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Issue: Men of Mystery Spy Smasher Special #1

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Publication Date: January 2005

Issue #1

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Issues: #1 of 1 Issue

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Variant: unnamed

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Publisher: Flag

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Indicia Publisher: AC Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: none

Pages: 52

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $7.95 USD

Indicia Frequency: none

Content Items: 10 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Bill Black; Mark Heike (associate editor)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color cover; black and white interior

Dimensions: 6.0" x 10.0" (15.2 cm x 25.4 cm)

Paper Stock: glossy cover

Binding: saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: one-shot

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1 Content Item from another Issue reprinted as/in this Issue:

Spy Smasher #2 published January 1941 was The Red Death [Story on Interior Page(s)] in black and white

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Content Items (10 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Penciller(s): Mac Raboy

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Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Spy Smasher

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]

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Pages: 1

Notes: Pencil credits from AC Comics website.

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Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ? (photos)

Inker(s): ? (photos)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Spy Smasher; AC Comics; Smarty Pants Entertainment

Character(s): Spy Smasher (photos of Kane Richmond)

First Line: Comic book heroes come to life in action dvds from Smarty Pants Entertainment!

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Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover.
House ad for Spy Smasher serial dvd.
Indicia below ad.

The Red Death

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Manly Wade Wellman

Penciller(s): Charles Sultan

Inker(s): Charles Sultan

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Spy Smasher

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; General Noosan (death); Jackson; The Red Death (villain, introduction, death); Mousey (villain, death); Hermann Fritz (villain)

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 15

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Spy Smasher Comics

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: espionage, superhero, war

Feature(s): Captain Marvel Jr.; Commando Yank; Spy Smasher; Mary Marvel

Character(s): Captain Marvel, Jr. [Freddy Freeman]; Commando Yank [Chase Yale]; Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Mary Marvel [Mary Batson]

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Pages: 1

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

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Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Spy Smasher

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Eve Corby; Herr Sinz; Admiral Corby

First Line: What can even the invincible Spy Smasher do when he is left to die a hideous death?

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Pages: 13

America Beware

Text Article on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bill Black

Penciller(s): Robert Hack [as Hack] (signed); C. C. Beck [as Beck]; Mac Raboy ?; ? (photos)

Inker(s): ? (illustrations); ? (photos)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Spy Smasher

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Bulletman [Jim Barr]; Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Ibis; Mr. Scarlet [Brian Butler]; Spy Smasher (photos of Kane Richmond); Eve Corby (photo of Marguerite Chapman); The Mask (photo of Hans Schumm)

Synopsis: Extensive history of Spy Smasher in early comic books, and a detailed chapter-by-chapter description of the 1942 Republic Spy Smasher serial.

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Pages: 4

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin

Inker(s): Emil Gershwin ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Spy Smasher

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Baron Grimm; Admiral Corby; Judge Vasquez

First Line: Federal Court-- in New York City-- where the infamous Baron Grimm… stands trial on a charge of espionage!

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Pages: 9

Notes: Art credits from Bill Black.

Spy Smasher vs. Pie Masher

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Genres: espionage

Feature(s): Spy Smasher

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Señor La Caramba; Eve Corby; Herr Schultz; Dot; Pie Masher

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Pages: 5

[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Spy Smasher

Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]

First Line: Yes, sir, wherever there's action you'll find… Spy Smasher

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Pages: 1

Notes: Vintage house ad for Spy Smasher comics.

Fiend Without a Face/ Black Sabbath/ Black Sunday

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

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Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ? (photos); ? (dvd covers)

Inker(s): ? (photos); ? (dvd covers)

Colorist(s): ? (dvd covers)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): AC Comics; Smarty Pants Entertainment

Character(s): Major Jeff Cummings (photo of Marshall Thompson); Gorka (photo of Boris Karloff); Sdenka (photo of Susy Andersen); Katia Vajda (photo of Barbara Steele)

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Pages: 2

Notes: House ad for dvd's of films Fiend Without a Face (1958), Black Sabbath (1963), Black Sunday (1960) and others. Back cover in color.
Inside back cover and back cover.