Members
The Crusaders only appeared in Freedom Fighters #7-9. The names of the team are actually taken from obscure Golden Age superheroes.
- The Americommando - Based on Captain America, he was actually the Silver Ghost
- Barracuda - Based on Namor the Sub-Mariner
- Fireball - Based on the android Human Torch
- Rusty - Based on Bucky
- Sparky - Based on Toro
Updated versions of the Americommando and Barracuda have since appeared in the miniseries Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters (2006–2007), as part of the team called First Strike. However, it is doubtful that their pre-Crisis history is still canonical.
In Lord Havok and the Extremists, Barracuda and the Americommando are also members of Earth-8's Meta-Militia, an updated version of the Champions of Angor.
In the 2007–2008 Uncle Sam series, a new team of Crusaders, gathered and controlled by the government, were introduced including Captain Triumph, Citizen X, Libertine, and Magno. After they are freed from their mind-controlled state, they team up with Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters. Citizen X and Libertine are killed by alien insects, but Captain Triumph and Magno both go on to continue their superhero careers.
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