The Mighty Crusaders #4

(April 1966)

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Wilson Chemical Company Cloverine Brand Salve / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Too Many Super Heroes (Table of Contents: 2)

The Mighty Crusaders / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Siegel (credited as Jerry Ess)

Pencils

Paul Reinman (credited as Paul Are)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited as Paul Are)

Colors

Victor Gorelick (credited as Vic Torr)

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hiya, loyal royal readers, here's your mighty minstrel friend...with mah big fat mouth wide open, warblin' folk music again!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Mighty Crusaders: The Black Hood; The Comet; Fly-Girl; Fly-Man [Tommy Troy]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]
Black Jack; Bob Phantom; Captain Flag; Dusty; Fireball; The Firefly; The Fox; The Hangman; Inferno; The Jaguar; Kardak the Mystic; Mr. Justice; Roy the Mighty Boy; Steel Sterling; The Web; The Wizard; Zambini the Miracle Man; Yank (Captain Flag's eagle); the Dragon; Spider; Rose Raymond (cameo)

Synopsis

The formation of the Mighty Crusaders inspires other heroes to come out of retirement and petition for membership.

Reprints

• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #100, #100, #100, #100
• in Star-Team (Condor, 1982 series) #2
• in Secrets of the Unknown (Alan Class, 1962 series) #247 ([circa 1988 - 1989])

Indexer Notes

Features wholesale revival of over a dozen MLJ super characters. The story is told in 4 parts: parts 1 (8 pages), part 2 (6 pages), part 3 (5 pages), and part 4 (5 pages).

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

Archie; Bendix Bicycle Transmission / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page (report information)

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Jaro Stamps / advertisement / 0.3 page (report information)

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Anca Stamps / advertisement / 0.2 page (report information)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Fly Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Jeri of Hollywood Photos / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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The Mighty Readers / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Richard H. Goldwater

Pencils

Paul Reinman (illustration)

Inks

Paul Reinman (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

The Mighty Crusaders: The Black Hood; The Comet; Fly-Girl; Fly-Man [Tommy Troy]; The Shield [Joe Higgins]

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment regarding Fly Man (Archie, 1965 series) #34 and #35 from Barry Kaplovitz (Winthrop, Mass.), Louis Rollins (Baldwin Park, Calif.), Doug Nikkel (Humboldt, Iowa), and Bob Potter (Oakland, Calif.). Includes biographical information written by artist Paul Reinman.
Appears between parts three and four of the feature story.

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100 Little Dolls / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Shenandoah International / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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ICS / International Correspondence Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Junior Sales Club of America Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Magic Art Reproducer / advertisement / 1 page (report information)