Law's Legionnaires / Golden Age Seven Soldiers of Victory Appreciation thread

[CaptCleghorn]

But some people would also think "Screw this; give us back Morrison's team."

Me, I'd like the Golden Age concept revived but with none of the heroes having superpowers. (So I'd maybe replace Shining Knight with, say, Manhunter.)

I'm OK with us having different opinions on what we like. Me, I like the originals, but would love to handle them as a bunch of progressives who are doomed to play second fiddle to the JSA. The lack of powers is OK with me; it forces the characters to use their own individual gifts (like Stripsey's machinery or the archers' bows and arrows. Green Arrow, I'd love to work a beginning liberal attitude to go with Lee Travis. Keep in mind that the team had TWO Asian sidekicks and despite how horribly Wing was handled, they were still the "SJW" team of the time.

But that's my take.

[scary harpy]

But some people would also think "Screw this; give us back Morrison's team."

I'm not one of those people.

Me, I'd like the Golden Age concept revived but with none of the heroes having superpowers. (So I'd maybe replace Shining Knight with, say, Manhunter.)

Interesting thought.

Problem: we have Batman (and family); we don't need another Batman.

Sadly, the day of the mystery men is over. We don't need somebody else in a Halloween costume. Powers are interesting; they can make a character unique.

(By the by, I include Green Arrow in the Bats.)

[MajorHoy]

As for other Golden Age stories, the story "The Tyrants of Time" that was originally printed in Leading Comics#3 (Summer 1942) was adapted as "A Man Called Doome" for All-Star Squadron #29 (January 1984).

[MajorHoy]

And the story originally printed in Leading Comics#4 (Fall 1942) was adapted as "The Sinister Secret of the Sixth Sense!" in the lead feature of All-Star Squadron #56 (April 1986).

[Gernot]

I always kind'a dug these guys, too. Soldiers-leading01.jpgSeven_Soldiers_I_01.jpgSeven Soldiers of victory (DC).jpg

[MajorHoy]

Leading Comics #5 (Winter 1942 issue, on sale in December 1942) featured a villain named "The Skull".

[MajorHoy]

More from Leading Comics #5 (Winter 1942 issue):

[MajorHoy]

still from Leading Comics #5 (Winter 1942 issue):







(to be continued . . . )

[MajorHoy]

More from the final chapter of this story!



and for the last page of this story, . . . to be concluded!

[CaptCleghorn]

The archives are often found on eBay as very reasonable prices. And this is for all three editions. No Volume 10 is expensive and tough to get, like what's up with that All-Star Comics?

[MajorHoy]

and for the last page of this story, . . . to be concluded!

[MajorHoy]

Oh, and that story from Leading Comics #5 was revisited in a few pages of Young All-Stars #27 (July 1989), but since that was in post-CoIE continuity, there were a few changes to the membership (since the Golden Age Green Arrow and Speedy now no longer existed):




And the last bit with Squire (Percy Sheldrake) saying that one day he might be a Knight with his son as his Squire, well . . .


. . . that had already happened back in Batman #62 in 1950.

[MajorHoy]

from History of the DC Universe Book 2 (1986)