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Issue: Spy Smasher #4 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #4 of 11 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagFawcett
Brand: A Fawcett Publication [Triangle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Fawcett Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/27/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): France Herron
Disclose Notes: Randy Scott data

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.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]
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In Content Item: FlagSpy Smasher [Mighty Midget Comic] #11 [Artwork Cover] published January 1942
as Spy Smasher [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #38 published January 2003
as The Man in the Iron Mask [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagSpy Smasher #51 published ?
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Jerry Bails' Who Who where it is reported that this cover is Steinberg's first work for Fawcett.
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The Crime of Pearl Harbor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin
Inker(s): Emil Gershwin ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 18
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The Man in the Iron Mask

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Character(s): Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Smithers (construction foreman); The Man in the Iron Mask (villain, unnamed German musician, death); Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo)
Synopsis: Admiral Corby takes Alan and Eve out to see the reconstruction of Castle Fenmore into an American fort and is saved from death by Alan. Soon, the trio hear weird music and the admiral relates facts about a mysterious "Man in the Iron Mask," rumored to be a foreign agent wanting to sabotage American defenses. Spotting the villain, Alan changes to Spy Smasher and confronts the man, who escapes, then begins killing off the construction workers.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #38 published January 2003
as The Man in the Iron Mask [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpy Smasher #51 published ?
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: Script credit from Bill Schelly, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).
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Murder Tests a Bomber

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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George Washington, Hope of the Patriots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Thrilling Spy Tales
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Pages: 6
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Old Soldiers March Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
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Pages: 9
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The Stolen Battleship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin
Inker(s): Emil Gershwin ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage, superhero
Feature(s): Spy Smasher
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #41 published January 2003
as The Stolen Battleship [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12

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