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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published November 1965
Cover Price 0.12 USD
Pages 36
Editing Richard Goldwater

Cover Details

Characters Mighty Crusaders [Shield; Black Hood; Comet; Fly Man; Fly Girl]; Thornaldo; Bombor; Wax-Man; Electroso; Force-Man; Spy-Lord
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman

19 page Mighty Crusaders story "The Mighty Crusaders Vs. The Brain Emperor"

Characters Mighty 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
Synopsis During the official formation of the Mighty Crusaders, the heroes are attacked by five aliens and their leader, The Brain Emperor.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Joe Giella
Notes Story-line continues from Fly-Man, where the team debuted.
Reprinted in Mighty Crusaders: Origin of a Super Team, The (Archie, 2003 series) #[nn]

5 page Shield story "The Origin of the Shield"

Characters Shield; Eraser; cameos: Fly Man; Fly Girl; Comet; Black Hood; the original Shield
Synopsis The Eraser comes out of retirement to finish a job he thought he'd completed years ago: the elimination of the Shield.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Paul Reinman
Inks Paul Reinman
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes The Shield's origin. This story reveals that the current Shield is really the son of the original Shield.