In the continued vein of homage, the original Crusaders were revealed to be four comic book fans transformed by the Silver Ghost into their comic book idols. The result pitted Marvel’s patriotic World War II team against DC Comics’ patriotic World War II team. Creation The Crusaders' secret origin The original Crusaders were an homage to Marvel Comics’ patriotic heroes the Invaders their leader, the Americommando (secretly the Silver Ghost) was a stand-in for Captain America Bucky became Rusty Namor the Sub-Mariner became Barracuda and the Human Torch and Toro became Fireball and Sparky. The Ray was later rescued by Rod Reilly, the golden age Firebrand who had emigrated to Earth-1 some time prior to the Freedom Fighters. The Silver Ghost gloats and leaves him to die. The Ray accidentally hits one of the helicopters with an energy blast, prompting the troopers to open fire. The fight also attracted the attention of some state trooper helicopters, which swooped in to arrest both of them. The Ray again caught up with him, and the sky battle between them burned off the Americommando's mask, revealing him to indeed be the team's arch-enemy the Silver Ghost. He left Martha with Doll Man and headed off after the Americommando. Americommando dropped Martha, but the Ray was able to save her. Meanwhile, the other Freedom Fighters had caught up to the Americommando and a captured Martha Roberts in flight. The group revealed that the Americommando had approached a group of young comic book collectors at a convention (Marvin, Lennie, Arch, and Roy) and had offered to recreate them as his former teammates, using a special device to transform them into their super-powered identities. After a lengthy fight, at the end of which the Crusaders are defeated, the Freedom Fighters ask the Crusaders how they became the comic book heroes of World War Two.
Pearson gave the Crusaders the authority to pursue Uncle Sam and his group after a report that they had caused a blackout in upstate New York. The Crusaders appeared "for real" on Earth One during the 1970s, offering their services to District Attorney David Pearson to help capture the Freedom Fighters, who were at that time fugitives because they were believed to have been working with the villainous Silver Ghost. Origin The original Crusaders The Crusaders were a team of superheroes appearing in comic books on Earth-1 during World War II.
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