Leading Comics (Fall 1944), #12

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The Million Dollar Challenge!

Story featuring Seven Soldiers of Victory

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Million Dollar Challenge!

Story featuring Seven Soldiers of Victory

Storyline: The Law's Legionnaires see an ad in the paper warning them to stay away from the estate of one Darrel Weldon. When they show up anyway, Darrel "penalizes" them by having them have dinner with him, where he relates that he has hidden valuables in 5 places, and if they can find them, following his clues, they will win a million dollars for any charity they wish.

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Chap II: The Cache in the Canyon!

Storyline: Vigilante heads west to a mining claim owned by Darrel, looking for the valuables hidden there, and runs smack dab into a group of outlaws intent on killing him. Vig finds the treasure and learns the outlaws were after him because they were working Darrel's claim illegally.

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Chap. 3: The Power of the Press!

Story featuring Seven Soldiers of Victory, Story featuring The Crimson Avenger

Storyline: The clue provided the Avenger leads him and Wing to a local newspaper office where they discover that Darrel once had a beef with the newspaper and bought it. He discovers the treasure is inside an old newspaper press, and gangsters show up, claiming the money is really theirs since they own the press.

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Chap. 4: The Safe from the Sky!

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Storyline: Green Arrow and Speedy visit a museum, insisting that they have permission to take a meteorite that Darrel lent it, believing it contains the treasure they seek, but instead are arrested as crooks.

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Chap. V: The Puzzle of the Pyramid!

Story featuring Seven Soldiers of Victory, Story featuring The Shining Knight

Storyline: Seeking the treasure of Darrel's, brought to the Hudson River from Egypt, the Knight discovers a metal pyramid and investigates. Hearing a cry for help, he runs into a group of crooks, who have heard other Legionnaires are being considered criminals for "stealing" things belonging to Darrel, so they attempt to make the Knight look similarly guilty at this scene. However, the Knight overpowers them, But the Shining Knight is puzzled since the loot he seeks turns out to be a pair of infant's shoes and some children's toys!

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Chap. VI: Murder in Miniature!

Storyline: Their clue leads the Kid and Stripesy to a grotto where Darrel once tried to reform criminals, and they discover a miniature city whose bank contains the treasure that they seek.

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Chapter 7 [Conclusion]

Story featuring Seven Soldiers of Victory

Storyline: Perplexed that they are considered thieves because of seeking out the treasures Darrel wanted them to find, they face the man, who confesses that he isn't Darrel at all, but an impostor, and he had previously sent other members of his own gang out to seek the treasures, but then thought better of it because he couldn't "trust" them to give him the loot.

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Death Strikes Twice
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Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!

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Actually Fly
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150 Mile Race to Save a Nation!
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