Mighty Crusaders

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

Mighty Crusaders comic book cover

1 First Series
2 Second Series
3 Impact Comics series
4 Trade Paperback Collections
5 Toys and Memorabilia
6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Impact Comics series

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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] Toys and Memorabilia

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 and had a unique action feature. 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

[edit] External links

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