Seven Soldiers of Victory
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The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as Law's Legionnaires) is a fictional team of comic book
superhero
es in the DC Comics
universe
. They first appeared in Leading Comics
#1 (Winter, 1941), and were created by Mort Weisinger
and Mort Meskin
.
' second super-hero team, following the Justice Society of America
. Like the Justice Society, the membership of the Seven Soldiers was drawn from DC's anthology comics: The Vigilante
(from Action Comics
); the Crimson Avenger
(from Detective Comics
); the Green Arrow
and Speedy (from More Fun Comics
); the Shining Knight
(from Adventure Comics
); and the Star-Spangled Kid
and Stripesy (from Star-Spangled Comics
). It is worth noting that, unlike most superhero teams, this one included two sidekicks, Speedy and Stripesy, as members. (Stripesy was a rarity, an adult sidekick to a "kid" lead character.) On the other hand, the Crimson Avenger's sidekick Wing also took part in the team's adventures, and was in every other way an "eighth Soldier," but was never considered an "official" member of the team. It is also relatively unique among super-hero teams in that all but one of its members -- the Shining Knight, a time-displaced Arthurian knight who rode a winged horse -- were non-powered humans with comparatively mundane backgrounds, who relied on more-or-less conventional weapons or training in place of superhuman abilities.
Per Leading Comics #1, the team's origin came about when the criminal mastermind called the Hand (later the Iron Hand), believing himself terminally ill, gave his greatest unused schemes to five other criminals -- Big Caesar, the Dummy, the Needle, Professor Merlin, and the Red Dragon -- to commit crimes across the USA as "the Hand's Five Fingers" and prove his genius to the world. The Hand further challenged the five criminals' enemies -- the Crimson Avenger, the Vigilante, the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy, Green Arrow and Speedy, and the Shining Knight, respectively -- to stop the criminals, presuming they would fail, further highlighting the Hand's criminal genius. However, the heroes defeated their enemies, then converged at the Hand's base; when the villain tried to use a lightning ray machine against them, the Vigilante shot a crucial component of the device, bringing machinery down upon the Hand and apparently killing him. Deciding they worked well together, the heroes thus formed the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
The Seven Soldiers of Victory appeared in the first fourteen issues of Leading Comics (which changed to an all-humor format in #15). Notable enemies included (Leading Comics #2) the Black Star, who used "black light" to transform himself into a giant; (#3) Dr. Wilfred Doome, who used a time machine to summon historic tyrants as his operatives; '(#4) the Sense-Master, who attempted to assemble a "lifestone" to animate an army of stone; (#5) the Skull, who paid criminals to steal an experimental age-reversing device; (#6) the Copperhead (not to be confused with Batman
's enemy Copperhead
), who briefly turned the Soldiers against each other during an Andes treasure hunt; (#7) the democracy-suppressing Wizards of Stanovia; (#8) the Dummy
(enemy of the Vigilante and former operative of the Hand (see #1)), who, in a reversal of Doome's tactics, used a time machine to send the Soldiers into the past; (#9) Mr. X, who wagered with several of the heroes' individual enemies that he can defeat the entire team; (#10) gangster Baby-Face Johnson; (#11) various criminals attempting to acquire gangster Handsome Harry's "lucky hat"; (#12) an unidentified criminal who manipulated them into recovering treasure; (#13) the Barracuda, who sought powerful artifacts used by earlier criminals; (#14) several fictional character inadvertently brought to life by Dr. Wimsett. A script by Joseph Samachson
from the 1940s -- in which the elflike Willie Wisher banishes the Soldiers to "the Land of Magic," where they encounter various supernatural characters -- was later serialized in 1975 in Adventure Comics
#438-443, with each chapter illustrated by a different artist (including Dick Dillin
, Mike Grell
, Lee Elias, and José Luis García-López
).
The team was resurrected in the seventies in Justice League of America #100-102. During the celebration of the 100th meeting of the JLA, the team was summoned to Earth-Two by the Justice Society of America
, where a giant ethereal hand controlled by the Iron Hand threatened to destroy their world, the villain had not died but he had to replace his hand. The JSA had been unable to stop the hand. The only way to stop the hand was to find the legendary Seven Soldiers of Victory, who defeated a similar menace in the form of the Nebula Man
many years previously, though at the seeming cost of their existences, since no one could remember who they were. An unearthly Oracle
summoned up by Doctor Fate
, Zatanna
, and the Thunderbolt of Johnny Thunder
, revealed to the JLA and the JSA that the Seven Soldiers had been scattered through time, and the multitude of heroes were sent back to find them, the powerless Diana Prince remained behind.
