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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published Fall 1943
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited); Mort Weisinger (actual)
Notes Art revisions by Craig Delich (March 8, 2007).

Cover Details - "Go Back Through the Centuries"

Characters Seven Soldiers of Victory: Shining Knight; Stripesy; Star-Spangled Kid; Crimson Avenger; Green Arrow; Speedy; Vigilante; Wing; V: the Dummy.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Letters typeset
Notes Art revisions by Craig Delich (March 8, 2007).
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2008).

5 page Seven Soldiers of Victory story "Exiles in Time! (Chapter 1)"

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 Saunders]; Winged Victory; Villains: Dummy, Gat Gunn, Blinky.
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.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Notes Art credits revised from Joe Kubert to Small/del Burgo per letter from Joe Kubert to Scott Nybakkan at DC, in which Joe denies doing any of the art for this issue. By Craig Delich (March 7, 2007). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-10-08.
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2008).

8 page The Green Arrow story "The Queen's Necklace! (Chapter 2)"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Three Musketeers [Porthos; Athos; Aramis]; Queen of France; King of France.
Synopsis G.A. and Speedy are hurled back into the days the the Three Musketeers and are arrested along with the three for dueling, and because of the disappearance of the Queen's pearl necklace.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Notes Art credits revised from Joe Kubert to Small/del Burgo per letter from Kubert to Scott Nybakken at DC, in which he denies doing any art for this issue. By Craig Delich (March 7, 2007). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-10-08.
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2008).

8 page Crimson Avenger and Wing story "Courage in Canton! (Chapter 3)"

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.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Notes Art credits revised from Joe Kubert to Small/del Burgo per letter from Kubert to Scott Nybakken at DC denying he did any art for this issue. By Craig Delich (March 7, 2007). Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-10-08.
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2008).

8 page The Star-Spangled Kid story "Voyage of the Vikings! (Chapter 4)"

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 agrees to help him find food for his people, leading to the discovery of Vineland [America].
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Notes Art credits revised by Craig Delich (March 7, 2007) from Joe Kubert to Small/del Burgo per letter from Kubert to Scott Nybakkan at DC, denying he did any art for this issue. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-10-08.
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2008).

8 page The Vigilante story "Friends, Romans, Countrymen! (Chapter 5)"

Characters Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Julius Caesar; Marc Antony; Crassus; Villains: Shifty, Rocky, Danny.
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 modern millionaire by today's standards.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Notes Art credits revised by Craig Delich (March 7, 2007) from Joe Kubert to Small/del Burgo per letter from Kubert to Scott Nybakkan at DC denying that he did any art for this issue. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-10-08.
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2008).

8 page The Shining Knight story "The Legend of Leonardo! (Chapter 6)"

Characters Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Leonardo da Vinci; V: Count Ludovico.
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.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Notes Art credits revised by Craig Delich (March 7, 2007) from Joe Kubert to Small/del Burgo per letter from Kubert to Scott Nybakkan at DC denying he did any art for this issue. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-10-08.
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2008).

5 page Seven Soldiers of Victory story "[Conclusion] (Chapter 7)"

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 Saunders]]; Wing; Villains: Shifty, Rocky, the Dummy.
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.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Notes Art credits revised by Craig Delich (March 7, 2007) from Joe Kubert to Small/del Burgo per letter from Kubert to Scott Nybakkan at DC denying that he did any art for this issue. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 10-10-08.
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #2 (2008).

2 page text story "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!
Genre sports
Script Bill Erwin (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes There is a screen illustration of a girl behind the text. All info added by Craig Delich (March 8, 2007).

2 page Midnight Jones filler "untitled"

Characters Midnight Jones
Genre humor