| Issue | #31 |
| Published | May 1965 |
| Cover Price | 0.12 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Richard Goldwater |
| Characters | Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]; The Comet [John Dickering]; The Black Hood [Matthew Burland]; The Shield [Bill Higgins] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| 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. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Notes | The first page of the story is the same as the cover. |
| Reprinted | in Super Heroes versus Super Villains (Archie, 1966 series) #1; in Mighty Crusaders, The (Archie, 2003 series) #[nn] |
| 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. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Letters | ? |
| Notes | First Silver Age appearence of the Shield. This is the first official use of the name "Mighty Crusaders" for the team of heroes. |
| Reprinted | in Super Heroes versus Super Villains (Archie, 1966) #1; in Mighty Crusaders, The (Archie, 2003 series) #[nn] |
| 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. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Paul Reinman |
| Inks | Paul Reinman |
| Letters | ? |
| Notes | The Mighty Crusaders appear in Fly-Man #32-33, after which they appear as a team in Mighty Crusaders #1. |
| Reprinted | in Super Heroes versus Super Villains (Archie, 1966 series) #1; in Mighty Crusaders, The (Archie, 2003 series) #[nn] |