Doctor Fate
, the Atom
and the Elongated Man
found the Crimson Avenger in Mexico, where he had amnesia and strange powers and believed he was the Aztec Sun God. Superman
, The Sandman and Metamorpho
rescued the amnesic Shining Knight from the hordes of Genghis Khan
, who he was helping in battle. Hawkman
, Doctor Mid-Nite
, and the Golden Age Wonder Woman
found the Golden Age Green Arrow in medieval England, where he had been mistaken for Robin Hood
, who was recovering from his wounds while Green Arrow was about to be hanged after being imprisoned in the castle of the Sherrif. Batman
, Hourman
and Starman retrieved Stripesy from ancient Egypt despite being tied up and trapped in a pyramid. The Silver Age Green Arrow
, Black Canary
and Johnny Thunder and Thunderbolt
saved the Vigilante from a tribe of Indians in the Old West who felt that evantually the white men would take over their land. Aquaman
, Wildcat
and the Silver Age Green Lantern
rescued the Star-Spangled Kid, who was 50,000 years in the past and hiding in a cave so his flu would not wipe out humanity. Zatanna
, the Silver Age Flash
and the Red Tornado
freed Speedy, transformed into a centaur, (and themselves) from the clutches of Circe
in ancient Greece, despite being transformed. The Golden Age Green Lantern
, Mister Terrific and the Golden Age Robin
went on a quest to discover the identity of the Unknown Soldier of Victory, whose tomb lay in the mountains of Tibet, where the Seven Soldiers had fallen after defeating the Nebula Man.
The Seven Soldiers were reunited but the Earth-2 Diana Prince
had been attacked by the Iron Hand. However she was able to overcome him, but this damaged his hand, meaning he could no longer stop the giant hand. The heroes created a new Nebula Rod to deal with the giant hand that the Iron Hand devised. Unfortunately, whoever would use the Nebula Rod to destroy the Hand was certain to perish (as did the Crimson Avenger's partner Wing, revealed to be the Unknown Soldier of Victory, when the Nebula Man was stopped). Not even Superman could survive this due to its magical nature. While the heroes argued over who will make the sacrifice, the android Red Tornado took the Nebula Rod and destroyed the Hand, apparently destroying himself in the process, though leaving a recording and saying he did it as he was an android.
The only other modern meeting of the team (either in pre- or post-Crisis on Infinite Earths
continuity) took place in Infinity, Inc. #11, in which the Vigilante, the Shining Knight, Green Arrow, Speedy and the Star-Spangled Kid gathered at the grave of Lee Travis, the man known as the Crimson Avenger. It had taken two years for the team to confirm his death (having died saving Gotham City from a boatload of explosives in DC Comics Presents
#38).
retcon
of the team, both Wing and the Vigilante's sidekick Stuff, the Chinatown Kid were promoted to full membership, to replace the Golden Age Green Arrow and Speedy, who had been removed from active continuity. Stuff had never appeared with the team during the original Leading Comics run, while an older man named Billy Gunn helped out the Vigilante on his cases in the comic.
That particular retcon
was yet again changed in the late nineties, in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
#9. While Stuff remained a full member (and the Vigilante's mentor Billy Gunn was also present), Wing was not an official Soldier (because his mentor the Crimson Avenger wanted him to do something more important with his life). The remaining spot on the team was filled by the Spider, an archer who had originally appeared in Quality Comics' Crack Comics
in a feature called Alias the Spider
. The twist on the new Spider was that he was really a villain - and in this particular adventure, had been working with the team's arch-enemy the Hand, who created the original Nebula Man. The Spider sabotaged the Nebula Rod that the Soldiers had built to stop the Nebula Man and sent the team off to fight a fruitless battle. The villain then killed Billy Gunn (who had discovered his deception) and tried to kill Wing, but failed. Wing reached the other Soldiers and repaired the Nebula Rod, using it to destroy the Nebula Man. Wing died, and his teammates were again tossed through time and later retrieved by the JLA and JSA. The only major difference between this story and the original was that this time the Vigilante had been found after he had spent nearly 20 years fighting crime in the Old West.
In 2010's DCU: Legacies #2, TNT
and Dyna-Mite
are retconned into the team's original line-up. It has not yet been revealed precisely how this retcon affects the respective histories of the Spider, TNT or Dyna-Mite.
The Seven Soldiers have not reformed in the Modern Age (partly due to Grant Morrison's project; see below). Three of the originals--Shining Knight
, Vigilante
and Stripesy (now STRIPE)--remain. The team has inspired a few legacies. The first is Stargirl, who at first carried the mantle of Star-Spangled Kid in memory of Sylvester Pemberton. She is now a double legacy, as she also carries on the legacy of Starman
. The second SSoV legacy is the new Crimson Avenger
, who has appeared sporadically in the series JSA
. She has yet to make an appearance One Year Later
, though she was seen towards the end of Infinite Crisis
. The third one is Gardner Grayle, the Atomic Knight
(see below). The last one is the new Sir Justin in Grant Morrison's project. (The current Green Arrow
and Speedy
, as well as Arsenal
, could also count as SSoV legacies, but due to retcons, Green Arrow and the original Speedy were never members of the team.)
issue of the limited series known as Silver Age
. This group, brought together to help the Justice League of America and the other major heroes and teams of the sixties to battle the menace of Agamemno
, consisted of: Adam Strange
, Batgirl
, Blackhawk
, Deadman
, Mento
, Metamorpho
, and a new Shining Knight
.
This group's Shining Knight was Gardner Grayle, from the Silver Age feature The Atomic Knights; in previously published stories that occurred after the Silver Age limited series, he became the Atomic Knight
and joined the Outsiders
. This was the only appearance of this particular assemblage.
