Mighty Crusaders
| The Mighty Crusaders | |
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The Mighty Crusaders No. 1 (Nov. 1965). Cover art by Paul Reinman.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Archie Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | November 1965 – November 1966 |
| Number of issues | 7 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Jerry Siegel |
| Penciller(s) |
Paul Reinman Mike Sekowsky |
| Inker(s) |
Joe Giella Paul Reinman |
| Letterer(s) | Sam Rosen |
| Colorist(s) | Victor Gorelick |
| Collected editions | |
| Origin of a Super Team | |
The Mighty Crusaders is a fictional superhero team published by Archie Comics. The team originally appeared in Fly-Man No. 31, #32 and No. 33 before being launched in its own title, Mighty Crusaders. Written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel, the series lasted seven issues before being cancelled. The team was revived under Archie's Red Circle Comics line in 1983. In 1992 DC Comics licensed the characters and relaunched the team as The Crusaders, aiming the comic at younger readers as part of its !mpact line. This series lasted eight issues, cover-dated May to December 1992.
The popularity of DC's and Marvel's Silver Age superhero titles led Archie Comics to revive their own line of superhero comics. The Archie Adventure line began with titles centered on The Fly, The Jaguar, and a superheroic/spy version of the 1930s pulp character The Shadow. After suggestions and fan-art began suggesting a team made up of the characters published by Archie Comics precursor MLJ in the 1940s, Archie's superhero imprint, soon retitled Mighty Comics, re-introduced many of these characters, and brought them together in several issues of Fly Man. This team, which followed the success of The Avengers and the Justice League of America, was made up of The Shield, The Fly (re-dubbed Fly-Man), The Black Hood, and The Comet. Calling themselves The Mighty Crusaders, they initially came together as part of a plan by The Fly's nemesis The Spider to trap the hero. After appearing as a team for two more issues of Fly Man, and gaining Flygirl as a member in the process, they spun off into their own series, The Mighty Crusaders, which ran bimonthy for 7 issues. The Archie series mixed typical superhero fare with high camp.Don Markstein writes that they touched on "all the genre's cliches of the time", with Siegel's writing on the book being a "hokey rendition of Stan Lee".
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