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Pages: 132
Editing: Jamie Lee Rotante (credited) (editor); Carlos Antunes (credited) (associate editor)
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The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Gary Martin (signed as MARTIN)
Colors:
  • Genre:superhero; teen
Characters:
Pureheart the Powerful; Superteen; Inferno; Comet [Silver Age]; Captain Commando; Web; Mr. Justice; Comet [Golden Age]; Blackjack; Captain Flag; Pureheart the Powerful; Superteen; Inferno; Comet [Silver Age]; Captain Commando; Web; Mr. Justice; Comet [Golden Age]; Blackjack; Captain Flag
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Issue Data

Series Data

  • Color: color
  • Dimensions: 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall
  • Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
  • Publishing Format: collected edition
  • Publication Type: book

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(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 2 pages

Script:
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Letters:
typeset

[Archie's Superteens versus Crusaders #1 Connecting Cover]
(Table of Contents: 2)

The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
  • Genre:superhero; teen
Characters:
Pureheart the Powerful; Superteen; Inferno; Comet [Silver Age]; Captain Commando; Web; Mr. Justice; Comet [Golden Age]; Blackjack; Captain Flag
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[Archie's Superteens versus Crusaders #2 Connecting Cover]
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The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
  • Genre:superhero; teen
Characters:
Captain Hero; Miss Vanity; Shield; Black Hood; Fox; Steel Sterling; Jaguar; Hangman; Inferno
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The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens / comic story / 19 pages

Script:
Ian Flynn (credited)
Pencils:
David Williams (credited)
Inks:
Gary Martin (credited)
Colors:
Kelsey Shannon (credited)
Letters:
Jack Morelli (credited)
  • Genre:superhero; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Why do we have to take Abbey Road to school every day?
Characters:
Archie Andrews [Pureheart the Powerful]; Veronica Lodge [Miss Vanity]; Betty Cooper [Superteen]; Jughead Jones [Captain Hero]; Black Hood; Mr. Weatherbee; Doctor Zardox; Eliminators [Lodestone; Rogue Star; Dream Demon; Bronto]
Synopsis:
Dr. Zardox, Riverdale's new substitute teacher, loses his temper during class and unleashes a giant robot to wreck the building. Archie and his friends change into their superhero identities and meet the Black Hood, who also calls on his fellow Crusaders to join the fight against Zardox.
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The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens / comic story / 20 pages

Script:
Ian Flynn (credited)
Pencils:
David Williams (credited)
Inks:
Gary Martin (credited)
Colors:
Kelsey Shannon (credited)
Letters:
Jack Morelli (credited)
  • Genre:superhero; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Black Hood is down!
  • Keywords:robots
Characters:
Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Miss Vanity [Veronica Lodge]; Steel Sterling; Shield; Comet; Fox; Bob Phantom; Black Jack; Captain Commando; Inferno; Mr. Justice; Firefly; Web; Captain Flag; Doctor Zardox; Eliminators [Dream Demon; Bronto; Lodestone; Rogue Star] (cameo)
Synopsis:
Crusaders arrive to fight Zardox and his giant robot, but it's Captain Hero who takes the bad guy down in the end. Or does he? Jughead wakes up in the hospital thinking he's had a nightmare -- but Steel Sterling is in the next bed.
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An Eye for an Eye!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Archie / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Bob White (credited)
Inks:
Marty Epp (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Marty Epp (credited)
  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
Characters:
Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Betty Cooper; Reggie Mantle; The Bloodshot Eye
Synopsis:
Pureheart battles The Bloodshot Eye.
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Indexer Notes

Credits taken from index of Archie's Super Teens (Archie, 1994 Series) #2. Story in two parts (5 pp. each).

The Bomb Master
(Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Hero / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (credited)
Inks:
Mario Acquaviva (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Mario Acquaviva (credited)
  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
Characters:
Captain Hero [Jughead Jones]; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Betty Cooper; The Bomb Master; Pop Tate; Mr. Lodge
Synopsis:
The Bomb Master has a truth bomb and uses it to get the combination to the Lodge safe.
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Terror in the Center Ring
(Table of Contents: 8)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (credited)
Inks:
Mario Acquaviva (credited)
Colors:
Sal Contrera (credited)
Letters:
Mario Acquaviva (credited)
  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
Characters:
Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Veronica Lodge; The Mad Clown; Lungwort; Hypno the Great (The Mad Clown in disguise)
Synopsis:
While at a circus, a mad clown with murder on his mind kidnaps Veronica because she looks like his ex-wife. When Archie and Reggie can't find Veronica, they become Pureheart and Evilheart to save the young socialite.
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Indexer Notes

This story is told in 2 parts: Part I (8 pages) and Part II (5 pages).

