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| Well, this is a bit of a weird one. Crime Smasher was formerly known as Spy Smasher (real name Alan Armstong), but has given up wearing a costume since the war ended. Yet it is undoubtedly Alan Armstrong, because here he is with his secretary Eve Corby, who was also the main supporting character in SPY SMASHER's comic. And it is more than a little strange that here is Alan Armstrong, walking around wearing normal everyday clothes, yet nobody ever refers to him as anything other than Crime Smasher (okay... sometimes "MR. Crime Smasher"). Even Eve Corby, who has been around long enough to know him back when people actually called him by his real name of Alan Armstrong. Apart from that oddity, this is pretty much your standard, straightforward Private Detective comic book. |
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| Publication | Summer 1948 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Featuring | Crime Smasher |
| Credits | Pencils: Earl Lonsbury | Inks: Earl Lonsbury |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery |
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| Contents | ...Contents... (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Trapping of Public Enemy No. 1 (13 pages) |
| Featuring | Crime Smasher |
| Credits | Pencils: Earl Lonsbury | Inks: Earl Lonsbury |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Crime Smasher; Eve Corby; Al Mone; unnamed doorman; Mone's henchmen; Rocky and two unnamed cross-dressing assailants; unnamed female and crew of thugs; Killer King |
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| Comic Story | Kills Us (1 page) |
| Featuring | Sherlock the Monk |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Sherlock the Monk; Uncle Gobbler (death); Gobbler's unnamed nieces |
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| Comic Story | The Last Request (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Crime Smasher |
| Credits | Pencils: Earl Lonsbury | Inks: Earl Lonsbury |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Crime Smasher; Eve Colby; Mr. Grimm; prison warden; Greg Ransel |
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| Comic Story | The Lumber Camp Mystery (5.85 pages) |
| Featuring | Richard Richard, Private Dick |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Richard Richard; Ah Choo; Flub Dub (dog); Tim Burr; unnamed lumberjacks |
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| Character profile | Nyoka |
| Featuring | Comix Cards |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Nyoka |
| Notes | A cut-out of Nyoka, promoting her title. |
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| Comic Story | The Unlucky Rabbit's Foot (7 pages) |
| Featuring | Crime Smasher |
| Credits | Pencils: Earl Lonsbury | Inks: Earl Lonsbury |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Crime Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Eve Corby; Humphrey Herold; Ray Herold (death); Chief and his thugs |
| Notes | Character next appearance (as Spy Smasher) in Justice League of America (DC 1959 series) #135.
Story ends on back cover. |
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