Comic Title: Leading Comics #1
Publisher: DC (World's Best Comics Company)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Winter 1941
On Sale Date: December 17, 1941 Newsstand Date December 17, 1941
Source: House Ad, Star Spangled Comics #5, Page 55,
Sensation Comics #2, Page 64,
Batman #9, Page 64,
Flash Comics #26, Page 64,
All-American Comics #35, Page 64

Copyright Date December 15, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Quarterly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "Blueprint for Crime"
Pages: 56

Feature(s):
Seven Soldiers of Victory (of Earth-2)

Writer: Mort Weisinger
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Writer/Artist: John Lehti
Artist: Mort Meskin
Artist: George Papp
Artist: Harold Sherman
Artist: Creig Flessel

Reprinted In:
Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives Vol. 1 HC (2005)
Green Arrow:A Celebration of 75 Years HC (2016)

Feature Character(s)

• Seven Soldiers of Victory (next appearance in Leading Comics #2)
• Green Arrow (last appearance in More Fun Comics #75; next appearance in More Fun Comics #76)
• Speedy (last appearance in More Fun Comics #75; next appearance in More Fun Comics #76)
• Crimson Avenger (last appearance in Detective Comics #59; next appearance in Detective Comics #60)
• Shining Knight (last appearance in Adventure Comics #70; next appearance in Adventure Comics #71)
• Star-Spangled Kid (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #6)
• Stripesy (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #6)
• Vigilante (last appearance in Action Comics #44; next appearance in Action Comics #45)

Supporting Character(s)

• Winged Victory (last appearance in Adventure Comics #70; next appearance in Adventure Comics #71)
• Wing (last appearance in Detective Comics #59; next appearance in Detective Comics #60)
• John Pemberton (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #7)
• Gloria Pemberton (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #7)
• Dr. Moresby (last appearance in Adventure Comics #70; next appearance in Adventure Comics #72)
• Billy Gunn (last appearance in Action Comics #44; next appearance in Leading Comics #2)

Villain(s)

• The Hand (next appearance in Justice League of America #100)
• Professor Merlin (last appearance in More Fun Comics #75; no further appearances)
• Needle (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #7)
• Big Caesar (no further appearances)
• Red Dragon (last appearance in Adventure Comics #69; no further appearances)
• Dummy (next appearance in All-Star Squadron #53)
• Various henchmen (Gunner, Brom, and Nick named; no further appearances)
• Little Joe Goss and the Black Baron (crooks mentioned by the Hand; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Cactus Mike (a gold miner; no further appearances)
• Claude Brighton (an inventor; no further appearances)
• Members of the Wamona tribe (Komah named; no further appearances)
• Rex Mason, Barry Randolph, and Louise Lila (an actor, a director, and an actress; no further appearances)
• Roger Monterez (a victim of the Dummy; no further appearances)

Comments:
The Vigilante chapter is entitled:"The Stone People".

Synopsis:
A criminal genius known as the Hand is given one month to live by his doctor. Before he dies the Hand wants to leave his mark on the world, so he frees five crime bosses from prison and sets them up with the blueprints to commit crimes. Not wanting his achievements to go unnoticed, the Hand also contact five heroes and informs them about the crimes to be committed.

The five heroes, Green Arrow, Vigilante, Crimson Avenger, Shining Knight, and the Star-Spangled Kid along with Speedy and Stripesy meet for the first time. They agree to split up and stop the crimes, then they plan to reunite later to deal with the hand. The Green Arrow goes after his old foe Professor Merlin. The Star-Spangled Kid defeats his nemesis the Needle. The Crimson Avenger faces off against Big Caesar in Times Square. The Shining Knight stops the Red Dragon from enslaving an indian tribe. Finally, the Vigilante rescues some kidnapping victims from the Dummy.

After the Hand's lieutenants are defeated, the Seven Soldiers reunite to go after their boss. The Hand issues a challenge to the heroes and leads them into a trap. Knowing that he will soon die, he plans to kill everyone, but then he receives word from the doctor that his condition can be treated. The heroes storm his hideout, and despite the Hand's best efforts to defeat them, he is apprehended.