Mighty Crusaders

The Mighty Crusaders
Cover to Mighty Crusaders #1 (November 1965). Art by Paul Reinman.
Publication information
Publisher	Archie Comics
Schedule	monthly
Format	ongoing
Publication date	November 1965- November 1966
No. of issues	7
Creative team
Written by	Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s)	Paul Reinman, Mike Sekowsky
Inker(s)	Joe Giella, Paul Reinman
Letterer(s)	Sam Rosen
Colorist(s)	Victor Gorelick

The Mighty Crusaders is an Archie Comics superhero team. They have been revived several times over the years, with different members composing the group.

First series

The first Mighty Crusaders group was created by Archie under their Mighty Comics line in the 1960s. At that time, members of the team consisted of:

• Black Hood
• The Comet
• The Fly
• Flygirl
• Shield III (son of original Shield)

The group got its start in the Fly-Man comics, and then got their own title that lasted seven issues.

Second series

The second Mighty Crusaders group was created by Archie Comics under their Red Circle Comics line of the 1980s. At this time, members of the team consisted of:

• Black Hood II (nephew of the original Black Hood)
• The Comet
• Darkling (later killed off)
• The Fly
• Flygirl
• The Jaguar
• Lancelot Strong: Shield II (soon killed off)
• Shield I (the original Shield)
• The Web II (son of the original Web)

This title kicked off the Red Circle comics and lasted thirteen issues.

Impact Comics

When DC Comics licensed the Archie superheroes for their !mpact line in the 1990s, the team was simply called the Crusaders. The DC series The Crusaders lasted eight issues, from May to December, 1992.

Trade paperback collections

Recently, Archie Comics has reprinted some of the Mighty Crusaders adventures in a trade paperback collection under the "Red Circle Productions" name.

• Mighty Crusaders (reprints Fly-Man #31, #32 and #33 and Mighty Crusaders #1)

Toys

Carded Action Figures were produced in 1984 for some of the Mighty Crusaders by the Remco Toy Company. Each figure came with a Secret Sonic Signaling shield. There were 4 heroes and 4 villains in the line. Included were:

• The Comet
• The Fox
• The Shield
• The Web
• The Brain Emperor
• The Buzzard
• The Eraser
• The Sting

External links

• The Mighty Crusaders site
• International Catalogue of Superheroes entry on Archie Superheroes
• Toonopedia Entry for Mighty Crusaders