Crime Smasher comic books issue 1
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Issue #1
Published Oct 1950 by Trojan Magazines.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Stories and art by Robert Leslie Bellem, Adolphe Barreaux, Gene Leslie and Douglas March. Despite the title, not true "crime" comics, but mystery comics featuring detective heroes. This issue was used for illustration #20 in the anti-comics classic Seduction of the Innocent, and mentioned in the text of the book as well. Sally the Sleuth offers to act as a decoy to catch the killer preying on young women - this is the story that won Crime Smashers a spot in Seduction of the Innocent. Reporter Ray Hale investigates a "dope smuggler" who uses remote-control airplanes - but is beautiful Jane trying to help Ray, or kill him? Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective investigates after movie star Lana Lane seemingly murders a TV host during a live broadcast - but something doesn't add up. Sally The Sleuth: Death Bait; Ray Hale, News Ace: Dope Trail; Dan Turner: Televised Frame; Gail Ford, Girl Friday: Death on Display. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #1
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Cover by Earl Lonsbury. Stories and art by Earl Lonsbury and others. The WWII superhero formerly known as Spy Smasher starts a postwar career as a hardboiled private eye named Crime Smasher. Hired to deliver a mysterious package, Crime Smasher discovers a dead body and tries to figure out the meaning of the three-legged rabbit statue. Crime Smasher goes after a mob boss and his army of goons, facing a sinister trap by two thugs dressed as women. A Death Row inmate's last request is that Crime Smasher prove that his innocence by catching the real killer. The Trapping of Public Enemy No. 1; Sherlock the Monk; The Last Request; The Unlucky Rabbits Foot; Richard Richard, Private Dick: The Lumber Camp Mystery! Only issue of the series; the Spy Smasher character did not return until revived by DC in the famous "Earth-S" crossover in Justice League of America (1960 1st Series) in the 1970s. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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$108 CRIME SMASHER #1 VG (4.0) JANUARY 1948 SPY STORY FAWCETT COMICS $331 Crime Smasher #1 (Fawcett, 1948) CGC 5.0 (ONLY ISSUE) Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Issue #1
Published 1987 by Blue Comet.$2.65
$2.65
Genesis 27. Story by Dann Thomas and Roy Thomas. Art by Glenn Wong. Cover by Glenn Wong. A tale of mystery and murder by Marvel Comics legend Roy Thomas and his wife Dann. After his twin brother Jake is murdered, Shanghai smuggler Eliot assumes Jakes identity and sets out to find his killer. The story draws inspiration from such classic comics as Spy Smasher and Milton Caniffs Terry and the Pirates. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.80.
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$4 Crime-Smasher Special Edition Special #1 FN; Blue Comet | Roy Thomas - w/Bag+Boa Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
