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Issue Details

Issue #5
Published January 1984
Frequency Bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., and Nov.
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Rich Buckler (Editor); Victor Gorelick (Production Manager); Richard H. Goldwater (Editor-In Chief)

Cover Details - "Sacrifice Play"

Characters Jaguar; Varigon
Genre superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks Tony deZuniga (signed)

1 page letters page "Crusader Comments"

Characters Fly
Script Rich Buckler
Pencils Geoff Isherwood (signed)
Inks Geoff Isherwood (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from fans, with replies from Rich Buckler. Located on the inside front cover and continued on the inside backcover.

20 page Mighty Crusaders story "Sacrifice Play!"

Characters Mighty Crusaders [Black Hood; Fly; Web; Darkling; Jaguar [Ralph Hardy]; Fly Girl; Lancelot Strong]; the Eliminators [Brontosaurus; Lodestone; Rogue Star; Dream Demon]; Cyrene; Druid; Varigon
Synopsis Jaguar, Fly Girl and Lancelot Strong are kidnapped by the Druid, while the rest of the Crusaders fight Cyrene, her mercenaries and the Eliminators. Jaguar's origin further unfolds and he meets Varigon, the force behind the Jaguar Belt which gives Ralph Hardy his powers.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Burkett
Pencils Adrain Gonzales; Rich Buckler
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw
Notes Story continues in #7.

12 page Original Shield story "Chapter 3 Rendezvous with Death"

Characters The Shield [Joe Higgins]; Tory Newton; Boroff; Lisa Garvin; Don Phelps
Synopsis Following an explosion in Dr. Newton's lab, Boroff kidnaps the Newtons and wires Tory with an explosive choker. He then sends her to the FBI's office in order to get the 2nd 1/2 of the map the shows where 42642 is located.
Script Martin L. Greim
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Victor Gorelick
Notes Continues in issue #6, an all Original Shield issue.

1 page Lancelot Strong the Shield illustration "Lancelot Strong the Shield"

Characters Lancelot Strong the Shield
Genre superhero
Pencils Rudy Nebres (signed)
Inks Rudy Nebres (signed)
Notes back cover