. While representing Superman
at a parade in Metropolis
, seven members of the Justice League
faced General Wade Eiling
, a rogue super-soldier.
The team was composed of the DCAU versions of the original Golden Age Seven Soldiers, including:
The sixth and seventh members, Speedy
and the Crimson Avenger
, arrived in the middle of the battle as reinforcements. Speedy appears to be modeled after the animated Teen Titans series version, though older and better built than his Titans counterpart. Both versions of Speedy were voiced by Mike Erwin
.
:
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es in the DC Comics
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. They first appeared in Leading Comics
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#1 (Winter, 1941), and were created by Mort Weisinger
Mort Weisinger
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and Mort Meskin
Mort Meskin
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.
Pre-Crisis
The Seven Soldiers of Victory (also known as the Law's Legionnaires) was DC ComicsDC Comics
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' second super-hero team, following the Justice Society of America
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. Like the Justice Society, the membership of the Seven Soldiers was drawn from DC's anthology comics: The Vigilante
Vigilante (comics)
Vigilante is the name used by several fictional characters appearing in DC Comics. The original character was one of the first DC Comics characters adapted for live-action film, beating Superman by one year.-Greg Saunders:...
(from Action Comics
Action Comics
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); the Crimson Avenger
Crimson Avenger
The Crimson Avenger is the name of three separate fictional characters, superheroes who exist in the DC Comics universe.-Lee Walter Travis:The original Crimson Avenger made his first published appearance in Detective Comics #20...
(from Detective Comics
Detective Comics
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); the Green Arrow
Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...
and Speedy (from More Fun Comics
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); the Shining Knight
Shining Knight
Shining Knight is the name of three comic book superheroes that have appeared in books published by DC Comics. The original Shining Knight, Sir Justin, was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 .-Sir Justin:...
(from Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics
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); and the Star-Spangled Kid
Star-Spangled Kid
Star-Spangled Kid is the name of several fictional superheroes in the DC Comics' main shared universe.-Sylvester Pemberton:The original Star-Spangled Kid was Sylvester Pemberton, a Golden Age character. He became the Star-Spangled Kid in order to battle Nazism during World War II. He was unique...
and Stripesy (from Star-Spangled Comics
Star-Spangled Comics
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). It is worth noting that, unlike most superhero teams, this one included two sidekicks, Speedy and Stripesy, as members. (Stripesy was a rarity, an adult sidekick to a "kid" lead character.) On the other hand, the Crimson Avenger's sidekick Wing also took part in the team's adventures, and was in every other way an "eighth Soldier," but was never considered an "official" member of the team. It is also relatively unique among super-hero teams in that all but one of its members -- the Shining Knight, a time-displaced Arthurian knight who rode a winged horse -- were non-powered humans with comparatively mundane backgrounds, who relied on more-or-less conventional weapons or training in place of superhuman abilities.
Per Leading Comics #1, the team's origin came about when the criminal mastermind called the Hand (later the Iron Hand), believing himself terminally ill, gave his greatest unused schemes to five other criminals -- Big Caesar, the Dummy, the Needle, Professor Merlin, and the Red Dragon -- to commit crimes across the USA as "the Hand's Five Fingers" and prove his genius to the world. The Hand further challenged the five criminals' enemies -- the Crimson Avenger, the Vigilante, the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy, Green Arrow and Speedy, and the Shining Knight, respectively -- to stop the criminals, presuming they would fail, further highlighting the Hand's criminal genius. However, the heroes defeated their enemies, then converged at the Hand's base; when the villain tried to use a lightning ray machine against them, the Vigilante shot a crucial component of the device, bringing machinery down upon the Hand and apparently killing him. Deciding they worked well together, the heroes thus formed the Seven Soldiers of Victory.
The Seven Soldiers of Victory appeared in the first fourteen issues of Leading Comics (which changed to an all-humor format in #15). Notable enemies included (Leading Comics #2) the Black Star, who used "black light" to transform himself into a giant; (#3) Dr. Wilfred Doome, who used a time machine to summon historic tyrants as his operatives; '(#4) the Sense-Master, who attempted to assemble a "lifestone" to animate an army of stone; (#5) the Skull, who paid criminals to steal an experimental age-reversing device; (#6) the Copperhead (not to be confused with Batman
Batman
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's enemy Copperhead
Copperhead (DC Comics)
Copperhead is a DC Comics supervillain, he first appeared in The Brave and the Bold #78, June and was created by Bob Haney and Bob Brown.-"John Doe":...
), who briefly turned the Soldiers against each other during an Andes treasure hunt; (#7) the democracy-suppressing Wizards of Stanovia; (#8) the Dummy
Dummy (comics)
Dummy is a fictional mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in New X-Men #135, created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.-Special Class:...
