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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published Spring 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Story title added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.

Cover Details - "The Black Star"

Characters Seven Soldiers of Victory: Crimson Avenger; Green Arrow; Star-Spangled Kid; Stripesy; Shining Knight; Speedy; Vigilante; V: Black Star.
Genre superhero
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks Mort Meskin
Letters typeset
Notes Story title added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.
Reprinted In Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

6 page Seven Soldiers of Victory story "Beware! The Black Star Shines (Chapter 1)"

Characters Seven Soldiers of Victory: Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Mr. Pemberton; Villains: Black Star, Falseface, Captain Bigg, Hopper, Brain, Rattler.
Synopsis When Pat Dugan spies five well-known criminals dressed as Policemen, it piques the interest of the Star-Spangled Kid, who calls the Seven Soldiers of Victory to investigate. They discover, from a piece of film, that the Black Star is using those felons to commit crimes on a national basis.
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks Mort Meskin
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.
Reprinted in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #111 (May-June 1974); in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1

9 page The Shining Knight story "Mystery of the Clowning Criminals (Chapter 2)"

Characters The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Winged Victory; Villains: Falseface, Black Star.
Synopsis Led by Falseface, the Black Star's criminal element strikes at many areas of the city of New Orleans during Mardi Gras.
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger?
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.
Reprinted In Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #111 (May-June 1974); in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

9 page Star-Spangled Kid story "Mystery of the Santa Claus Pirate (Chapter 3)"

Characters The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Dr. Yates; Villains: Captain Bigg; Black Star.
Synopsis Captain Bigg, dressed as Santa Claus, and the rest of his men take on the guise of pirates in order to raid luxurious yachts and plunder their loot!
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger?
Pencils Hal Sherman (signed)
Inks Hal Sherman (signed)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.
Reprinted In Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #111 (May-June 1974); in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

9 page Green Arrow story "Mystery of the One-Man Museum (Chapter 4)"

Characters Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Coburn; Villains: Hopper; Black Star.
Synopsis The Hopper and his men target Pleasure City, "home" of an eccentric millionaire named Coburn, who lives in the Castle of Fear at the fair grounds.
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger
Pencils George Papp (signed as Geo. Papp)
Inks George Papp (signed as Geo. Papp)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.
Reprinted In Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #111 (May-June 1974); in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

9 page Crimson Avenger story "The Case of the Twisted Twins (Chapter 5)"

Characters Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Bobby Leeds; Bandler; Villains: the Brain, Black Star.
Synopsis The Avenger and Wing travel to Twin City, scene of the annual convention of twins at the Hotel Double, attempting to foil the plans of the Brain, who is blackmailing millionaire Bandler in return for a life-saving blood transfusion.
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger?
Pencils Jack Lehti (signed)
Inks Jack Lehti (signed)
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.
Reprinted In Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #112 (July-August 1974); in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

9 page Vigilante story "The Sixty Kiddie Club (Chapter 6)"

Characters Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Billy Gunn; Mr. Wilkens; Villains: Rattler, Black Star.
Synopsis The Western Waddy tangles with the Rattler at the Palace of Perpetual Play, where men who have worked all their lives can retire and learn how to be children. One of them has in his possession a stamp worth $100,000!
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton]
Inks Mort Meskin [signed as Mort Morton]
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.
Reprinted In Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #112 (July-August 1974); in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

5 page Seven Soldiers of Victory story "[The Black Star Shines] (Chapter 7)"

Characters Seven Soldiers of Victory: Vigilante [Greg Saunders]; Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Mr. Wilkens; V: Black Star [D].
Synopsis The Law's Legionaires learn from Mr. Wilkens the real motive behind Black Star's crime wave: to obtain a ray invented by five partners in a chemical firm that will enlarge the size of all organic life. And when they attempt to track down the nefarious villains, they are greeted by a giant bird, ant, rabbit and spider that have been dispatched to destroy the Seven Soldiers.
Genre superhero
Script Bill Finger
Pencils Mort Meskin
Inks Mort Meskin
Notes Synopsis added by Craig Delich 9-18-08.
Reprinted In Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #112 (July-August 1974); in Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #1.

2 page text story "Way to Freedom"

Genre adventure
Script Norman Goss (signed)
Letters typeset

2 page King Kale filler

Characters King Kale
Genre gag
Script Henry Boltinoff
Pencils Henry Boltinoff
Inks Henry Boltinoff
Letters Henry Boltinoff