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Spy Smasher (1941) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Spy Smasher (1941) 1
    Published 1941 by Fawcett.
    • Largely complete, but first wrap is detached, split at spine, and damaged, slightly affecting art and story.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover art by Charles Sultan. Spy Smasher story starring Dark Angel (intro) and Franklin D. Roosevelt, art by Charles Sultan. Spy Smasher story starring Vikranz and Hans Bokmann, art by Charles Sultan. Shoot To Kill text story by Carl Formes (La Rac Semrof). Sabotage in the Training Camps starring Spy Smasher and Herman, art by Charles Sultan. Here Come the Indians starring Spy Smasher and War Hatchet, art by Charles Sultan. Spy Smasher wears his brown costume in this issue. 68 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #7
    Spy Smasher (1941) 7
    • INCOMPLETE. Piece from last page and majority of back cover missing, interrupts art and story. 1/2" spine split. Cover coming loose at one staple and centerfold detached at one staple.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Stories and art by Dave Berg, Mac Raboy and Emil Gershwin. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. Spy Smasher discovers the vampire weapon of the Third Reich known as The Terror in Exile. In a story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg, Sir Butch takes on neighborhood tyrant Floda Reltih (spell it backwards). Spy Smasher aids The Komitaji, Yugoslav guerilla fighters of the Resistance. Contents page art by Mac Raboy. Cover features a photo promoting the Spy Smasher Republic movie serial. (Fawcett's characters pioneered the live-action superhero movie.) The Terror in Exile; Death Visits the Dentist; The Adventure of the Golden Wasp. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Spy Smasher (1941) 8
    • Slight amateur restoration
    • Paper: White
    • Amateur Restoration Includes: small amount of color touch on cover and tear seal on back cover.
    • Label #7007107-AB-006

    Stories and art by Dave Berg, Alex Blum and Al Camy. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. In a sort of primitive version of The Da Vinci Code, Spy Smasher learns that Da Vinci desgined a destructive secret weapon and hid the plans in a code, and he must find it before the Nazis do. Spy Smasher faces gladiatorial combat in the Roman Arena. A draftee deserts rather than serve in WWII, and soon he's recruited by Axis agents, but Spy Smasher offers him a chance at redemption. Plus a story by future Mad "Lighter Side" artist Dave Berg. The Deserter; Krishnu, Prophet of Evil; Bright Flames of War; The Quest of the Secret Weapon; On Convoy Duty. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11
    Spy Smasher (1941) 11
    Published Feb 1943 by Fawcett.
    • Interior is complete. Remaindered copy, cut through first wrap. Corner chipping.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Stories and art by Tom McNamara and others. One of Fawcett's most popular superheroes, Spy Smasher fights saboteurs, fifth columnists, Quislings and collaborators during WWII. In South America, Spy Smasher realizes that Vasquez has been kidnapped and replaced by an Axis imposter. Spy Smasher investigates "haunted" defense plants, where he sees strange ghostly shapes and machines moving of their own accord. A mysterious soldier of fortune with no homeland begins to work for the Axis, in a story that features a Nazi-punching two-page opening spread. The Phantom Machines!; Menace over South America!; The Demlins; The Man Without a Flag!; Dead Mans Vengeance; The Battle-Scarred Cloak! Final issue of the series; Spy Smasher's adventures continued in Whiz Comics, where he became Crime Smasher after the war, and had a one-issue series under that title. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.