(enemy of the Vigilante and former operative of the Hand (see #1)), who, in a reversal of Doome's tactics, used a time machine to send the Soldiers into the past; (#9) Mr. X, who wagered with several of the heroes' individual enemies that he can defeat the entire team; (#10) gangster Baby-Face Johnson; (#11) various criminals attempting to acquire gangster Handsome Harry's "lucky hat"; (#12) an unidentified criminal who manipulated them into recovering treasure; (#13) the Barracuda, who sought powerful artifacts used by earlier criminals; (#14) several fictional character inadvertently brought to life by Dr. Wimsett. A script by Joseph Samachson
Joseph Samachson
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from the 1940s -- in which the elflike Willie Wisher banishes the Soldiers to "the Land of Magic," where they encounter various supernatural characters -- was later serialized in 1975 in Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics
Adventure Comics was a comic book series published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983 and then revamped from 2009 to 2011. In its first era, the series ran for 503 issues , making it the fifth-longest-running DC series, behind Detective Comics, Action Comics, Superman, and Batman...
#438-443, with each chapter illustrated by a different artist (including Dick Dillin
Dick Dillin
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, Mike Grell
Mike Grell
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, Lee Elias, and José Luis García-López
José Luis García-López
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).
The team was resurrected in the seventies in Justice League of America #100-102. During the celebration of the 100th meeting of the JLA, the team was summoned to Earth-Two by the Justice Society of America
Justice Society of America
The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. Conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 ....
, where a giant ethereal hand controlled by the Iron Hand threatened to destroy their world, the villain had not died but he had to replace his hand. The JSA had been unable to stop the hand. The only way to stop the hand was to find the legendary Seven Soldiers of Victory, who defeated a similar menace in the form of the Nebula Man
Nebula Man
Nebula Man is a fictional character in DC Comics. He first appeared in Justice League of America #100-101 .Originally a villain responsible for the disappearance of the Seven Soldiers of Victory, he has since reappeared as Neh-Buh-Loh, a primary antagonist in the 2005-2006 mega-series Seven...
many years previously, though at the seeming cost of their existences, since no one could remember who they were. An unearthly Oracle
Aurakles
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summoned up by Doctor Fate
Doctor Fate
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, Zatanna
Zatanna
Zatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman vol. 1 #4...
, and the Thunderbolt of Johnny Thunder
Johnny Thunder
Johnny Thunder is the name of three fictional characters in comics published by DC Comics. A fourth character has the variant name Jonni Thunder.It is also the name of an unrelated Lego character.-Fictional character biography:...
, revealed to the JLA and the JSA that the Seven Soldiers had been scattered through time, and the multitude of heroes were sent back to find them, the powerless Diana Prince remained behind.
Doctor Fate
Doctor Fate
Doctor Fate is the name of a succession of fictional sorcerers who appear in books published by DC Comics. The original version was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Howard Sherman, and first appeared in More Fun Comics #55...
, the Atom
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and the Elongated Man
Elongated Man
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found the Crimson Avenger in Mexico, where he had amnesia and strange powers and believed he was the Aztec Sun God. Superman
Superman
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, The Sandman and Metamorpho
Metamorpho
Metamorpho is a fictional character, a superhero in the . He is a founding member of the Outsiders, and has also joined multiple incarnations of the Justice League.-Publication history:...
rescued the amnesic Shining Knight from the hordes of Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
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, who he was helping in battle. Hawkman
Hawkman
Hawkman is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in Flash Comics #1, published by All-American Publications in 1940....
, Doctor Mid-Nite
Doctor Mid-Nite
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, and the Golden Age Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
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found the Golden Age Green Arrow in medieval England, where he had been mistaken for Robin Hood
Robin Hood
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, who was recovering from his wounds while Green Arrow was about to be hanged after being imprisoned in the castle of the Sherrif. Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
, Hourman
Hourman
Hourman is the name of three different fictional DC Comics superheroes, the first of whom was created by Ken Fitch and Bernard Baily in Adventure Comics #48 , during the Golden Age of Comic Books.-Rex Tyler:Scientist Rex Tyler, raised in upstate...
and Starman retrieved Stripesy from ancient Egypt despite being tied up and trapped in a pyramid. The Silver Age Green Arrow
Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...
, Black Canary
Black Canary
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and Johnny Thunder and Thunderbolt
Johnny Thunder
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saved the Vigilante from a tribe of Indians in the Old West who felt that evantually the white men would take over their land. Aquaman
Aquaman
Aquaman is a fictional superhero who appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73 . Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo title...
, Wildcat
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and the Silver Age Green Lantern
Hal Jordan
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rescued the Star-Spangled Kid, who was 50,000 years in the past and hiding in a cave so his flu would not wipe out humanity. Zatanna
Zatanna
Zatanna Zatara is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Murphy Anderson, Zatanna first appeared in Hawkman vol. 1 #4...
, the Silver Age Flash
Barry Allen
The Flash is a fictional character, a superhero in the DC Comics universe. He is the second character known as the Flash. The character first appeared in Showcase #4 , created by writers Robert Kanigher and John Broome and penciler Carmine Infantino. His name combines talk show hosts Barry Gray...
and the Red Tornado
Red Tornado
Red Tornado is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Justice League of America #64 , and was created by Gardner Fox and Dick Dillin.-Publication history:...
freed Speedy, transformed into a centaur, (and themselves) from the clutches of Circe
Circe (comics)
Circe is a fictional character, a villainous sorceress and a major adversary of Wonder Woman appearing in DC Comics publications and related media. Based upon the Greek mythological character of the same name who imprisoned Odysseus in Homer's Odyssey, the comic book incarnation of Circe first...
in ancient Greece, despite being transformed. The Golden Age Green Lantern
Alan Scott
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, Mister Terrific and the Golden Age Robin
Robin (comics)
Robin is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob Kane, Bill Finger and Jerry Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman...
went on a quest to discover the identity of the Unknown Soldier of Victory, whose tomb lay in the mountains of Tibet, where the Seven Soldiers had fallen after defeating the Nebula Man.
