The Seven Soldiers of Victory are a group of characters bound together in the Golden Age on Earth-Two, where the Justice Society hang their hat and their roll call has some familiar names.

Green Arrow and his sidekick Speedy and the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy are four that we have talked about previously which leaves us three new heroes to introduce.  Just remember this is Earth-TWO.

The Crimson Avenger is Lee Travis, a newspaper man of the late 30s and early 40s in the Golden Age.  He first emerged as a shadowy figure skulking in the background to dole out justice to those who needed to be stopped and were unable to be stopped by conventional means.  The Crimson Avenger is a striking figure in his early costume evocative of the pulp heroes of the day, but eventually will adopt a red and yellow costume with a sun motif on his chest that is more evocative of a traditional super-hero costume.

Crimson Avenger is assisted by an able Asian martial artist named Wing.   One of the Crimson Avenger’s trademark move is appearing from the midst of a cloud of crimson smoke.    Crimson Avenger despite his athleticism is a normal human being possessing no super powers… for now.

Sir Justin was one of the younger knights in King Arthur’s court who was sent to go on a quest to vanquish an ogre.  On his way to do his duty, Sir Justin was set upon by highwaymen and in the resulting melee Sir Justin pierced a tree that had been the prison of the great mage Merlin.

Grateful that Sir Justin removed the prison, Merlin imbued the knight with many gifts.  Sir Justin’s armor is practically impenetrable by man made weaponry, his sword is capable of slicing through all manner of obstacles, and his horse, Victory, was given wings and renamed Winged Victory.

Justin continued northward with his new abilities and while he did the deed to the ogre, he and his horse were buried alive in an avalanche where they lay dormant in suspended animation until the early 40s when Sir Justin was discovered and he reemerged to defend the United Kingdom from Hitler and the powers of the Axis.

Greg Sanders is a country music singer who is the latest in a line of family heroes.  While the first Sanders that we know of lost his life in battle with native Americans while fighting for expansion of the West, his descendant and Greg’s father became a sheriff out in the West.  When Greg’s father was murdered, he took it upon himself to avenge his father’s death and became the Vigilante.  Wearing white jeans, cowboy boots, a blue cowboy shirt, a red bandana around his neck and his face as a mask, and topped with a white hat the Vigilante strikes a very imposing silhouette.  Vigilante was often helped by an Asian assistant named Stuff who was very good with ju-jitsu.

Greg is a normal human with a mastery of the lariat and his six-shooters.  He is an expert horseman and motorcyclist and is sometimes seen with his trusty guitar.

The Seven Soldiers of Victory, also known as Law’s Legionnaires, were all operating individually when a villain named The Hand received word that he was terminally ill.  The Hand decided to go out with a bang and gives his plans to various other villains who are all confronted by and defeated by the individual 7 Soldiers.

Angry beyond belief, The Hand invites the heroes to his home which is a lot like 13 Dead End Drive, a trap in every corner for he plans to kill them all.  The heroes of course team up to defeat the villain and Sir Justin, probably longing for a new round table, suggests the heroes become a group.

Together they all serve as members of the All-Star Squadron during World War II but in a fight with the Nebula Man, Crimson Avenger’s assistant Wing was killed and the 7 Soldiers were lost in the time stream until the above comic book where the 7 Soldiers appeared again.

Next Up:  We’ve talked about them before, but now we’re delving into the history of the Original Teen Titans!