The Invaders #14 [Regular Edition]
(March 1977)

Marvel, 1975 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.30 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1976-11-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860294103
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date from the Comic Reader #138.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Invaders / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Joe Sinnott
Colors
Andy Yanchus (sourced)
Letters
John Costanza ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make Way For--The Crusaders!
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Crusaders: Captain Wings [Roger Dicken]; Ghost Girl [Wendy Hunt]; Spirit of '76 [William Nasland]; Thunderfist [Patrick Mason]
The Invaders: Captain America [Steve Rogers]
The Invaders: Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Spitfire [Jacqueline Falsworth]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]
Nazis
Reprints

Calling...the Crusaders! (Table of Contents: 1)

The Invaders / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Frank Robbins (credited)
Inks
Frank Springer (credited)
Colors
Marie Severin (credited as M. Severin)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Invaders [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Human Torch [Jim Hammond]; Namor, the Sub-Mariner; Bucky [James Buchanan Barnes]; Toro [Thomas Raymond]; Spitfire [Jacqueline Falsworth]]; The Crusaders [Spirit of '76 [William Naslund]; Captain Wings; Dyna-Mite [Roger Aubrey]; Ghost Girl; Thunder Fist; Tommy Lightning] (introduction); Lord James Montgomery Falsworth [Union Jack]; Nazis
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Introduces the Crusaders (Dyna-Mite, Spirit of '76, Ghost Girl, Thunderfist, Captain Wings, Tommy Lightning). The Crusaders were based on the members of the Freedom Fighters, a DC superhero team of characters originally created for Quality Comics.

Published contemporaneously, the storyline in Freedom Fighters #7-8 involved the Freedom Fighters facing a different team called the Crusaders whose members were based on the Invaders.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Okay, Axis, Here We Come! / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from Glenn Ehlers, Mark Ernst, George Hall and Greg Gallant, later known as independent artist Seth.

With Winsome Wags, Warped Wrongdoers and a Wandering Warlock! (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited) (signed as Stan); ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]
Characters
Hulk

Spider-Man! The Champ (Table of Contents: 4)

Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
George Tuska ?; Ross Andru ?
Inks
Mike Esposito
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Aldo Moomjay
Synopsis
Spider-Man saves the Champ from being killed in the ring by throwing a Hostess Cup Cake in the referee's mouth before he can count to two.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Make Way For--The Crusaders!"]
    The Invaders
  2. 1. Calling...the Crusaders!
    The Invaders
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Okay, Axis, Here We Come!
  4. 3. With Winsome Wags, Warped Wrongdoers and a Wandering Warlock!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Items
  5. 4. Spider-Man! The Champ
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • CuRT
  • Katie
  • Nick Caputo
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Richard Thomson