The Seven Soldiers were reunited but the Earth-2 Diana Prince
Diana Prince
Diana Prince is a fictional character created by Charles Moulton and Harry G. Peter. Appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, she debuted in Sensation Comics #1 and serves as the civilian and secret identity of the superhero Wonder Woman.-Overview:Through the popularity of her Wonder...
had been attacked by the Iron Hand. However she was able to overcome him, but this damaged his hand, meaning he could no longer stop the giant hand. The heroes created a new Nebula Rod to deal with the giant hand that the Iron Hand devised. Unfortunately, whoever would use the Nebula Rod to destroy the Hand was certain to perish (as did the Crimson Avenger's partner Wing, revealed to be the Unknown Soldier of Victory, when the Nebula Man was stopped). Not even Superman could survive this due to its magical nature. While the heroes argued over who will make the sacrifice, the android Red Tornado took the Nebula Rod and destroyed the Hand, apparently destroying himself in the process, though leaving a recording and saying he did it as he was an android.
The only other modern meeting of the team (either in pre- or post-Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 12-issue American comic book limited series and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 to simplify its then 50-year-old continuity...
continuity) took place in Infinity, Inc. #11, in which the Vigilante, the Shining Knight, Green Arrow, Speedy and the Star-Spangled Kid gathered at the grave of Lee Travis, the man known as the Crimson Avenger. It had taken two years for the team to confirm his death (having died saving Gotham City from a boatload of explosives in DC Comics Presents
DC Comics Presents
DC Comics Presents was a comic book published by DC Comics from 1978 to 1986 featuring team-ups between Superman and a wide variety of other characters of the DC Universe...
#38).
Post-Crisis 1st team
In the original Post-CrisisCrisis on Infinite Earths
Crisis on Infinite Earths is a 12-issue American comic book limited series and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 to simplify its then 50-year-old continuity...
retcon
Retcon
Retroactive continuity is the alteration of previously established facts in a fictional work. Retcons are done for many reasons, including the accommodation of sequels or further derivative works in a series, wherein newer authors or creators want to revise the in-story history to allow a course...
of the team, both Wing and the Vigilante's sidekick Stuff, the Chinatown Kid were promoted to full membership, to replace the Golden Age Green Arrow and Speedy, who had been removed from active continuity. Stuff had never appeared with the team during the original Leading Comics run, while an older man named Billy Gunn helped out the Vigilante on his cases in the comic.
That particular retcon
Retcon
Retroactive continuity is the alteration of previously established facts in a fictional work. Retcons are done for many reasons, including the accommodation of sequels or further derivative works in a series, wherein newer authors or creators want to revise the in-story history to allow a course...
was yet again changed in the late nineties, in Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E.
Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. was an American comic book published by DC Comics, featuring the second Star-Spangled Kid and her stepfather, the original version's sidekick Stripesy. It was first published in July 1999 and ran for fourteen issues...
#9. While Stuff remained a full member (and the Vigilante's mentor Billy Gunn was also present), Wing was not an official Soldier (because his mentor the Crimson Avenger wanted him to do something more important with his life). The remaining spot on the team was filled by the Spider, an archer who had originally appeared in Quality Comics' Crack Comics
Crack Comics
Crack Comics was an anthology comic book series published by Quality Comics during the Golden Age of Comic Books. It featured such characters as The Clock, Black Condor, Captain Triumph, Alias the Spider, Madame Fatal, Jane Arden, Molly the Model, and Red Torpedo...
in a feature called Alias the Spider
Alias the Spider
Alias the Spider was a fairly obscure comic book feature from the Golden Age of Comic Books that appeared in Crack Comics for nearly three years...
. The twist on the new Spider was that he was really a villain - and in this particular adventure, had been working with the team's arch-enemy the Hand, who created the original Nebula Man. The Spider sabotaged the Nebula Rod that the Soldiers had built to stop the Nebula Man and sent the team off to fight a fruitless battle. The villain then killed Billy Gunn (who had discovered his deception) and tried to kill Wing, but failed. Wing reached the other Soldiers and repaired the Nebula Rod, using it to destroy the Nebula Man. Wing died, and his teammates were again tossed through time and later retrieved by the JLA and JSA. The only major difference between this story and the original was that this time the Vigilante had been found after he had spent nearly 20 years fighting crime in the Old West.
