Crusaders (Marvel Comics)

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The Crusaders is a group of

fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters first appear in The Invaders #14 (March 1977) and were created by Roy Thomas, Jack Kirby, and Frank Robbins
.

Publication history

The Crusaders first appear in the

spy
called "Alfie", who can cancel their powers courtesy of a technological belt the character wears.

Dyna-Mite, who has no memory of his former life, becomes suspicious and spies on Alfie, learning that he is a

Spitfire—remains trapped in a minute form.[1]

Aubrey is eventually restored to normal height and adopts Falsworth's former heroic identity as the Destroyer, now calling himself the

Conception

The Crusaders were based on the

Ray
.

At the same time that the Invaders were meeting the Crusaders in Marvel Comics, DC Comics' Freedom Fighters were also facing off against a team called the Crusaders,[4] with the DC version of the Crusaders based upon Marvel Comics' Invaders (several of the Crusaders that fought the Freedom Fighters were really "comic book fans" named "Lennie" (Len Wein), "Marvin" (Marv Wolfman), "Arch" (Archie Goodwin), and "Roy" (Roy Thomas), as shown in Freedom Fighters #9).

References

  1. ^ The Invaders #14-15 (March–April 1977)
  2. ^ The Invaders #26 (March 1978)
  3. ^ Cronin, Brian (September 21, 2006). "Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #69". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  4. ^ Freedom Fighters #8-9 (May–August 1977)

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