenge!
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  5. Chap II: The Cache in the Canyon!
    Seven Soldiers of Victory; Vigilante
  6. ["The leaflets tell 'em they'd be better off by surrendering..."]
    Wheaties
  7. Chap. 3: The Power of the Press!
    Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Crimson Avenger
  8. Chap. 4: The Safe from the Sky!
    Green Arrow; Seven Soldiers of Victory
  9. 150 Mile Race to Save a Nation!
    Thom McAn Shoes
  10. Chap. V: The Puzzle of the Pyramid!
    Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Shining Knight
  11. Chap. VI: Murder in Miniature!
    Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy
  12. Chapter 7 [Conclusion]
    Seven Soldiers of Victory
  13. ["Here's another small parcel of brain-twisters for you, chums..."]
    Quiz Quix
  14. Actually Fly
    Wheaties
  15. Death Strikes Twice
  16. [no title indexed]
    "Wonders of Living Things" Book and Microscope
  17. [no title indexed]
    Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension System
  18. Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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