| SPY SMASHER (Alan Armstrong) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by Bill Parker and C.C. Beck |
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CHRONOLOGY
Spy Smasher first appeared in Whiz Comics #2 (February 1940) [Fawcett].
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Spy Smasher in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Spy Smasher Chronology
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As Spy Smasher |
| Whiz Comics #2 [1] (February 1940): [The Coming of Spy Smasher] |
| Whiz Comics #3 [2] (March 1940): [Spy Smasher Unmasks] |
| Whiz Comics #4 [3] (April 1940): [The Mask's Anti-Aircraft Gun] |
| Whiz Comics #5 [4] (May 1940): [The Mask Steals a Submarine] |
| Whiz Comics #5 (June 1940): [Schlitzoff's Spy Plot] |
| Whiz Comics #6 (July 1940): [Amusement Park Assassin] |
| Whiz Comics #7 (August 1940): [The Mask's Kidnapping Scheme] |
| Whiz Comics #8 (September 1940): [Menace of the Magnetic Mine] |
| Whiz Comics #9 (October 1940): [The Hypno-Ray Affair] |
| Whiz Comics #10 (November 1940): [The Mask's Secret Army] |
| Whiz Comics #11 (December 1940): [South American Sabotage] |
| Spy Smasher #1 (1940): [The Dark Angel] |
| Spy Smasher #1/2 (1940): [Vikranz and the Death Ray] |
| Spy Smasher #1/3 (1940): "Sabotage in the Training Camps" |
| Spy Smasher #1/4 (1940): "Here Come the Indians" |
| Whiz Comics #12 (January 1941): [The Mask's Fifth Column] |
| Whiz Comics #13 (February 1941): [Time Bomb on the White House] |
| America's Greatest Comics #1/4 (March 1941): [The Coming of America Smasher] |
| Whiz Comics #14 (March 1941): [The Mask's Secret Weapon] |
| Whiz Comics #15 (March 21, 1941): [The Corruption of Spy Smasher] |
| Whiz Comics #16 (April 18, 1941): [Confrontation with Spy Smasher] |
| Whiz Comics #16 (April 18, 1941): [The Trap for Eve Corby] |
| Whiz Comics #17 (May 16, 1941): [The Threat to Sterling Morris] |
| Whiz Comics #17 (May 16, 1941): [Confrontation with Captain Marvel] |
| Whiz Comics #18 (June 13, 1941): [The Awakening of Spy Smasher] |
| Whiz Comics #18 (June 13, 1941): [Fighting Side-By-Side with Captain Marvel] |
| Whiz Comics #19 (July 11, 1941): [Spy Smasher's Shakedown Cruise] |
| Whiz Comics #20 (August 8, 1941): [The Blitzys Strike] |
| Whiz Comics #21 (September 5, 1941): [Blitzing the Blitzys] |
| Whiz Comics #22 (October 3, 1941): [Showdown with Kurt Bund] |
| Whiz Comics #23 (October 31, 1941): [Schtinker's Mosquito Murders] |
| Whiz Comics #24 (November 28, 1941): [Herr Gloobel's Tornado Gun] |
| Whiz Comics #25 (December 26, 1941): [America Smasher's Ski-Tank] |
| Spy Smasher #2 (winter 1941): [The Red Death] |
| Spy Smasher #2/2 (winter 1941): [The Tigress] |
| Spy Smasher #2/3 (winter 1941): [America Smasher's Air Raid] |
| Spy Smasher #2/4 (winter 1941): [The Mystery of the Eye] |
| Whiz Comics #26 (January 23, 1942): [Spiggetti, the Knife-Throwing Saboteur] |
| America's Greatest Comics #2/4 (February 11, 1942): [The Spy Smasher Movie Peril] |
| Whiz Comics #27 (February 20, 1942): [The Skull Pendant of Baron Grimm] |
| Spy Smasher #3 (February 25, 1942): "Strange Things Go on in the South Seas" |
| Spy Smasher #3/2 (February 25, 1942): "For Fear of Little Men" |
| Spy Smasher #3/3 (February 25, 1942): "Can the Devil Return to Earth?" |
| Spy Smasher #3/4 (February 25, 1942): [The Fate of the Freighter Dix] |
| Whiz Comics #28 (March 20, 1942): "Wrestles for the World" |
| Whiz Comics #29 (April 17, 1942): "The Stolen Lighthouse" |
| Spy Smasher #4 (April 22, 1942): "The Crime of Pearl Harbor" |
| Spy Smasher #4/2 (April 22, 1942): "The Man in the Iron Mask" |
| Spy Smasher #4/3 (April 22, 1942): "Old Soldiers March Again" |
| Spy Smasher #4/4 (April 22, 1942): "The Stolen Battleship" |
| America's Greatest Comics #3/3 (May 13, 1942): "Leads the Freedom Fight" |
| Whiz Comics #30 (May 15, 1942): "Mr. Zero" |
| Whiz Comics #31 (June 12, 1942): "The Mailed Fist Strikes" |
| Spy Smasher #5 (June 24, 1942): "Death Over Washington" |
| Spy Smasher #5/2 (June 24, 1942): "The Two-Faced Killer" |
| Spy Smasher #5/3 (June 24, 1942): "Spy Smasher vs. America Smasher" |
| Spy Smasher #5/4 (June 24, 1942): "The Victory Battalion" |
| Whiz Comics #32 (July 10, 1942): "Spy Smasher Goes to Chinatown" |
