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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 Two
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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