| Issue | #11 |
| Published | March 1985 |
| Cover Price | 0.75 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Victor Gorelick |
| Notes | The Black Hood is shown wearing his original blue and yellow outfit. This issue contains several changes in the storyline as a result of the new editor. |
| Characters | Mighty Crusaders [the Fly; Black Hood; Fly Girl; Jaguar; Shield; the Web; Fox; Darkling; Comet]; Dr. Malcolm Reeves; Brain Emperor |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Dick Ayers (signed) |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia (signed) |
| Notes | The Black Hood is shown wearing his original blue and yellow outfit. This issue contains several changes in the storyline as a result of the new editor. |
| Characters | Mighty Crusaders [Black Hood [Kip Burland]; the Fly; Fly Girl; Jaguar; Shield; the Web; Darkling]; Dr. Malcolm Reeves; Matt Burland [the original Black Hood] (dies in this story); The Buzzard; Sting; Eraser |
| Synopsis | Finding his uncle has been murdered, Kip Burland --the current Black Hood-- takes his uncle's costume and wears it out of respect. He then contacts the Crusaders to aid him in finding the Eraser and bringing him to justice. A tracking device sewn into the Black Hood's costume leads a trio of super-villains to the Crusaders headquarters, including the Eraser. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Rich Margopoulos |
| Pencils | Alan Kupperberg |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Characters | Mighty Crusaders [Black Hood; the Fly; Fly Girl; Jaguar; Shield; the Web; Darkling]; Dr. Malcolm Reeves (is fatally injured in this story); The Buzzard; Sting; Eraser; the Brain Emperor |
| Synopsis | A battle between the Crusaders and the Buzzard, Sting, and the Eraser destroys the Crusaders' headquarters. It ends quickly when the Brain Emperor appears and takes control of the Crusaders. Dr. Reeves doesn't fall under the Emperor's control and is mortally wounded by Sting's toxic venom. Also Darkling disappears just prior to the Brain Emperor showing up. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Rich Margopoulos |
| Pencils | Alan Kupperberg |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Characters | Fox; Comet; Darkling; Dr. Malcolm Reeves (dies in this story) |
| Synopsis | Escaping from the Brain Emperor, Darkling recruits the Fox and the Comet to aid her in freeing the Crusaders. Traveling to the remains of the Crusaders headquarters they find Malcolm Reeves, who gives them a clue to the missing heroes whereabouts before he passes away. The Comet then cremates the body with his disintegration vision. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Rich Margopoulos |
| Pencils | Alan Kupperberg |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |
| Script | Victor Gorelick |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Mighty Crusaders [Black Hood; the Fly; Fly Girl; Jaguar; Shield; the Web; the Fox; the Comet; Darkling (disappears forever in this story)]; The Buzzard; Sting; Eraser; the Brain Emperor |
| Synopsis | Darkling teleports the Fox and the Comet to the Comet's ship, which has been taken over by the Brain Emperor and his cronies. The Brain Emperor mindwipes Darkling as she disappears into a mystic dimension. The Fox then battles everyone as the Comet takes on the Brain Emperor, frees the Crusaders, then sets the ship to explode, possibly killing the Buzzard, the Eraser, and Sting. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Rich Margopoulos |
| Pencils | Alan Kupperberg |
| Inks | Frank Giacoia |
| Colors | Barry Grossman |
| Letters | Bill Yoshida |