CREATOR

Name: Fawcett Publications (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1919 by Wilford Hamilton Fawcett (1885-1940). After his death one of his sons, Roscoe, took over keeping the company a family business. Stopped in 1953.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Fawcett in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation never used a logo on their comic book front covers. The only identification (if any!) was the rather inconspicuous line A Fawcett Publication.

 

 

MAIN STORY
The series premiered in 1941. Stopped in 1943 after 11 issues.

The starring character is Alan Armstrong, who is a master detective armed with a number of gadgets, which he uses in his encounters with foreign spies trying to infiltrate the USA during World War 2. Armstrong disguises himself as a superhero appropriately named Spy Smasher. When the war ended the series continued under the title Crime Smasher.

A new, independent series also titled Spy Smasher emerged in 2007 and features a female government agent by the name of Katarina Armstrong.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Spy Smasher

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#2 - 1941
#4 - 1942
#5 - 1942

#7 - 1942
#9 - 1942
#10 - 1943

 

 

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