Dinner for One
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Superteen / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
Barry Grossman (credited)
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
Characters:
Superteen [Betty Cooper]; Waldo Weatherbee; The Consumer; Archie Andrews; Elmer Flutesnoot; Geraldine Grundy; Jughead Jones
Synopsis:
Superteen battles the Consumer, an alien monster who can eat anything and anyone. She has to back down when the Consumer threatens to devour Archie, but luckily Jughead's eating power is greater than any alien's.
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Indexer Notes

The first Superteen story that isn't a dream sequence.

A note in the splash page establishes the rule that the source of Superteen's power is her ponytail.

Food Demon
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Superteen / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Dan DeCarlo (credited)
Inks:
Rudy Lapick (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
Characters:
Superteen [Betty Cooper]; The Consumer; Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]
Synopsis:
When the Consumer returns to Riverdale, Superteen is there to stop him.
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Cold Cash!
(Table of Contents: 11)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Bob White (credited)
Inks:
Mario Acquaviva (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Mario Acquaviva (credited)
  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
Characters:
Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Ice Cube; Witch Doctor; The Head; Hiram Lodge; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Pureheart battles Ice Cube, who is after Lodge's millions!
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Indexer Notes

This story is told in two parts (8 pp. & 5 pp.).

Evilheart's Revenge!
(Table of Contents: 12)

Pureheart the Powerful / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Frank Doyle (credited)
Pencils:
Bill Vigoda (credited)
Inks:
Mario Acquaviva (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Mario Acquaviva (credited)
  • Genre:adventure; humor; superhero; teen
Characters:
Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge
Synopsis:
Reggie discovers that just as Archie can transform into Pureheart the Powerful by calling on his inner goodness, he can use his inner rottenness to turn into that caped fink, Evilheart.
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Indexer Notes

First appearance of Evilheart. Story in two parts (8 pp. & 5 pp.).

[Life with Archie #26 Variant Cover]
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SuperTeens / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page

Pencils:
Jamal Igle (signed as Igle)
Inks:
Jamal Igle (signed as Igle)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Superteen; Pureheart the Powerful; Captain Hero; Evilheart
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[Jughead #6 Variant Cover]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Jughead / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
  • Genre:teen
Characters:
Superteen; Pureheart the Powerful; Evilheart; Captain Hero; Veronica Lodge
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[Archie as Pureheart the Powerful #1]
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Pureheart the Powerful / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

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Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; teen; humor
Characters:
Pureheart the Powerful
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie as Pureheart the Powerful #2]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Pureheart the Powerful / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Script:
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Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; teen; humor
Characters:
Pureheart the Powerful [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Tar-man the Terrible
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie as Pureheart the Powerful #3]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Pureheart the Powerful / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
Characters:
Pureheart [Archie Andrews]; Evilheart [Reggie Mantle]; Ice Cube; Veronica Lodge
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

[Archie as Capt. Pureheart #4]
(Table of Contents: 18)

Pureheart the Powerful / cover reprint (on interior page) / 0.25 page

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Letters:
  • Genre:humor; superhero; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't dare miss this double-action, double-daring double feature
Characters:
Archie Andrews [as Captain Pureheart]; Veronica Lodge
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Indexer Notes

Credits from the index of the original printing, no credits listed in this digest.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens
  2. [no title indexed]
  3. [Archie's Superteens versus Crusaders #1 Connecting Cover]
    The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens
  4. [Archie's Superteens versus Crusaders #2 Connecting Cover]
    The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens
  5. ["Why do we have to take Abbey Road to school every day?"]
    The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens
  6. ["Black Hood is down!"]
    The Mighty Crusaders; SuperTeens
  7. An Eye for an Eye!
    Archie
  8. The Bomb Master
    Captain Hero
  9. Terror in the Center Ring
    Pureheart the Powerful
  10. Dinner for One
    Superteen
  11. Food Demon
    Superteen
  12. Cold Cash!
    Pureheart the Powerful
  13. Evilheart's Revenge!
    Pureheart the Powerful
  14. [Life with Archie #26 Variant Cover]
    SuperTeens
  15. [Jughead #6 Variant Cover]
    Jughead
  16. [Archie as Pureheart the Powerful #1]
    Pureheart the Powerful
  17. [Archie as Pureheart the Powerful #2]
    Pureheart the Powerful
  18. [Archie as Pureheart the Powerful #3]
    Pureheart the Powerful
  19. [Archie as Capt. Pureheart #4]
    Pureheart the Powerful
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