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| Date | | Number: 5 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Spy Smasher 5 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | The indicia lists W. H. Fawcett, Jr. as President, Elliott D. Odell as Advertising Director, Roscoe K. Fawcett as Circulation Director, Ralph Deigh as Editorial Director, and Al Allard as Art Director. The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| 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 |
| Pencils | Gus Ricca ? |
| Inks | Gus Ricca ? |
| Advertisement | Another Fawcett Movie Star! (1 page) |
| Feature | Captain Marvel |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong] |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Promotional illustrated advertisement for the Spy Smasher serial. |
| Contents | These Smash Stories Inside! (1 page) |
| Feature | Spy Smasher |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Victory Battalion [Al Bronson; Jimmy; rest un-named]; Bruno (villain) |
| Comic Story | Death Over Washington / Spy Smasher (17 pages) |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Pencils | Emil Gershwin |
| Inks | Emil Gershwin |
| Notes | Story taken from contents page, while splash page box says "Death Itself Must Die!" Art formerly attributed to Gene McDonald with a question mark. The Gershwin attribution is from the reprint. |
| Publisher advertisement | Wow Comics (1 page) |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Mister Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Pinky; Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; Phantom Eagle [Mickey Malone] |
| Notes | Illustrated promotional advertisement for the features in Wow Comics. |
| Comic Story | The Two-Faced Killer! / Spy Smasher (13 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Spy; Superhero |
| Characters | Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Casey (private detective); Henry Grogan (investigator, death); Bruno [as Williams] (villain, introduction) |
| Pencils | Emil Gershwin |
| Inks | Emil Gershwin |
| Notes | Art formerly attributed to Gene McDonald with a question mark. The Gershwin attribution is from the reprint. |
| Comic Story | The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men! (6 pages) |
| 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! |
| Feature | Thrilling Spy Tales |
| 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) |
| Pencils | Harry Anderson |
| Inks | Harry Anderson |
| Notes | Art credits from the reprint. |
| Comic Story | Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher / Spy Smasher (11 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Spy; Superhero |
| Characters | Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; America Smasher (villain) |
| Pencils | Emil Gershwin |
| Inks | Emil Gershwin |
| Notes | Story title taken from contents page title. The first sentence in the story is "Fighting flesh-and-blood spies is hard enough work." Art formerly credited to Gene McDonald with a ?. Art identification from reprint. |
| Text Story | The Chinese Pheasant (2 pages) |
| 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. |
| Script | Paul Sinderson (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | War |
| Characters | Steve Laston; Japanese (villains, all die) |
| Comic Story | The Victory Battalion / Spy Smasher (13 pages) |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Pencils | Emil Gershwin |
| Inks | Emil Gershwin |
| Notes | Story title taken from the contents page. Art formerly attributed to Gene McDonald with a question mark. The Gershwin attribution is from the reprint. The last panel in the story informs the readers that they should ask a theatre manager showing the Spy Smasher serial to give them a Victory Battalion button. |
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