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The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives #3
The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives, Vol. 3
Following the success of the Justice Society of America in the early 1940s, DC Comics introduced a second The Seven Soldiers of Victory. The team included Green Arrow, The Shining Knight, The Star-Spangled Kid, The Crimson Avenger and The Vigilante, along with sidekicks Wing, Speedy and Stripesy -- heroes whose legacy still shines in the DC Universe today. In this third and final SEVEN SOLDIERS ARCHIVES volume, the team battles Mr. X and the King of the Hundred Isles, and faces The Million Dollar Challenge.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published July 29, 2008
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June 20, 2022
3.5. The final volume of the Seven Soldiers' run in the Golden Age Leading Comics, including an unused script for their last adventure (DC finally had it drawn and published in the 1970s). While the villains are often dull — generic gangsters, usually — writer Joe Samachson puts a fun enough spin on them to keep them enjoyable. The final story, involving characters from fiction brought to life, has some very nice touches.
Like all old comics, YMMV.
Like all old comics, YMMV.
August 19, 2020
The final set of golden age adventures for the Seven Soldiers of Victory, the unsuperpowered team of heroes that didn't quite have the staying power of the Justice Society. Their foes range from quirky crooks to fanciful literary characters. Lighthearted fun from the golden age of comics.
May 8, 2013
this was cool!
roy thomas gives a fantastic introduction.
i finally like the shining knight, still don't like the vigilante or star spangled kid/stripesy.
the crimson avenger and wing i loved. wing is a characture short skinny bucktoothed and drops some syllables. he's also one of the smartest in the group, he brings solutions and answers and confidence to the seven, even as he's not counted w/them.
stripesy is the joke - big, dumb, red-haired, irish.
the stories are fun, especially one where they are lost at sea w/different partners; the knight and the kid, the avenger and speedy, stripesy and wing - they ARE different characters.
in one story we find out they communicate w/one another by carrier pigeon. in the same story a scientist brings to life villians from books (and humpty dumpty)that go on a rampage. he couldn't have chosen lady godiva or juliet? that's why i'd make a lousy mad scientist.
this was a great book and as roy pointed out they should be better remembered!
roy thomas gives a fantastic introduction.
i finally like the shining knight, still don't like the vigilante or star spangled kid/stripesy.
the crimson avenger and wing i loved. wing is a characture short skinny bucktoothed and drops some syllables. he's also one of the smartest in the group, he brings solutions and answers and confidence to the seven, even as he's not counted w/them.
stripesy is the joke - big, dumb, red-haired, irish.
the stories are fun, especially one where they are lost at sea w/different partners; the knight and the kid, the avenger and speedy, stripesy and wing - they ARE different characters.
in one story we find out they communicate w/one another by carrier pigeon. in the same story a scientist brings to life villians from books (and humpty dumpty)that go on a rampage. he couldn't have chosen lady godiva or juliet? that's why i'd make a lousy mad scientist.
this was a great book and as roy pointed out they should be better remembered!
April 24, 2014
Pure Golden Age goodness.
Love these characters and the weird mix of adventures they have.
The stories can be formulaic, so it was nice when the writer would mix things up. One issue they'd fight gangsters, the next a mad scientist, the next a super villain.
Really like the one where they are stranded on a desert island and the usual team ups are switched around.
Just straightforward comic adventures.
Only complaint is that we don't get a reprint of the last 'lost' SSoV story, but just the script. Wish they had included both in this volume.
Love these characters and the weird mix of adventures they have.
The stories can be formulaic, so it was nice when the writer would mix things up. One issue they'd fight gangsters, the next a mad scientist, the next a super villain.
Really like the one where they are stranded on a desert island and the usual team ups are switched around.
Just straightforward comic adventures.
Only complaint is that we don't get a reprint of the last 'lost' SSoV story, but just the script. Wish they had included both in this volume.
October 15, 2013
Another (and the final) reprint volume in the Seven Soldiers series, this is a very kid-friendly book. This one also includes the script to the final SSOV adventure, which was finally published in Adventure Comics back in the seventies. It would have been a perfect ending to have that tale properly reprinted here since it had some early DC work by Mike Grell and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez, along with Dick Dillin and Lee Elias.
September 29, 2023
Much as I love the JSA, any of these stories stand comparison with those in the All-Star Comics.
I only wish that as well as the original script for the unpublished story they'd also included the version that was drawn and published as a back-up series in Adventure Comics back in the 70s.
I only wish that as well as the original script for the unpublished story they'd also included the version that was drawn and published as a back-up series in Adventure Comics back in the 70s.
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