Spy Smasher #4 Values

Publisher: Fawcett, 1942

About Spy Smasher #4

When ranking the great patriotic covers of the Golden Age, don't overlook this one! The Spy Smasher (alias wealthy playboy Alan Armstrong) is the scourge of Fifth Columnists everywhere. Irvin Steinberg cover featuring the U.S. Capitol.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]

Pencils: Irvin Steinberg

Inks: Irvin Steinberg

Notes: Steele, Ware, and Vadeboncoeur doubt the Mac Raboy art credits. Steinberg is credited on pencils and ink on the cover for Spy Smasher #4 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. His first work for Fawcett.

Reprints: Spy Smasher [Mighty Midget Comic] (Samuel E. Lowe & Co., 1942 series) #11 (1942)

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: The Crime of Pearl Harbor

Pages: 18.000

Pencils: Emil Gershwin

Inks: Emil Gershwin ?

Title: The Man In the Iron Mask

Characters: 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.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Emil Gershwin

Inks: Emil Gershwin

Notes: Script credit by Craig Delich, per Bill Schelly, in Alter Ego #147 (July 2017).

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	18
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20

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