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Collects: Leading Comics #1-4

First Printing: January 2005

ISBN: 1-4012-0401-5
List Price: $49.95

240 Pages

Senior Editor - Collected Edition: Dale Crain

Written by Bill Finger, Jerry Siegel and Mort Weisinger

Pencilled by Ed Dobrotka, Creig Flessel Jack Lehti, Mort Meskin, George Papp and Hal Sherman

Inked by Ed Dobrotka, Creig Flessel Jack Lehti, Mort Meskin, George Papp and Hal Sherman

Cover by Mort Meskin

Foreword by R.C. Harvey

Leading Comics #1
(Winter 1941-1942)

Chapter 1: "Blueprint For Crime"
Chapter 2: "Death Valley"
Chapter 3: "Peril In Panama"
Chapter 4: "Blackout Over Broadway"
Chapter 5: "The Red Dragon"
Chapter 6: "The Stone People"
Chapter 7: "Blueprint For Crime"

Writers: Mort Weisigner (Chapters 1-2, 4-7) and Jerry Siegel (Chapter 3)

Pencillers: George Papp (Chapters 1-2, 7), Hal Sherman (Chapter 3), Jack Lehti (Chapter 4), Creig Flessel (Chapter 5), and Mort Meskin (Chapter 6)

Inkers: George Papp (Chapters 1-2, 7), Hal Sherman (Chapter 3), Jack Lehti (Chapter 4), Creig Flessel (Chapter 5), and Mort Meskin (Chapter 6)

Leading Comics #2
(Spring 1942)

Chapter 1: "The Black Star Shines"
Chapter 2: "Mystery Of The Clowning Criminals"
Chapter 3: "Mystery Of The Santa Claus Pirate"
Chapter 4: "Mystery Of The One-Man Museum"
Chapter 5: "The Case Of The Twisted Twins"
Chapter 6: "The Sixty Kiddie Club"
Chapter 7: "The Black Star Shines"

Writers: Mort Weisigner (Chapters 1-5) and Bill Finger (Chapters 6-7)

Pencillers: Mort Meskin (Chapters 1, 6-7), Creig Flessel (Chapter 2), Hal Sherman (Chapter 3), George Papp (Chapter 4), and Jack Lehti (Chapter 5)

Inkers: Mort Meskin (Chapters 1, 6-7), Creig Flessel (Chapter 2), Hal Sherman (Chapter 3), George Papp (Chapter 4), and Jack Lehti (Chapter 5)

Leading Comics #3
(Summer 1942)

Chapter 1: "The Tyrants Of Time"
Chapter 2: "Defeat Before Waterloo"
Chapter 3: "The Radium Robots"
Chapter 4: "The Man Who Told A Fish Story"
Chapter 5: "The Spirit Of Wild Bill Dickson"
Chapter 6: "Fiddler's Farewell"
Chapter 7: "The Tyrants Of Time"

Writer: Unknown (Chapters 1-7)

Pencillers: Mort Meskin (Chapters 1, 5, 7), Hal Sherman (Chapter 2), George Papp (Chapter 3), Creig Flessel (Chapter 4), and Jack Lehti (Chapter 6)

Inkers: Mort Meskin (Chapters 1, 5, 7), Hal Sherman (Chapter 2), George Papp (Chapter 3), Creig Flessel (Chapter 4), and Jack Lehti (Chapter 6)

Leading Comics #4
(Fall 1942)

Chapter 1: "The Sense Master"
Chapter 2: "The Crime Concerto"
Chapter 3: "Don Quixote Rides Again"
Chapter 4: "The Man Who Followed His Nose"
Chapter 5: "The Who Who Was Afraid To Eat"
Chapter 6: "The Man With The Miracle Eyes"
Chapter 7: "The Sense Master"

Writer: Bill Finger (Chapters 1-7)

Penciller: Ed Dobrotka (Chapters 1-7)

Inker: Ed Dobrotka (Chapters 1-7)