Comments on: Mighty Crusaders by Remco

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 05:07:07 +0000

I remember my nephew getting The Web for Christmas one year in the mid '80's and me being a strict Marvel fan, looking at it and thinking, "What the hell is that?"

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 04:37:46 +0000

Yeah I remember these things coming out and thinking they were Remco's cheap-o take on Super Powers or Secret Wars, and I didnt learn till many years later that they were golden age characters and that Ditko had done some of the card art.

By: J_D_La_Rue_67

J_D_La_Rue_67 — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:47:26 +0000

Oddly enough, we didn' have these in Italy, but we did have the wonderful line of DC comics action figures (Warlord, Warrior beasts, Arak etc.), altough those comics were NOT published here (if I remember correctly).
I guess they were considered just a cool fantasy line, and we were still in the "Masters of the Universe" craze, more or less.
Like the Sungold things, those were mostly sold in newsstands and outdoor markets and were relatively cheap.

By: ShadeofJeremy

ShadeofJeremy — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 05:34:18 +0000

I remember seeing these at K-Mart as a kid and not wanting them because I had no idea who they were. Now I want to slap around my younger self for that. I've grown into a major Archie Comics fan over the years since. And of these characters especially. I even had one of my fan art drawings of Brain Emperor published in their short lived New Crusaders comics a couple years ago.

By: Alphacentaurian

Alphacentaurian — Fri, 03 Jun 2016 05:08:13 +0000

These are awesome. I wonder if the use of shields was to copy the Marvel Secret Wars figures (who also all came with shields for some inexplicable reason).
The lack of female characters is kinda sad. My favourite iteration of these characters was the 90s Impulse line 🙂