In 2010's DCU: Legacies #2, TNT
TNT (comics)
TNT is a DC Comics superhero from the 1940s. TNT and his side-kick Dan the Dyna-Mite were created by Mort Weisinger for DC Comics, and made their debut in Star-Spangled Comics #7...
and Dyna-Mite
Dan the Dyna-Mite
Dan the Dyna-Mite is a fictional character, a teen-aged superhero published by DC Comics. He was the young sidekick to the character TNT, and was created by Mort Weisinger and Hal Sharp in 1942. TNT and Dyna-Mite made their debut in World's Finest Comics # 5, and starred in Star-Spangled Comics #...
are retconned into the team's original line-up. It has not yet been revealed precisely how this retcon affects the respective histories of the Spider, TNT or Dyna-Mite.
The Seven Soldiers have not reformed in the Modern Age (partly due to Grant Morrison's project; see below). Three of the originals--Shining Knight
Shining Knight
Shining Knight is the name of three comic book superheroes that have appeared in books published by DC Comics. The original Shining Knight, Sir Justin, was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 .-Sir Justin:...
, Vigilante
Vigilante (comics)
Vigilante is the name used by several fictional characters appearing in DC Comics. The original character was one of the first DC Comics characters adapted for live-action film, beating Superman by one year.-Greg Saunders:...
and Stripesy (now STRIPE)--remain. The team has inspired a few legacies. The first is Stargirl, who at first carried the mantle of Star-Spangled Kid in memory of Sylvester Pemberton. She is now a double legacy, as she also carries on the legacy of Starman
Starman (comics)
Starman is a name used by several different fictional DC Comics superheroes, most prominently Ted Knight and his sons David and Jack.Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Jack Burnley, the original Starman, Ted Knight, first appeared in Adventure Comics #61...
. The second SSoV legacy is the new Crimson Avenger
Crimson Avenger
The Crimson Avenger is the name of three separate fictional characters, superheroes who exist in the DC Comics universe.-Lee Walter Travis:The original Crimson Avenger made his first published appearance in Detective Comics #20...
, who has appeared sporadically in the series JSA
Justice Society of America
The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, the first team of superheroes in comic book history. Conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 ....
. She has yet to make an appearance One Year Later
One Year Later
"One Year Later" was a 2006 storyline event running through the DC Universe. As the title suggests, it involves a narrative jump exactly one year into the future of the DC Comics Universe following the events of the Infinite Crisis event, to explore major changes within the continuities of the many...
, though she was seen towards the end of Infinite Crisis
Infinite Crisis
Infinite Crisis is a 2005 - 2006 comic book storyline published by DC Comics, consisting of an eponymous, seven-issue comic book limited series written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Phil Jimenez, George Pérez, Ivan Reis, and Jerry Ordway, and a number of tie-in books...
. The third one is Gardner Grayle, the Atomic Knight
Atomic Knight
Atomic Knight is a DC Comics superhero and was briefly a member of the Outsiders team. He is sometimes depicted as one of a group of Atomic Knights, which first appeared in Strange Adventures #117 .-Original Atomic Knights:...
(see below). The last one is the new Sir Justin in Grant Morrison's project. (The current Green Arrow
Green Arrow
Green Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...
and Speedy
Mia Dearden
Mia Dearden is a DC Comics superheroine, the second character to take the mantle of Green Arrow's sidekick Speedy. Created by writer Kevin Smith and artist Phil Hester, she first appeared in Green Arrow #2...
, as well as Arsenal
Roy Harper (comics)
Roy Harper is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics Universe. He was known for over fifty years as Green Arrow's teenage sidekick Speedy. He first appeared alongside his mentor in More Fun Comics #73...
, could also count as SSoV legacies, but due to retcons, Green Arrow and the original Speedy were never members of the team.)
Post-Crisis 2nd team
Another group took the name of the Seven Soldiers of Victory in the ShowcaseShowcase (comics)
Showcase has been the title of several comic anthology series published by DC Comics. The general theme of these series has been to feature new and minor characters as a way to gauge reader interest in them, without the difficulty and risk of featuring "untested" characters in their own ongoing...
issue of the limited series known as Silver Age
Silver Age (DC Comics Title)
"Silver Age" was a twelve part storyline that ran through a series of one shot comic books published by DC Comics in 2000.Each of the 12 issues were a one-shot , however they formed a larger story-arc in which The Justice League of America fights the Injustice League formed by villain Agamemno.The...
. This group, brought together to help the Justice League of America and the other major heroes and teams of the sixties to battle the menace of Agamemno
Agamemno
Agamemno is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Silver Age #1 during the Silver Age event . He was created by Mark Waid.-Fictional character biography:Agamemno is the son of the first sentient being to be created after the Big Bang...
, consisted of: Adam Strange
Adam Strange
Adam Strange is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky, he first appeared in Showcase #17 .In May 2011, Adam Strange placed 97th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time....
, Batgirl
Batgirl
Batgirl is the name of several fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, frequently depicted as female counterparts to the superhero Batman...
, Blackhawk
Blackhawk (comics)
Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...
, Deadman
Deadman
Deadman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Strange Adventures #205 , and was created by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino.-Publication history:...
, Mento
Mento
Mento is a style of Jamaican folk music that predates and has greatly influenced ska and reggae music. It has its roots in calypso and other Jamaican folk music. Mento typically features acoustic instruments, such as acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums, and the rhumba box — a large mbira in the...
