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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published Spring 1945
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.

Cover Details - "Bandits From the Book"

Characters The Seven Soldiers of Victory: The Green Arrow; The Shining Knight; The Crimson Avenger; Vigilante; Star-Spangled Kid.
Genre superhero
Pencils Jon Small
Inks Jon Small
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 serioes) #3 (2008).

6 page The Seven Soldiers of Victory story "The Bandits From the Books (Chapter 1)"

Characters The Seven Soldiers of Victory: Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Sir Maltby Poplar; Dr. Wimsett [I]; Humpty Dumpty [I]; Old King Cole [I]; Hamlet [I].
Synopsis After the mysterious appearance of some characters right out of the pages of fairy tale books, the Legionaires visit a Dr. Wimsett, a scientist who has succeeded how to intensify life to the point where a character can actually step right out of the pages of the story or poem in which they appeared, into real life. However, since some of the characters are scoundrels, the Legionaires must track them down before any harm is done.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

6 page The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "Treasureless Island (Chapter 2)"

Characters The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Humpty Dumpty; Long John Silver [villain, I]; Frankie [villain].
Synopsis Humpty Dumpty, the only character not to escape from the scientist's lab, tells the Kid and Stripesy that he has heard that Long John Silver and his men plan to steal a ship and look for treasure on an island. They find and capture him---or do they?
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005) #3 (2008).

6 page The Green Arrow and Speedy story "Food For Falstaff (Chapter 3)"

Characters The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Falstaff [villain, I].
Synopsis Following up on a tip from Humpty Dumpty, the Battling Bowmen head after Falstaff, who, along with his men, have hijacked a food warehouse. His palate savors the new found banana, but has the goal of stealing sausages, and that is his downfall....or is it?
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005) #3 (2008).

6 page The Crimson Avenger and Wing story "Hypocrites, Incorporated (Chapter 4)"

Characters The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mr. Hooper; Uriah Heep [villain, I]; the Old Man of the Sea [villain; I].
Synopsis After being warned by Humpty Dumpty about the two rogues they seek, those very two men try to use an innocent but generous man in an attempt to steal funds from Charity House. But failing in that, they try a different scheme, but are foiled by the Crimson and Wing---or are they?
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005) #3 (2008).

6 page The Shining Knight story "The Giant Who Got a Job (Chapter 5)"

Characters The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Humpty Dumpty; Giant [villain, I]; the Cheshire Cat [I]; Unicorn [I]; a lion [I]; Old King Cole [cameo]; Dr. Wimsett [cameo].
Synopsis The Knight is warned about the Giant [from Jack and the Beanstalk fame], but refuses to rat on his friends that accompany him, the very friends that allow the Giant to be hired as an act in a circus. Sir Justin captures the Giant, but is not allowed to take the unicorn and the lion, the cat having disappeared.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005) #3 (2008).

6 page The Vigilante story "Little Men With Big Ideas (Chapter 6)"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Zeke; The King of Lilliput [villain]; the Lilliputians [villains].
Synopsis When a shotgun just up and shoots at its owner, Vig immediately investigates, and nearly becomes that gun's victim himself. He successfully rounds up the little men responsible...that is, except the King of Lilliput, who vows to make the world tremble.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005) #3 (2008).

5 page The Seven Soldiers of Victory story "Back To the Books (Chapter 7)"

Characters The Seven Soldiers of Victory: the Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Dr. Wimsett; Humpty Dumpty; Old King Cole; Fiddler's Three; Falstaff [villain]; Long John Silver [villain]; the Giant [villain]; Uriah Heep [villain]; the Old Man of the Sea [villain]; the Lilliputians [villains]; King of Lilliputs [villain]; Hamlet [villain]; the Cheshire Cat.
Synopsis Returning most of the storybook villains to Dr. Wimsett, the Legionaires implore the good doctor to find a way to return these characters back to the books and poems from whence they came.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Much info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-28-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005) #3 (2008).

2 page text story "Death In the Sky"

Genre adventure
Script Jesse Merlan (Jack Miller?)
Letters typeset
Notes NOT found in the Archives edition.

2 page Grandpa Peters story

Characters Grandpa Peters
Genre gag
Script Tom McNamara
Pencils Tom McNamara
Inks Tom McNamara
Letters Tom McNamara
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-28-09. This feature is NOT in the Archives edition.