Leading Comics #3 (Summer 1942):
“The Tyrants of Time!”
by Mort Meskin, Hal Sherman, George Papp, Creig Flessel, etc.

Leading Comics #3

Title: “The Tyrants of Time!”

Feature: Seven Soldiers of Victory

Medium: comic

Cover date: Summer 1942

Publisher:
Art by: Mort Meskin, Hal Sherman, George Papp, Creig Flessel, Cliff Young, Jack Lehti

19 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)	agnostic; Liberal Marxist	Green Arrows of the World; Justice League Elite...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League; The Outsiders		2,507
Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton, Jr.)		All-Star Squadron; Infinity, Inc....  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice Society of America		236
Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)		All-Star Squadron; Seven Soldiers of Victory		127
The Vigilante (Greg Saunders)		All-Star Squadron; Rough Bunch...  Seven Soldiers of Victory		194
Shining Knight (Sir Justin)		All-Star Squadron; Seven Soldiers of Victory...  The Justice Society of America		180
Doctor Doome (Wilfred Doome)		Time Trust [time traveller]		3
Speedy (Roy Harper Jr.)	Navajo traditional religion	CBI; Checkmate...  Seven Soldiers of Victory; The Justice League; The Outsiders; The Teen Titans [was freelance operative for Checkmate]		668
Stripesy (Pat Dugan)		All-Star Squadron; Seven Soldiers of Victory...  The Justice Society of America		143
Billy Gunn		Seven Soldiers of Victory [Vigilante's sidekick]		7
Wing (Wing How)		All-Star Squadron; Seven Soldiers of Victory [sidekick of Crimson Avenger]		51
Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedon)	Greco-Roman classical religion	[king]		52
Genghis Khan (Temujin)	Tengriism	[1st app: Leading Comics #3 (Summer 1942)]	, etc.	82
Attila the Hun	Tengriism	[ruler]		60
Napoleon Bonaparte	Catholic (excommunicated)	[general; ruler]		553
Ulysses (Odysseus)	Greco-Roman classical religion	[legendary Greek hero]	N.A.	4
George Washington (statue)  Mount Rushmore	Anglican / Episcopalian	[farmer; general...]		204
Abraham Lincoln (statue)  Mount Rushmore	Baptist (raised)	[U.S. President]		355
Thomas Jefferson (statue)  Mount Rushmore	Episcopalian; Deist	[U.S. President]		242
Theodore Roosevelt (statue)  Mount Rushmore	Dutch Reformed	[U.S. President]		189

This story is divided into the following chapters:
1. The Tyrants of Time: introduction featuring the entire Seven Soldiers of Victory team. Art by Mort Meskin.
2. Defeat Before Waterloo: featuring The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy versus Napoleon. Art by Hal Sherman.
3. The Radium Robots: featuring Green Arrow and Speedy versus Alexander the Great. Art by George Papp.
4. The Man Who Told a Fish Story: featuring the Shining Knight versus Genghis Khan. Art by Creig Flessel.
5. The Spirit of Wild Bill Dickson: featuring Vigilante versus Attila the Hun. Art by Mort Meskin and Cliff Young.
6. Fiddler's Farewell: featuring Crimson Avenger and Wing versus Nero. Art by Jack Lehti.
7. The Tyrants of Time conclusion: Seven Soldiers of Victory versus Ulysses. Art by Mort Meskin.

The process of listing characters who appeared in this source is not yet complete. This story was indexed from secondary sources only. The character list above is not necessarily comprehensive. Webpage for Leading Comics #3 (Summer 1942) created 24 October 2012. Last modified 5 June 2014.

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