Adventures of the Fly #31

(May 1965)

The Fly-Man's Partners in Peril! (Table of Contents: 1)

Fly-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]; The Comet [John Dickering]; The Black Hood [Matthew Burland]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]; The Spider; Boppo the Mighty; Flipsy the Terrific; Basher the Dynamic

Synopsis

The Spider escapes from prison and vows revenge on Fly-Man. He traps Fly-Man in a gigantic, electrified claw but is then saved by the Comet.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #107
• in Super Heroes versus Super Villains (Archie, 1966 series) #1 (1966)
• in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 2003 series) #1 (2003)

Indexer Notes

The first page of the story is the same as the cover.

Battle of the Super-Heroes! (Table of Contents: 2)

Fly-Man / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mighty Crusaders [Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]; The Comet [John Dickering]; The Black Hood [Matthew Burland]]; Nightmare (Black Hood's robot horse); The Spider; Boppo the Mighty; Flipsy the Terrific; Basher the Dynamic

Synopsis

The Spider lures Fly-Man into 2 more death traps, but he escapes the first with the Shield's help, and the second with the Black Hood's aid. Finally he brings all the heroes together to form the Mighty Crusaders, with the idea of eliminating them all at once. But Fly-Man chases the others away just as his powers fade and the Spider pulls a gun on him.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #107
• in Super Heroes versus Super Villains (Archie, 1966 series) #1 (1966)
• in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 2003 series) #1 (2003)

Indexer Notes

First Silver Age appearence of the Shield. This is the first official use of the name "Mighty Crusaders" for the team of heroes.

Archie Gets All the Brakes (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Archie; Bendix Corporation / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Facts About Coins (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Script

Louis H. Silberkleit (credited)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Total number copies printed: Average Number copies each issue during preceding 12 months, 332.516; single issue nearest to filing date, 357,074.

Meet The Shadow... Mighty Dark Avenger! (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

The Shadow / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Wicked Web of the Wily Spider! (Table of Contents: 7)

Fly-Man / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Paul Reinman

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mighty Crusaders [Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]; the Comet [John Dickering]; The Shield [Bill Higgins]; Black Hood [Matthew Burland]]; Nightmare (Black Hood's robot horse); The Spider

Synopsis

Just as the Spider appears triumphant, Fly-Man defeats him and the other heroes return. Fly-Man had faked his power loss and the others faked being mad at him in order to draw the Spider out. But the heroes ponder whether they should form the Mighty Crusaders for real.

Reprints

• in Creepy Worlds (Alan Class, 1962 series) #107
• in Super Heroes versus Super Villains (Archie, 1966 series) #1 (1966)
• in The Mighty Crusaders (Archie, 2003 series) #1 (2003)

Indexer Notes

The Mighty Crusaders appear in Fly-Man #32-33, after which they appear as a team in Mighty Crusaders #1.