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Leading Comics 3

LEADING COMICS #3

Cover Date: Summer 1942
Cover Price: $0.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Mort Meskin


Story: "The Tyrants of Time!" (55 Pages)

Credits:

ArtMort Meskin, Craig Flessel, Hal Sherman, George Papp, Jack Lehti
PencilsMort Meskin
InksCliff Young
LetteringMort Meskin, Craig Flessel, Hal Sherman, George Papp, Jack Lehti
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Seven Soldiers of Victory:
Crimson Avenger (between Detective Comics #64/3 and #65/3; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Green Arrow (in between More Fun Comics #81 and #82; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Shining Knight (Sir Justin; between All-Star Squadron #12 and #13)
Speedy (in between More Fun Comics #81 and #82; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Star-Spangled Kid (last in Star Spangled Comics #10/2; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details; next in World's Finest Comics #6/4)
Stripesy (last in Star Spangled Comics #10/2; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details; next in World's Finest Comics #6/4)
Vigilante (Greg Sanders; between Action Comics #50/2 and #51/2; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)

Supporting Character(s):

Billy Gunn (also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Wing (between Detective Comics #64/3 and #65/3; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Winged Victory (last in issue #15; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
John Pemberton
Professor Moresby (between Adventure Comics #76/3 and #77/4)

Villain(s):

Doctor Doome (last in ???; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Agamemnon (also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Alexander the Great (pulled forward in time from 333 BC; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Attila the Hun (pulled forward in time from 463 AD; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Genghis Khan (pulled forward in time from 1214 AD; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Napoleon Bonaparte (pulled forward in time from 1814 AD; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Nero (pulled forward in time from 63 AD; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Odysseus (also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)
Various henchmen and or warriors from different eras (also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29 with new details)

Other Character(s):

Leo Starr (dies; also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29)
Oscar (first appearance; a robot invented by Leo Starr who develops a personality)
Asylum orderlies (also in flashback in All-Star Squadron #29)

Location(s):

Earth-2
Long Island, NY (see Comments)
New York City, NY
Canadian Border
Florida Everglades
Alaska Territory
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
somewhere in the American Southwest
Troy (circa 1200 BC)
Timestream

Comment(s):

The Green Arrow and Speedy in this story are no longer in continuity.
As related in All-Star Squadron #29, this story takes place in early January, 1942.
The lighthouse headquarters of Doctor Doome may be the same one used by Brain Wave in All-Star Comics #15, located in Sharkstooth Bay.

Story Reprinted in:

Seven Soldiers of Victory Archive #1 (2005)


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