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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published Summer 1944
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.

Cover Details - "The Hard-Luck Hat"

Characters Vigilante; Green Arrow; Shining Knight; Crimson Avenger; Star-Spangled Kid.
Genre superhero
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Letters typeset
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

4 page The Seven Soldiers of Victory story "The Hard-Luck Hat (Chapter 1)"

Characters The Seven Soldiers of Victory: Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Handsom Harry [villain, I]; Shifty [villain]; Sam [villain]; Bull [villain].
Synopsis Handsome Harry goes out to survey his criminal domain, but has to return home for his "lucky hat". However, when the Law's Legionaires capture his mob, Harry escapes, but the hat blows away.....a hat that will weave a different story for each person into whose possession it will fall.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

6 page The Star Spangled Kid and Stripesy story "The Banker and the Bandit (Chapter 2)"

Characters The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripsey [Pat Dugan]; Mr. Pemberton; King-Pin Kong [villain, I]; J. Billington Biker [villain, I].
Synopsis Banker Biker just so happens to purchase the runaway hat, but soon becomes agrees to a scheme with King-Pin Kong to knock off his own bank and split the take with the felon. They are apprehended, but the hat remains at Biker's mansion, thus bringing bad luck to him.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

6 page The Vigilante story "Muggs At Mealtime (Chapter 3)"

Characters The Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Gas-Pipe Grogan [villain, I].
Synopsis The hat now falls into the possession of Gas-Pipe Grogan, who has just purchased Biker's mansion. Grogan comes upon the idea of being the sole provider of salt to restaurants, who have to pay his price or do without. But when the Vigilante overhears the crooks trying to avoid paying their fair share of taxes on the scheme, he steps in to halt the racket.....but the hat blows away.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

6 page The Crimson Avenger and Wing story "Absent-Minded Victim (Chapter 4)"

Characters The Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Mr. Chumley; Bozo [villain; I].
Synopsis The hat now falls into the hands of a criminal named Bozo, who recognizes iot as once belonging to Grogan. However, he leaves it in a barbershop, and it is picked up my Lee Travis, who changes to the Crimson to investigate its owner, who is trying to take over an antique store by convincing the owner that he doesn't know him. After stopping the plot, Travis throws the hat into the trash.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

6 page The Shining Knight story "The High-Hatted House (Chapter 5)"

Characters The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; John Harrison; Mary Harrison; Jimmy Harrison; Bopper [villains, I]; two unnamed convicts [villains, I].
Synopsis By a trick of fate, the wind blows the hat onto the roof of an inventor's home and is spotted by a group of crooks who just escaped from prison. When the crooks over-power the inventor, it's victory who takes the hat off the roof and uses it to confound the crooks and allow for their capture. The hat, however, is discarded and lays in wait to play a role in the fortunes of someone else.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

6 page The Green Arrow and Speedy story "The Dummy Director (Chapter 6)"

Characters The Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Wilbur Timmins; Mary Lou Timmins; Mr. Jordan; Akers [villain, I].
Synopsis The hat is found by the son of a first class second-hand clothes store owner, who places it on a dummy out in front of his store. The hat and dummy all are bought by a financier, who leaves the dummy at a board of director's meeting after he resigns, but is stopped at the door by some toughs who want the stock certificate in the company. The battling bowmen stop the scheme, but the whereabouts of the hat seems to be unknown except by the financier.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

6 page The Seven Soldiers of Victory story "Hat's Haven (Chapter 7)"

Characters The Seven Soldiers of Victory: Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; Speedy [Roy Harper]; Crimson Avenger [Lee Travis]; Wing; Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; Vigilante [Greg Sanders]; Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Mrs. Biltwell; Mr. Dresser; Handsome Harry [villain].
Synopsis Handsome Harry is out camping and spots his "lucky hat" floating down the river and retrieves it, only to find the financier's stock certificate inside. He opens a "Haven for Homeless Hoboes", and later a "Hobo College", all funded by money that Harry steals from people who donate to his cause. When Harry and his mob are arrested, they are freed on a technicality, and the Legionaires have to find a legal way to put Harry behind bars. The hat? It becomes a nesting site for birds after Harry tosses it away.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve
Notes Most info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-6-09.
Reprinted In The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives (DC, 2005 series) #3 (2008).

2 page Grandpa Peters filler

Characters Grandpa Peters
Genre humor
Script Lefty Peters
Pencils Lefty Peters
Inks Lefty Peters
Letters Lefty Peters?
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-6-09. This feature is NOT included in the Archives edition.

2 page text story "The Pay-Off"

Genre adventure
Script Fred Whitby (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes This feature is NOT included in the Archives edition.