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Adventures of the Fly, #31

Published: May 1965

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Adventures of the Fly #31

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Featuring Fly-Man

1 page superhero
Characters
  • Fly-Man [Thomas Troy]
  • The Comet [John Dickering]
  • The Black Hood [Matthew Burland]
  • The Shield [Bill Higgins]
Credits
The Fly-Man's Partners in Peril!

Featuring Fly-Man

Story 1 8 pages superhero
Storyline

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.

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
Credits
Story Notes

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

Battle of the Super-Heroes!

Featuring Fly-Man

Story 2 12 pages superhero
Storyline

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.

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
Credits
Story 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

Featuring Archie; Bendix Corporation

Story 3 1 page humor; teen
Facts About Coins
Story 4 1 page non-fiction
Story 5 0 pages
Credits
  • Script:
Story 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!
Story 6 1 page adventure; superhero
Characters
  • The Shadow
  • Lamont Cranston
  • Shiwan Khan
  • Radiation Rogue
  • Dr. Demon
  • Attila the Hunter
Credits
Story Notes

House Ad for The Shadow's own book. Features covers for issues #4-6, and his catch-phrase "Only the Shadow knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men!" Page 25 in the comic.

The Wicked Web of the Wily Spider!

Featuring Fly-Man

Story 7 5 pages superhero
Storyline

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.

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
Credits
Story Notes

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