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The Mighty Crusaders Issue 08 - Cover (Imaginary)

Artists: Brendon Fraim (Penciller) , Brian Fraim (Inker)

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The Mighty Crusaders Issue 08 - Cover (Imaginary) Comic Art

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Title:	The Mighty Crusaders Issue 08 - Cover (Imaginary)
Artist:	Brendon Fraim (Penciller)
Artist:	Brian Fraim (Inker)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Commission
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,175
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	8
Added to Site:	7/16/2013
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The is the final cover from this weird, trippy 60's cross-over. I'd posted the first two a few weeks ago and, again, it ~seems~ that what happened was after DC's success with their Justice League / Society team-up that a number of small press companies decided try to glom on to that success and do their own. So what we've got here is Charlton, Archie and Harvey all throwing their respective heroes into this big storyline. While the first part came out under the Harvey banner (Thrill-O-Rama #4) and the second part came out through Charlton (Charlton Premiere #20) this final part looks to have been scheduled to come out as a Mighty Crusaders issue from Archie. #7 was the final published issue of that series so it looks like Archie was hoping to revitalize the series beginning with this issue.

Along the left hand side are the Archie heroes the Modern Shield, Mr. Justice, Fly-Girl, the Falcon and the Fly. Along the bottom are some Charlton folks, Judomaster, Sarge Steel, Spookman (yes, that's right - Spookman), Shape and Peacemaker. On the right are the Harvey folks, Spyman, Bee-Man, Black Kitten, Atoma and the Scarlet Arrow. In the center you've got more of Archie's Mighty Crusaders, Bob Phantom, Steel Sterling, the Green Cobra, the Golden Age Shield, the Web, the Fox and the Hangman. The villain ~looks like~ the Blue Beetle villain the Mask but I'm not sure.

Trippy to be sure. I'd've loved to seen the Falcon, Peacemaker and Bee-Man together in a panel. Just for the clashing color schemes. And, you know, looking at all three covers next to each other (the other 2 are in the Small Press Heroes & Villains Commissions gallery) I'm reminded of how Julius Schwartz would come up with covers then have the stories written to them. I wonder if that's what happened here. The companies had the covers worked up but as the project never came to fruition all we're left with is the covers. It'd explain why I'd never heard of this before. And why there's no actual page art.

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Roy Johnson
Member Since 2010

Posted on 7/16/2013

Ahh - what might have been. Cool beans.

Brendon and Brian Fraim
Member Since 2008

Posted on 7/17/2013

It's great to see that this artwork has survived after all these years! ; )

Kevin Moorhead
Member Since 2008

Posted on 7/17/2013

Brendon and Brian Fraim wrote:

It's great to see that this artwork has survived after all these years! ; )

Quality is forever :D

Roy Johnson
Member Since 2010

Posted on 7/17/2013

Who signed it at the top, in the "ERS" of "CRUSADERS"? The editor?

Kevin Moorhead
Member Since 2008

Posted on 7/18/2013

I'm guessing your right Roy. You can clearly see the artists signatures at the bottom (in itself a big deal for the time) so I'm thinking it's the editor who's signed at the top. I'm thinking this adds to the idea of it being a project that never went anywhere. Probably the editor giving this away to someone as a present.

Damon Owens
Member Since 2005

Posted on 8/8/2013

Oh, how I remember the Avengers Annual cover this was based on by Sal Buscema, with the High Evolutionary holding the "bomb." This is just too cool for words.

Bill Raupp
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/20/2014

The Fraim brothers rule!

Adam Ianbarry
Member Since 2010

Posted on 1/6/2016

Knockout!!!

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