, Metamorpho
Metamorpho
Metamorpho is a fictional character, a superhero in the . He is a founding member of the Outsiders, and has also joined multiple incarnations of the Justice League.-Publication history:...
, and a new Shining Knight
Shining Knight
Shining Knight is the name of three comic book superheroes that have appeared in books published by DC Comics. The original Shining Knight, Sir Justin, was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 .-Sir Justin:...
.
This group's Shining Knight was Gardner Grayle, from the Silver Age feature The Atomic Knights; in previously published stories that occurred after the Silver Age limited series, he became the Atomic Knight
Atomic Knight
Atomic Knight is a DC Comics superhero and was briefly a member of the Outsiders team. He is sometimes depicted as one of a group of Atomic Knights, which first appeared in Strange Adventures #117 .-Original Atomic Knights:...
and joined the Outsiders
Outsiders (comics)
The Outsiders are a fictional DC Comics superhero team. As its name suggests, the team consists of superheroes who allegedly do not fit the norms of the mainstream superhero community, namely the Justice League....
. This was the only appearance of this particular assemblage.
Pre-Crisis
- Crimson AvengerCrimson Avenger (Lee Travis)The Crimson Avenger is a masked crime fighter in the and the first to use the name "Crimson Avenger." He first appears in Detective Comics #20 and was created by Jim Chambers.-Fictional character biography:...
(Lee Travis) - Star-Spangled KidSylvester PembertonSylvester Pemberton, alternately known as The Star-Spangled Kid and Skyman, is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. Sylvester first appeared in Action Comics #40 and was created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman....
(Sylvester Pemberton) - Stripesy (Pat Dugan)
- VigilanteVigilante (comics)Vigilante is the name used by several fictional characters appearing in DC Comics. The original character was one of the first DC Comics characters adapted for live-action film, beating Superman by one year.-Greg Saunders:...
(Greg Sanders) - Shining KnightShining KnightShining Knight is the name of three comic book superheroes that have appeared in books published by DC Comics. The original Shining Knight, Sir Justin, was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 .-Sir Justin:...
(Sir Justin) - Green ArrowGreen ArrowGreen Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...
(Oliver Queen) - SpeedyRoy Harper (comics)Roy Harper is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics Universe. He was known for over fifty years as Green Arrow's teenage sidekick Speedy. He first appeared alongside his mentor in More Fun Comics #73...
(Roy Harper) - Wing as "unofficial eighth soldier"
Post-Crisis 1st team
- Crimson AvengerCrimson Avenger (Lee Travis)The Crimson Avenger is a masked crime fighter in the and the first to use the name "Crimson Avenger." He first appears in Detective Comics #20 and was created by Jim Chambers.-Fictional character biography:...
(Lee Travis) - Star-Spangled KidSylvester PembertonSylvester Pemberton, alternately known as The Star-Spangled Kid and Skyman, is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe. Sylvester first appeared in Action Comics #40 and was created by Jerry Siegel and Hal Sherman....
(Sylvester Pemberton) - Stripesy (Pat Dugan)
- VigilanteVigilante (comics)Vigilante is the name used by several fictional characters appearing in DC Comics. The original character was one of the first DC Comics characters adapted for live-action film, beating Superman by one year.-Greg Saunders:...
(Greg Sanders) - Stuff the Chinatown KidStuff the Chinatown KidStuff, the Chinatown Kid is a DC Comics fictional character, and sidekick to the original Vigilante. He first appeared in Action Comics #45 .-Fictional character biography:...
(Victor Leong, The Vigilante's sidekick) - Shining KnightShining KnightShining Knight is the name of three comic book superheroes that have appeared in books published by DC Comics. The original Shining Knight, Sir Justin, was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 .-Sir Justin:...
(Sir Justin) - TNTTNT (comics)TNT is a DC Comics superhero from the 1940s. TNT and his side-kick Dan the Dyna-Mite were created by Mort Weisinger for DC Comics, and made their debut in Star-Spangled Comics #7...
(Thomas N. Thomas) - Dyna-MiteDan the Dyna-MiteDan the Dyna-Mite is a fictional character, a teen-aged superhero published by DC Comics. He was the young sidekick to the character TNT, and was created by Mort Weisinger and Hal Sharp in 1942. TNT and Dyna-Mite made their debut in World's Finest Comics # 5, and starred in Star-Spangled Comics #...
(Daniel Dunbar) - The SpiderAlias the SpiderAlias the Spider was a fairly obscure comic book feature from the Golden Age of Comic Books that appeared in Crack Comics for nearly three years...
(Tom Holloway/Thomas Ludlow) - Wing as "unofficial eighth soldier"
- The Squire (Percy Sheldrake), later The KnightKnight (comics)The Knight is the name of two fictional comic book superheroes who are properties of DC Comics.Percival Sheldrake debuted as the Knight in Batman #62 , and was created by Bill Finger and Dick Sprang...
accompanied them on one mission.
Post-Crisis 2nd team
- BatgirlBarbara GordonBarbara Gordon is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and in related media, created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino...
