Legacy of the Crusaders is an innovative blend of reprint and new material woven together to create a brand new kind of graphic novel experience! When a mysterious villain attacks the seemingly normal town of Red Circle, the town's adults suddenly vanish. The kids left behind are brought together by an old man who turns out to be the long-forgotten superhero, the Shield, and they discover that their missing parents were once his teammates in the greatest superhero group that ever lived, the Mighty Crusaders. In order to defeat the forces of evil and rescue their missing parents, these teens must become the next generation of super heroes: the NEW CRUSADERS. An enveloping narrative featuring 17 pages of new material by the New Crusaders creative team (Ian Flynn, Ben Bates) shows the Shield teaching these young heroes about the early history of the Mighty Crusaders, seen by the reader in the form of some of the best classic tales from Archie's Red Circle superhero comics from the 1980s. Leading into the major April 2013 launch of the New Crusaders graphic novel series, Legacy of the Crusaders sets up the background and continuity found in the new series w
IAN FLYNN is the chief writer for Archie's popular and record-setting Sonic the Hedgehog comics and graphic novels, its sister title Sonic Universe, the new hit Mega Man comic, and the acclaimed super hero series New Crusaders. He is also responsible for writing the headline-grabbing Sonic / Mega Man: Worlds Collide storyline and graphic novels, the first ever meeting of video game legends Sonic the Hedgehog and Mega Man.
ISBN: 9781936975228
Author: Robert Kanigher
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 15 August 2013
Publisher: Archie Comic Publications
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (mm): 260 x 170 x 10
Weight (kg): 0.466
