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Spy Smasher (real name Alan Armstrong) is a DC Comics superhero, formerly owned by Fawcett Comics.

Similar to Batman and the Modern Age Blue Beetle, Spy Smasher is a master detective, equipped with a number of gadgets and a specialized vehicle, the "Gyrosub", which was a combination airplane, automobile, and submarine. Created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck, Spy Smasher was introduced in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940). Alongside Captain Marvel, Spy Smasher became one of the magazine's most popular characters.

His name was changed to Crime Smasher after World War II ended. In 1953, Fawcett ceased publication of all superhero comics, after settling a lawsuit against DC Comics over Captain Marvel being an infringment on the copyright of Superman, agreeing to cease publishing Captain Marvel.

After DC Comics obtained the rights to the Fawcett characters in 1972, Spy Smasher began appearing irregularly in DC Comics, presented as one of the heroes of Earth-S prior to Crisis on Infinite Earths. The character was used prominently in the 1990s series The Power of Shazam!, in which aged Alan Armstrong often recounts his adventures as Spy Smasher. Power of Shazam! #24 was dedicated to Armstrong's recounting of a Cold War-era mission he undertook with an archaeologist named CC Batson to Batson's children, Billy and Mary.

Comic book appearances

Whiz Comics #1–83 (February 1940–March 1947)
America's Greatest Comics #1–6, 8 (1941–Summer 1943)
Spy Smasher #1–11 (Fall 1941–February 1943)
Crime Smasher #1 (1948)
Justice League of America #135 (October 1976)
The Power of Shazam! #8, 24–25 (October 1995, March–April 1997)
Men of Mystery #30, 33

Other media

In 1942, Spy Smasher was adapted into a popular 12-part film serial directed by William Witney for Republic Pictures. Spy Smasher featured actor Kane Richmond in the title role as an American freelance agent in Nazi-occupied France and Marguerite Chapman
as his imperiled fiancée, Eve Corby. Edited down to 100 minutes in 1966 the serial was re-released for television under the title Spy Smasher Returns.

An episode of Batman: The Animated Series, "Gray Ghost
", pays tribute to Spy Smasher.

Spy Smasher also made a brief appearance in an episode of Justice League Unlimited in a flashback sequence in which he prevents the creation of Captain Nazi.

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