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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published November 25, 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Rod Reed?

Cover Details

Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Alex Blum?
Inks Alex Blum?

1 page filler "contents page"

13 page Spy Smasher story "The Deserter"

Characters Leslie Wallace (Intro)
Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Alex Blum?
Inks Alex Blum?

13 page Spy Smasher story "Krishnu, Prophet of Evil"

Characters Krishnu (Villain; Intro; a German spy)
Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Emil Gershwin?
Inks Emil Gershwin?

2 page text story "Bright Flames of War"

Script Carl Formes
Letters typeset

16 page Spy Smasher story "The Quest of the Secret Weapon"

Characters Benito Mussolini (Villain); Nazis (Villain); Leonardo Da Vinci (Cameo)
Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Emil Gershwin

6 page Sir Butch story "Loki and the Man In the Moon"

Characters Loki (Villain; Intro); the Man in the Moon (Intro); Atlas (Intro)
Script Dave Berg
Pencils Dave Berg
Inks Dave Berg
Notes this story out of sequence, intended for next issue

10 page Spy Smasher story "On Convoy Duty"

Characters Herman (Villain; Intro); Migo (Villain; Intro)
Genre spy; superhero
Pencils Emil Gershwin?
Inks Emil Gershwin?