Marvel Comics date. But by the end of the decade, Marvel's fortunes were reviving, thanks to the rise of direct market distribution—selling through those same comics-specialty stores instead of newsstands. Marvel ventured into audio in 1975 with a radio series and a record, both had Stan Lee as narrator. The radio series was Fantastic Four. The record was "Spider-Man: Rock Reflections of a Superhero" concept album for music fans. Marvel held its own comic book convention, Marvelcon '75, in spring 1975, and promised a Marvelcon '76. At the 1975 event, Stan Lee used a Fantastic Four panel discussion to announce that Jack
Crusader (Marvel Comics) alter reality within a radius of roughly 15 feet (4.6m) around him, giving him a sphere of reality he can alter. Crusader (Marvel Comics) Crusader is the name of different fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Two have made significant appearances and other are minor characters or aliases. The first Crusader first appeared in "Thor" #330 (April, 1983) and was created by writer Alan Zelenetz and penciller Bob Hall. The second is a Skrull superhero that first appeared in "Marvel Team-Up" vol. 3 #23 (Aug. 2006) and was created by Robert Kirkman and Andy Kuhn.