Leading Comics #8 Pennsylvania pedigree (DC, 1943) CGC NM+ 9.6 White pages. A phenomenal book that is virtually perfect in e...

Auction amount: $3,047.50

Sold: Dec 7, 2002

Leading Comics #8 Values

Publisher: DC, 1943

About Leading Comics #8

The eighth member of the Seven Soldiers, the Crimson Avenger's pal Wing, makes one of his few cover appearances. Three Musketeers, Julius Caesar, Marc Antony, Eric the Red, Leif Ericson. Leonardo DaVinci, and Count Ludovico appearances. Jon Smalle cover. Joe Kubert art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Seven Soldiers of Victory [Shining Knight; Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid; Crimson Avenger; Green Arrow; Speedy; Vigilante]; Wing; The Dummy (villain)

Pencils: Jon Small

Inks: Maurice del Bourgo

Letters: typeset

Notes: Art revisions by Craig Delich (March 8, 2007).

STORY DETAILS

(11 Stories)

Title: PX

Pages: 1.000

Script: Josette Frank

Letters: typeset

Notes: 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.

Title: Chapter 1: Exiles in Time!

Characters: 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)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Joe Samachson

Pencils: Jon Small

Inks: Maurice del Bourgo

Title: Chapter II: The Queen's Necklace!

Characters: Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Three Musketeers [Porthos; Athos; Aramis]; Queen of France; King of France

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Joe Samachson

Pencils: Jon Small

Inks: Maurice del Bourgo

Title: Chapter III: Courage in Canton!

Characters: Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Li Ho

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Joe Samachson

Pencils: Jon Small

Inks: Maurice del Bourgo

Title: Chapter 4: Voyage of the Vikings!

Characters: Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Eric the Red; Leif Ericson

Synopsis: 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).

Pages: 8.000

Script: Joe Samachson

Pencils: Jon Small

Inks: Maurice del Bourgo

Title: Chapter 5: "Friends, Romans, Countrymen!"

Characters: Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Julius Caesar; Marc Antony; Crassus; Shifty (villain); Rocky (villain); Danny (villain)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Joe Samachson

Pencils: Jon Small

Inks: Maurice del Bourgo

Title: Chapter 6: The Legend of Leonardo!

Characters: Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Leonardo da Vinci; Count Ludovico (villain)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 8.000

Script: Joe Samachson

Pencils: Jon Small

Inks: Maurice del Bourgo

Title: Chapter 7: [Conclusion]

Characters: 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)

Synopsis: 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.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Joe Samachson

Pencils: Jon Small

Inks: Maurice del Bourgo

Title: Head-Work

Characters: Coach Forbes; Hap Henry; Horse

Synopsis: 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!

Pages: 2.000

Script: Bill Erwin

Letters: typeset

Notes: There is a screen illustration of a girl behind the text. All info added by Craig Delich (March 8, 2007).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	7	5	3	0	5	2	9	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	43
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	7	5	3	0	6	3	9	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	48

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