(Barbara Gordon) - BlackhawkBlackhawk (comics)Blackhawk, a long-running comic book series, was also a film serial, a radio series and a novel. The comic book was published first by Quality Comics and later by DC Comics. The series was created by Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera, and Bob Powell, but the artist most associated with the feature is Reed...
(Janos Prohaska) - MetamorphoMetamorphoMetamorpho is a fictional character, a superhero in the . He is a founding member of the Outsiders, and has also joined multiple incarnations of the Justice League.-Publication history:...
(Rex Mason) - MentoMento (comics)Mento is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Doom Patrol #91 , and was created by Arnold Drake and Bruno Premiani.-Fictional character biography:...
(Steve Dayton) - DeadmanDeadmanDeadman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Strange Adventures #205 , and was created by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino.-Publication history:...
(Boston Brand) - Adam StrangeAdam StrangeAdam Strange is a fictional superhero published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Mike Sekowsky, he first appeared in Showcase #17 .In May 2011, Adam Strange placed 97th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time....
- Shining Knight (Gardner Grayle)
In other media
The original line-up of the Seven Soldiers (with one exception) appeared in "Patriot Act", an episode of the animated series Justice League UnlimitedJustice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the...
. While representing Superman
Superman
Superman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
at a parade in Metropolis
Metropolis (comics)
Metropolis is a fictional city that appears in comic books published by DC Comics, and is the home of Superman. Metropolis first appeared by name in Action Comics #16 ....
, seven members of the Justice League
Justice League
The Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics....
faced General Wade Eiling
General Wade Eiling
General Wade Eiling, sometimes known as The General, is a fictional character published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Captain Atom #1 , and was created by Cary Bates and Pat Broderick.-Captain Atom:...
, a rogue super-soldier.
The team was composed of the DCAU versions of the original Golden Age Seven Soldiers, including:
- Green ArrowGreen ArrowGreen Arrow is a fictional superhero that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp, he first appeared in More Fun Comics #73 in November 1941. His secret identity is Oliver Queen, billionaire and former mayor of fictional Star City...
- Vigilante
- Shining KnightShining KnightShining Knight is the name of three comic book superheroes that have appeared in books published by DC Comics. The original Shining Knight, Sir Justin, was created by Creig Flessel and first appeared in Adventure Comics #66 .-Sir Justin:...
- S.T.R.I.P.E. (formerly known, in comics continuity, as Stripesy)
- Stargirl (formerly known, in comics continuity, as the second Star-Spangled Kid)
The sixth and seventh members, Speedy
Roy Harper (comics)
Roy Harper is a fictional superhero in the DC Comics Universe. He was known for over fifty years as Green Arrow's teenage sidekick Speedy. He first appeared alongside his mentor in More Fun Comics #73...
and the Crimson Avenger
Crimson Avenger (Lee Travis)
The Crimson Avenger is a masked crime fighter in the and the first to use the name "Crimson Avenger." He first appears in Detective Comics #20 and was created by Jim Chambers.-Fictional character biography:...
, arrived in the middle of the battle as reinforcements. Speedy appears to be modeled after the animated Teen Titans series version, though older and better built than his Titans counterpart. Both versions of Speedy were voiced by Mike Erwin
Mike Erwin
Mike Erwin is an American actor who is best known as Colin Hart in the now cancelled WB television series Everwood. He has been more widely heard as the voice of Jak in the Jak and Daxter series from Jak II onward except in the case of Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier in which he did not reprise...
.
Collected editions
The original appearances have been collected as part of the DC Archive EditionsDC Archive Editions
DC Archive Editions, collect early, sometimes rare, comic books published by DC and other publishers into a permanent hardcover series. With more than 100 titles, this series began in 1989 with Superman Archives Vol. 1...
:
- The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives Volume 1 (collects Leading Comics #1-4, DC, 2005 ISBN 1-4012-0401-5)
- The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives Volume 2 (collects Leading Comics #5-8, DC, 2007)
- The Seven Soldiers of Victory Archives Volume 3 (collects Leading Comics #9-14 & script for a #15, DC, 2008)
See also
- All-Star SquadronAll-Star SquadronThe All-Star Squadron is a DC Comics superhero team that debuted in a special insert in Justice League of America #193 . Created by Roy Thomas, Rich Buckler and Jerry Ordway.-The concept:...
- Freedom FightersFreedom Fighters (comics)Freedom Fighters is a DC Comics comic book superhero team made up of characters acquired from the defunct company Quality Comics. Although the characters were created by Quality, they never were gathered in a group before acquired by DC...
- Young All-StarsYoung All-StarsThe Young All-Stars are a team of fictional DC Comics superheroes. They were created by Roy Thomas, Dann Thomas, and Michael Bair, and introduced in Young All-Stars #1, dated June 1987.-Publication history:...
External links
- Seven Soldiers of Victory at DC Cosmic Teams
- Seven Soldiers of Victory post-Crisis history of the team
- Earth-2 SSOV Index
- Seven Soldiers of Victory at Don Markstein's ToonopediaDon Markstein's ToonopediaDon Markstein's Toonopedia was a web encyclopedia of print cartoons, comic strips and animation. Don D...