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The Mighty Crusaders
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I know Archie superheroes are notoriously ludicrous, but getting them all in one book, facing off with equally idiotic supervillains, is utterly stupifying. My brain hurts from reading this! I marvel at the type of mind that could come up with such atrocious ideas and consider it a job well done. That so many people could work together to produce and publish work of this quality is truly amazing. ????
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So, it's the early 60's and your reading FF Avengers, X-men and the JLA. Can we have more of this. Oh look, MLJ is getting into the act. What a disappointment. It's clear Jerry Siegel - who can write - made the mistake of slavishly coping Stan Lee with a bit of Gardner Fox thrown in. Disharmony and misunderstanding amongst the heroes. Check. Heroes fight clones, copies or villains with equivalent powers. Check. Corney dialogue. check Emphasise women are girly - make up, (vanity) looks, flirting. Check 3 acts, chaos and confusion in the second act, Victory in the third with friction between the heroes. Check. problem #1. Jerry Siegel is not Stan Lee or Gardner Fox. Paul Reinman is not Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko or even Mile Sekowsky. Problem # 2 All the Avengers were introduced in their own books over a year before. The JLA heroes all had their own strips or books well before. At that time most of us had no clue who these MLJ characters were. No effort had been put into developing them into whole characters before they were jumbled together. They were not reconstructed for the times. Result - a hell of a mess. Unfortunately, these characters have been tried several times since, but, in my opinion, the damage has never been undone. A tragedy.
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No, no, no, please!!! These were my first view of Archie heroes. Just like Reuben reuben, and I loved all those heroes in the MC issues. Particularly Too Many Super Heroes, which idea I think Marvel pinched and used in The Defenders. I know the whole thing is poor stuff but at that time, something new to me, colourful, obscure, and different. I do love the obscure. These Archie comics started me on the trail of finding out more, which became much easier when computers became available to most people. Just thinking that Sekowsky's rendering of DC heroes in early JLA wasn't much better than the look of these Archie heroes. JLA had weird big shoulders and strange postures.
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NameThe Mighty Crusaders 1 | Published
PublicationPrice: 0.12 USD | Pages: 36 | Frequency: bimonthly
 
CoverThe Origin of the Shield / 1 page
GenreSuperhero
CharactersMighty Crusaders [Shield; Black Hood; Comet; Fly Man; Fly Girl]; Thornaldo; Bombor; Wax-Man; Electroso; Force-Man; Spy-Lord
PencilsPaul Reinman
InksPaul Reinman
LettersSam Rosen
 
Comic StoryThe Mighty Crusaders Vs. the Brain Emperor / The Mighty Crusaders (19 pages)
SynopsisDuring the official formation of the Mighty Crusaders, the heroes are attacked by five aliens and their leader, The Brain Emperor.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersMighty Crusaders [Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]; the Comet [John Dickering]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]; Black Hood [Matthew Burland]; Flygirl [Kim Brand]]; Thornaldo; Bombor; Wax-Man; Electroso; Force-Man; Brain Emperor; Nightmare (Black Hood's robot horse); Operative Z-7
Script
PencilsPaul Reinman
InksFrank Giacoia Joe Giella
ColorsVictor Gorelick ?
NotesStory-line continues from Fly-Man, where the team debuted. Giacoia inks, likely assisted by Joe Giella, per Nick Caputo.

Two part story, part one pages are numbered 1-8, part two pages are numbered 1-11.
 
IllustrationThe Mighty Crusaders / The Mighty Crusaders
GenreSuperhero
CharactersThe Comet; The Shield; Fly-Man; The Black Hood
PencilsPaul Reinman (illustration)
InksPaul Reinman (illustration)
Notes"Filler" material below the general Mills Trix ad which was only three-quarters of a page instead of the normal full page. Appears after page 6 of Part two.
 
AdvertisementNo Title
FeatureArchie; Bendix Corporation
GenreHumor; Teen
CharactersArchie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Betty Cooper
First LineDig this, gang!
NotesAdvertisement for the Bendix 2-speed automatic gear-shifter with Archie, Veronica and Betty touting the attributes.
 
Letters PageNo Title (1 page)
FeatureThe Mighty Readers
Letterstypeset
Script
NotesLetters of comment about The Mighty Crusaders appearance in Fly Man #31 by Robert Bowler, Russ Jones, Robert Flach, Carlos Revera Jr., Kent Garringer, Steven Maurer, Steve Landman, and Harvey James.
 
Publisher advertisementThe Fly-Man's Ultra Pals (1 page)
FeatureFly-Man
GenreSuperhero
Script ?
PencilsPaul Reinman
InksPaul Reinman
ColorsVictor Gorelick ?
LettersSam Rosen
NotesPromo for Fly-Man comic.
 
Comic StoryThe Origin of the Shield / The Shield (5 pages)
SynopsisThe Eraser comes out of retirement to finish a job he thought he'd completed years ago: the elimination of the Shield.
GenreSuperhero
CharactersShield; Eraser; cameos: Fly Man; Fly Girl; Comet; Black Hood; the original Shield
Script
PencilsPaul Reinman
InksPaul Reinman
ColorsVictor Gorelick ?
LettersSam Rosen
NotesThe Shield's origin. This story reveals that the current Shield is really the son of the original Shield.
 
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