Spy Smasher #5 Pennsylvania pedigree (Fawcett, 1942) CGC VF+ 8.5 Off-white pages. Less than a year after Mount Rushmore was ...

Auction amount: $1,035.00

Sold: Oct 15, 2005

Spy Smasher #5 Values

Publisher: Fawcett, 1942

About Spy Smasher #5

Mount Rushmore / Nazi-punching cover.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; George Washington (Mount Rushmore); Thomas Jefferson (Mount Rushmore); Theodore Roosevelt (Mount Rushmore); Abraham Lincoln (Mount Rushmore); Nazis

Pencils: Gus Ricca ?

Inks: Gus Ricca ?

Letters: typeset

STORY DETAILS

(6 Stories)

Title: Death Over Washington

Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Thompson (death); Senator Williams; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Death [Baroness Von Todt] (villain, introduction, death); "Satan" (villain, introduction, a German spy, death)

Synopsis: The death of USN Admiral Thompson by a figure called Death peaks the interest of Alan Armstrong and Spy Smasher takes a hand to track down the foul villain. After being captured by Satan and taken down to a fiery pit of fire and brimstone, Spy Smasher discovers he is in the company of high U.S. officials that have been kidnapped in order to gain Death (and the Nazis) vital military secrets.

Pages: 17.000

Pencils: Emil Gershwin

Inks: Emil Gershwin

Notes: Story taken from contents page, while splash page box says "Death Itself Must Die!" Art formerly attributed to Gene McDonald with a question mark. The Gershwin attribution is from the reprint.

Title: The Two-Faced Killer!

Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; Casey (private detective); Henry Grogan (investigator, death); Bruno [as Williams] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The murder of an investigator gets Admiral Corby involved in getting Spy Smasher to track down the murderer, not knowing the killer is actually in disguise and working under Admiral Corby's command in order to steal Naval secrets.

Pages: 13.000

Pencils: Emil Gershwin

Inks: Emil Gershwin

Notes: Art formerly attributed to Gene McDonald with a question mark. The Gershwin attribution is from the reprint.

Title: The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men!

Characters: Mrs. Greenhow (introduction, Confederate spy); BG Irvin McDowell (guest star); President Abraham Lincoln (guest star); General George B. McClellan (guest star); Allan Pinkerton (guest star)

Synopsis: Union disaster after Union disaster is known to have been caused by Confederate spy, Mrs. Greenhow, but how to get proof? President Lincoln puts the head of the Federal Secret Service, Allan Pinkerton, on the job to get that proof!

Pages: 6.000

Pencils: Harry Anderson

Inks: Harry Anderson

Notes: Art credits from the reprint.

Title: Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher

Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; Admiral Corby; Eve Corby; America Smasher (villain)

Synopsis: America Smasher escapes from the FBI agent guarding him and steps up his attack on America's morale by projecting propaganda films on a giant screen in the sky, and when the screen is destroyed, shines them on buildings. It is up to Spy Smasher to figure out where he is projecting from so that he can stop the propaganda.

Pages: 11.000

Pencils: Emil Gershwin

Inks: Emil Gershwin

Notes: Story title taken from contents page title. The first sentence in the story is "Fighting flesh-and-blood spies is hard enough work." Art formerly credited to Gene McDonald with a ?. Art identification from reprint.

Title: The Chinese Pheasant

Characters: Steve Laston; Japanese (villains, all die)

Synopsis: Steve investigates a spooky old house after a British naval attaché is found murdered and robbed of vital papers containing part of the Allied plans for naval strategy.

Pages: 2.000

Script: Paul Sinderson (signed)

Pencils: ? (illustration)

Inks: ? (illustration)

Letters: typeset

Title: The Victory Battalion

Characters: Spy Smasher [Alan Armstrong]; The Victory Battalion [Al Bronson; Jimmy; others unnamed] (Spy Smasher's kid club, introduction); unnamed museum professor; Herr Schnitzel; his spies [Louie the Bull; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis: Al and Jimmy stumble onto a group of spies who are going to be smuggled aboard the freighter "Sea Gull", which will then join a convoy. The spies are then to signal a German submarine so that the sub can sink all the ships in the convoy. Spy Smasher becomes involved when Jimmy is captured by the spies and taken aboard the freighter.

Pages: 13.000

Pencils: Emil Gershwin

Inks: Emil Gershwin

Notes: Story title taken from the contents page. Art formerly attributed to Gene McDonald with a question mark. The Gershwin attribution is from the reprint. The last panel in the story informs the readers that they should ask a theatre manager showing the Spy Smasher serial to give them a Victory Battalion button.

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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	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Total	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19

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