Law's Legionnaires / origi. GA Seven Soldiers of Victory Appreciation 2021
Since DC will be releasing the [B][I]Stargirl Spring Break Special[/I][/B] in a few months,[indent][img]https://i67.servimg.com/u/f67/18/91/37/14/stargi10.jpg[/img][/indent]
I figured it might be time to revive a thread about the original, Golden Age[SIZE=1] ([I]pre-[B][FONT=Century Gothic]CoIE[/FONT][/B][/I]) [/SIZE]team.
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[SIZE=1]Note: Some of this information is from [URL="https://community.cbr.com/showthread.php?106009-Law-s-Legionnaires-Golden-Age-Seven-Soldiers-of-Victory-Appreciation-thread"]previous threads[/URL].
[/SIZE]First appearance in a feature story: [B][I]Leading Comics #1[/I][/B] (Winter 1941)
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[quote]The original line-up consisted of:
* [B]Green Arrow & Speedy[/B] (first appeared in [B][I]More Fun Comics #73[/I][/B], cover-dated November 1941)
* [B]Star Spangled Kid & Stripesy[/B] (first appeared in a brief preview published in [B][I]Action Comics #40[/I][/B], cover-dated September 1941, then appeared regularly in [B][I]Star Spangled Comics[/I][/B] starting with October 1941's issue#1)
* [B]Shining Knight[/B] (Sir Justin) from [B][I]Adventure Comics[/I][/B] starting with issue #66 (September 1941)
* [B]Vigilante[/B] (Greg Saunders) who first appeared in [B][I]Action Comics #42[/I][/B] (Nov. 1941)
* [B]The Crimson Avenger[/B] from [B][I]Detective Comics[/I][/B].[SIZE=1]
(see separate "Original Golden Age Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis) appreciation thread" for more on him)[/SIZE]
There was also [B]Wing[/B][SIZE=1] (Wing How, the Crimson's stereotypical valet / sidekick) [/SIZE]who many, many years later would sometimes be referred to as the Eighth Soldier.[/quote]
First Silver/Bronze Age appearance in a story: [B][I]Justice League of America #100[/I][/B] (August 1972):
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