Spy Smasher Vol 1 5

"Death Over Washington": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Death Over Washington"
Cover
Spy Smasher Vol 1 #5
June, 1942
Publisher	Fawcett Publications
Executive Editor	Ralph Daigh
Cover Artists	Gus Ricca
Death Over Washington
Pencilers	Emil Gershwin
Inkers	Emil Gershwin
Editors	Al Allard
The Two-Faced Killer!
Pencilers	Emil Gershwin
Inkers	Emil Gershwin
Thrilling Spy Tales: "The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men!"
Pencilers	Harry Anderson
Inkers	Harry Anderson
Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher
Pencilers	Emil Gershwin
Inkers	Emil Gershwin
Spy Smasher: "The Victory Battalion"
Pencilers	Emil Gershwin
Inkers	Emil Gershwin
Previous Issue	Spy Smasher # 4
Next Issue	Spy Smasher # 6

You boys helped a lot on this case! I'm going to christen you my Victory Battalion. Whenever I can use your help in rounding up our country's enemies, you can bet you'll hear from me!

— Spy Smasher

Spy Smasher #5 is an issue of the series Spy Smasher (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1942.

Appearing in "Death Over Washington"

Featured Characters:

• Spy Smasher

Supporting Characters:

• Eve Corby
• Admiral Corby

Antagonists:

• Death (Baroness von Todt) (Single appearance; dies)
  • "Satan" (German agent) (Dies)

Other Characters:

• Admiral Thompson (Dies)
• Senator Williams

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
  • Capitol Building
  • extensive caves beneath the city

Vehicles:

• Gyrosub (Mentioned only)
  

Appearing in "The Two-Faced Killer!"

Featured Characters:

• Spy Smasher

Supporting Characters:

• Eve Corby
• Admiral Corby

Antagonists:

• Bruno, as Williams (Corby's Assistant)

Other Characters:

• Casey, private detective
• four other detectives
• Henry Grogan, investigator (Dies)

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
  • Naval Intelligence Headquarters
    

Appearing in Thrilling Spy Tales: "The Woman Who Doomed a Million Men!"

Featured Characters:

• Allan Pinkerton

Supporting Characters:

• Abraham Lincoln
• General George B. McClellan

Antagonists:

• Mrs. Greenhow
• Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard
  • his troops

Other Characters:

• Brigadier General Irvin McDowell
  • his 35,000 troops

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
• Manassas, Virginia

Dates:

• 1861
  

Appearing in "Spy Smasher Vs. America Smasher"

Featured Characters:

• Spy Smasher

Supporting Characters:

• Eve Corby
• Admiral Corby

Antagonists:

• America Smasher

Other Characters:

• 
  

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
  • Naval Intelligence Headquarters
  • Admiral Corby's apartment
  • Acme Movie Studio, at 16th & Market

Vehicles:

• Gyrosub
• two blimps (Destroyed)
  

Appearing in Spy Smasher: "The Victory Battalion"

Featured Characters:

• Spy Smasher

Supporting Characters:

• Victory Battalion (First appearance)
  • Al Bronson
  • Jimmy
  • four others

Antagonists:

• Herr Schnitzel
  • his (seven or more) spies, Louie the Bull, Hugo, et.al.
  • twenty more saboteurs

Other Characters:

• Museum Professor

Locations:

• Washington, D.C.
  • Waterfront Warehouses
  • Armstrong's apartment

Items:

• poisoned sword

Vehicles:

• "Sea Gull" freight steamship

Notes

• "Death Over Washington": Eve Corby knows of a honeycomb of caves running under Washington, D.C. Nobody else seems to know about them, or remember them.
• The Victory Battalion kid gang established in this issue was a promotional tie-in for the Spy Smasher serial.
• Also featured in this issue of Spy Smasher was:
  • "The Chinese Pheasant" (text story, featuring Steve Laston) by Paul Sinderson

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Spy Smasher series
• Images from Spy Smasher Vol 1 5

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