Spy Smasher #11 is an issue of the series Spy Smasher (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 1943.
Synopsis for "The Phantom Machines"
Appearing in "The Phantom Machines"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hotsu Totsi, spy
- three or more thugs
Other Characters:
- Superintendent Stevens
- many factory workers
- Old Ike, night watchman
- Jim, workman (Dies)
Locations:
- Western Steel Aircraft Factory
Synopsis for "Menace Over South America"
Appearing in "Menace Over South America"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Pedro Castillas
- his Chilitinian thugs
- Herr Dimwitzen
- his uniformed Stormtroopers
Other Characters:
- President Vasquez
- Chilitinian Townspeople (some die)
Locations:
- Caribbean Sea
- South America
- Chilitina, small neutral republic on the Caribbean Coast
- capital city
- Sugar Loaf Mountain
- Chilitina, small neutral republic on the Caribbean Coast
Vehicles:
- Armstrong's Armed Yacht
- Chilitinian Gunboat
- German U-boat
Synopsis for Demlins: "Kite On the Roof"
Appearing in Demlins: "Kite On the Roof"
Featured Characters:
- Pippa Demlin
- Mimma Demlin
- Demon Demlin
- Dora Demlin
Other Characters:
- Pinkie Wilkins
- Buck Crochety
Synopsis for "Man Without a Flag"
Appearing in "Man Without a Flag"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Emanuel Gonzales, the Man Without a Flag
Other Characters:
- Sam Blake, Star-Bugle reporter
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- Naval Intelligence Headquarters
Items:
- Second Front Invasion Plans
Vehicles:
- Gyrosub
- M.W.A.Flag's submarine
- U.S. merchant ship
- German submarine (Destroyed)
Synopsis for "The Battle-Scarred Cloak"
Appearing in "The Battle-Scarred Cloak"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Herr Spitz
- many thugs
- Fritz
Locations:
- Washington, D.C.
- Naval Intelligence Headquarters
- 88 Argyle Avenue
Items:
- Spy Smasher's Cloak
Notes
- First story, sixth page, second panel: Admiral Corby at last does know Alan Armstrong's secret identity. From February 1940, until this issue, three years later, captions have been telling the reader that only Eve Corby knows Spy Smasher's identity. This man was the top officer of the U.S. Naval Intelligence service.
- Final caption on last page of first story promises "Next Month.. Another Four Fight-Full SPY SMASHER Adventures!", but this is the last issue.
- Final caption on last page of second story encourages the reader to "Watch Spy Smasher wage terrific war on this Axis .. in a new, different magazine ...... ALL HERO COMICS! You will find the first dynamic number ..... on sale at your favorite newsstand NOW!" This comic, like Spy Smasher #12, never appeared.
- This issue's third Spy Smasher story is narrated by Spy Smasher, in diary form. Also in this story, after three years of extremely careless identity switching, for the first time ever, Spy Smasher's secret identity is discovered, by a nosy newspaper reporter.
- Final caption on last page of last story again plugs the never-published "ALL HERO COMICS!"
- Villains:
- Hotsu Totsi falls off the roof of a factory building. We don't see him land and we're not told how tall the building is; his fate is uncertain.
- Herr Ditwitzen wears a monocle. He is not seen in the story's final melee, and is assumed to have escaped. His Chilitinian subordinate, Pedro Castillas, ends up in Chilitinian custody.
- Emanuel Gonzalez wears a monocle, and a cape. He and his submarine escape from Spy Smasher.
- Herr Spitz wears a monocle. He and many of his henchmen are arrested by Federal authorities.
- Also featured in this issue of Spy Smasher was:
- "Dead Man's Vengeance" (text story) by Ray Tender
See Also
Links and References
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