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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published November 1983
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 36
Editing Rich Buckler; Victor Gorelick (Production Manager); Richard H. Goldwater (Editor-In Chief)

Cover Details - "The Elimination Trilogy"

Characters Mighty Crusaders [Fly Girl; Jaguar; the Fly; the Web; the Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Darkling; the Black Hood]; the original Shield (inset); the Eliminators [Rogue Star; Dream Demon; Brontosaurus]
Genre superhero
Pencils Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks Rich Buckler (signed)

1 page letters page "Crusader Comments"

Characters the Shield [Joe Higgins]
Script Rich Buckler
Pencils ? (cover reprint)
Inks ? (cover reprint)
Letters typeset
Notes Includes a cover reprint of Pep Comics #1. Feature is located on the inside front cover and continues to the inside back cover.

20 page Mighty Crusaders story "Elimination Game"

Characters Mighty Crusaders [the Shield; the Web; Fly Girl; the Fly; Darkling; Jaguar; Black Hood]; Cyrene; Death-Monger; the Druid; the Eliminators [Rogue Star; Demon Dream; Lodestone; Brontosaurus]; Dr. Malcolm Reeves; Phil Martin; General Smith; Red Bunyan
Synopsis After stopping an attempt to steal equipment, the Crusaders become the target of Death-Monger and Cyrene. The Druid then appears and offers to eliminate the Crusaders -- for a price.
Genre superhero
Script Cary Burkett
Pencils Rich Buckler
Inks Adrian Gonzales; Rich Buckler; Demian Parmeggiani (inking assist)
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Rod Ollerenshaw (as Rod G. O'Shaw)
Notes Start of a second multi-issue story, ending in #8. This story reveals the Jaguar's origin, concluding in #8.

12 page Original Shield story "Power Unleashed-Chapter 2"

Characters Joe Higgins [The Shield]; Don Phelps; Lisa Carvin (an FBI director); Colonel Boyle; Boroff; Delta 3; Tory Newton; Professor Newton (Tory's father)
Synopsis The map Joe recovered proves to be 1/2 of a document leading to a meteor than can be utilized as a powerful energy source. Now everyone is looking for Professor Newton, who has the 2nd 1/2 of the map and has been studying a sliver of the meteor -- called 42642 after the month, day and year it was discovered.
Genre superhero
Script Martin L. Greim
Pencils Dick Ayers
Inks Tony deZuniga
Colors Barry Grossman
Letters Victor Gorelick
Notes Re-intro: an aged Sgt. Boyle (as Col. Boyle) as a continuing supporting character.

1 page Mighty Crusaders illustration

Characters Mighty Crusaders [Web; Comet; Jaguar; Fly; Shield [Joe Higgins]; Shield [Lancelot Strong]; Fly Girl]
Genre superhero
Pencils Rudy Nebres (signed)
Inks Rudy Nebres (signed)
Colors Barry Grossman
Notes Back cover.