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Publisher: Fawcett

Title: Spy Smasher
Issue: 5
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: June 24, 1942
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Otto Binder ?

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Spy Smasher #5
Owner: walclark

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Spy Smasher
Pages:1
Pencils:Gus Ricca ?
Inks:Gus Ricca ?
Letters:typeset
Genre:spy; superhero
Characters:Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; George Washington (Mount Rushmore); Thomas Jefferson (Mount Rushmore); Theodore Roosevelt (Mount Rushmore); Abraham Lincoln (Mount Rushmore); Nazis


Story Title: Another Fawcett Movie Star! - advertisement
Features:Captain Marvel; Spy Smasher
Pages:1
Letters:?; typeset (some)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]


Story Title: These Smash Stories Inside! - table of contents
Features:Spy Smasher
Pages:1
Pencils:various
Inks:various
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Victory Battalion [Al Bronson; Jimmy; rest un-named]; Bruno (villain)


Story Title: Death Over Washington - comic story
Features:Spy Smasher
Pages:17
Pencils:Emil Gershwin
Inks:Emil Gershwin
Genre:spy; superhero
Characters:Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Thompson (death); Senator Williams; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Death [Baroness Von Todt] (villain, introduction, death); "Satan" (villain, introduction, a German spy, death)
Synopsis:The death of USN Admiral Thompson by a figure called Death peaks the interest of Alan Armstrong and Spy Smasher takes a hand to track down the foul villain. After being captured by Satan and taken down to a fiery pit of fire and brimstone, Spy Smasher discovers he is in the company of high U.S. officials that have been kidnapped in order to gain Death (and the Nazis) vital military secrets.


Story Title: Wow Comics - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Pencils:various
Inks:various
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:Mister Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky; Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone]


Story Title: The Two-Faced Killer! - comic story
Features:Spy Smasher
Pages:13
Pencils:Emil Gershwin
Inks:Emil Gershwin
Genre:spy; superhero
Characters:Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Casey (private detective); Henry Grogan (investigator, death); Bruno [as Williams] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:The murder of an investigator gets Admiral Corby involved in getting Spy Smasher to track down the murderer, not knowing the killer is actually in disguise and working under Admiral Corby's command in order to steal Naval secrets.


Story Title: The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men! - comic story
Features:Thrilling Spy Tales
Pages:6
Pencils:Harry Anderson
Inks:Harry Anderson
Genre:spy
Characters:Mrs. Greenhow (introduction, Confederate spy); BG Irvin McDowell (guest star); President Abraham Lincoln (guest star); General George B. McClellan (guest star); Allan Pinkerton (guest star)
Synopsis:Union disaster after Union disaster is known to have been caused by Confederate spy, Mrs. Greenhow, but how to get proof? President Lincoln puts the head of the Federal Secret Service, Allan Pinkerton, on the job to get that proof!


Story Title: Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher - comic story
Features:Spy Smasher
Pages:11
Pencils:Emil Gershwin
Inks:Emil Gershwin
Genre:spy; superhero
Characters:Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; America Smasher (villain)
Synopsis:America Smasher escapes from the FBI agent guarding him and steps up his attack on America's morale by projecting propaganda films on a giant screen in the sky, and when the screen is destroyed, shines them on buildings. It is up to Spy Smasher to figure out where he is projecting from so that he can stop the propaganda.


Story Title: The Chinese Pheasant - text story
Pages:2
Pencils:? (illustration)
Inks:? (illustration)
Letters:typeset
Genre:war
Characters:Steve Laston; Japanese (villains, all die)
Synopsis:Steve investigates a spooky old house after a British naval attaché is found murdered and robbed of vital papers containing part of the Allied plans for naval strategy.


Story Title: The Victory Battalion - comic story
Features:Spy Smasher
Pages:13
Pencils:Emil Gershwin
Inks:Emil Gershwin
Genre:spy; superhero
Characters:Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; The Victory Battalion [Al Bronson; Jimmy; others unnamed] (Spy Smasher's kid club, introduction); unnamed museum professor; Herr Schnitzel; his spies [Louie the Bull; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:Al and Jimmy stumble onto a group of spies who are going to be smuggled aboard the freighter "Sea Gull", which will then join a convoy. The spies are then to signal a German submarine so that the sub can sink all the ships in the convoy. Spy Smasher becomes involved when Jimmy is captured by the spies and taken aboard the freighter.


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