| Whiz Comics #33 (August 7, 1942): "To Crush America's Phantom Foe" |
| America's Greatest Comics #4/2 (August 12, 1942): "Who Said the Pacific Islands Are Conquered?" |
| Spy Smasher #6 (August 26, 1942): "Once a Navy Man, Always a Navy Man" |
| Spy Smasher #6/2 (August 26, 1942): "Hideous Hideo" |
| Spy Smasher #6/3 (August 26, 1942): "The Ghost Squadron" |
| Spy Smasher #6/4 (August 26, 1942): "Grandpappy Swire and the 5th Column Fury" |
| Whiz Comics #34 (September 4, 1942): "The Island of Whanno" |
| Whiz Comics #35 (October 2, 1942): "The Eight Nazi Saboteurs" |
| Spy Smasher #7 (October 28, 1942): "The Jap Devil Dragon" |
| Spy Smasher #7/2 (October 28, 1942): "The Terror in Exile" |
| Spy Smasher #7/3 (October 28, 1942): "The Adventure of the Golden Wasp" |
| Spy Smasher #7/4 (October 28, 1942): [The Komitaji] |
| Whiz Comics #36 (October 30, 1942): "The Misfortune Teller" |
| Spy Smasher #8 (November 25, 1942): "The Deserter" |
| Spy Smasher #8/2 (November 25, 1942): "Krishnu, Prophet of Evil" |
| Spy Smasher #8/3 (November 25, 1942): "The Quest of the Secret Weapon" |
| Spy Smasher #8/4 (November 25, 1942): "On Convoy Duty" |
| Whiz Comics #37 (November 27, 1942): "The Nazi Lightning" |
| America's Greatest Comics #5/2 (December 16, 1942): "Battles the Bomber Birds" |
| Spy Smasher #9 (December 23, 1942): "The Blizzard Blitzkrieg" |
| Spy Smasher #9/2 (December 23, 1942): "The Amateur Dictator" |
| Spy Smasher #9/3 (December 23, 1942): "Spy Smasher in Tokyo" |
| Spy Smasher #9/4 (December 23, 1942): "Thirteen Steps to Doom" |
| Whiz Comics #38 (December 25, 1942): "The Phantom Sub" |
| Whiz Comics #39 (January 22, 1943): "The New Year's Eve Plot" |
| Spy Smasher #10 (January 27, 1943): "Why I Did Not Kill Hitler" |
| Spy Smasher #10/2 (January 27, 1943): "The Japanese Beetles" |
| Spy Smasher #10/3 (January 27, 1943): "Champion of a Kingdom" |
| Spy Smasher #10/4 (January 27, 1943): "The Faker" |
| America's Greatest Comics #6/2 (February 17, 1943): "Menace Over Niagara Falls" |
| Whiz Comics #40 (February 19, 1943): "The Nazis' Secret Weapon" |
| Spy Smasher #11 (February 26, 1943): "The Phantom Machines" |
| Spy Smasher #11/2 (February 26, 1943): "Menace Over South America" |
| Spy Smasher #11/3 (February 26, 1943): "Man Without a Flag" |
| Spy Smasher #11/4 (February 26, 1943): "The Battle-Scarred Cloak" |
| All Hero Comics #1 (March 17, 1943): "Hitler's Headsman" |
| Whiz Comics #41 (April 7, 1943): "The Bomber's Farm" |
| Whiz Comics #42 (May 7, 1943): "The Brazen Colossus of Japan" |
| Whiz Comics #43 (June 1943): "The Streamlined Treasure Island" |
| America's Greatest Comics #8/2 (summer 1943): "The Race Around the World" |
| America's Greatest Comics #8/4 (summer 1943): "The Filming of Spy Smasher's Downfall" |
| Whiz Comics #44 (July 1943): "Spy Smasher Joins the Junior Spy Smashers" |
| Whiz Comics #45 (August 1943): "Winds of Death" |
| Whiz Comics #46 (September 1943): "The Upside Down Mystery" |
| Whiz Comics #47 (October 1943): "The Siren's Song" |
| Whiz Comics #48 (November 1943): "Against the Vulture" |
| Whiz Comics #49 (December 1943): "The Wires of Death" |
| Whiz Comics #50 (January 1944): "The Mountain Menace of Horrido" |
| Whiz Comics #51 (February 1944): "Mystery of Spy Island" |
| Whiz Comics #52 (March 1944): "Spy Smasher Needles the Nazis" |
| Whiz Comics #53 (April 1944): "The Flowers of Fear" |
| Whiz Comics #54 (May 1944): "The Wreckers of Spy Harbor" |
| Whiz Comics #55 (June 1944): "Spy Smasher Blacks Out the Blackout Brigands" |
| Whiz Comics #56 (July 1944): "The Nazi Prisoners of War" |
| Whiz Comics #57 (August 1944): "Spy Smasher Awakens the Sleep Walkers" |
| Whiz Comics #58 (September 1944): "The Mild Mr. Meek" |
| Whiz Comics #59 (October 1944): "The Underpaid Spies" |
| Whiz Comics #60 (November 1944): "The Lost Land" |
| Whiz Comics #61 (December 1944): "Victory Treasure Hunt" |
| Whiz Comics #62 (February 1945): "The Butterflies of Doom" |
| Whiz Comics #63 (March 1945): "The Deadly Weapon" |
| Whiz Comics #64 (April 1945): "The Japanese Sandman" |
| Whiz Comics #65 (May 1945): "The Code in the Head" |
| Whiz Comics #66 (July 1945): "Spy Smasher vs. Pie Masher" |
| Whiz Comics #67 (September 1945): "Spy Smasher Fills Dead Man's Shoes" |
| Power of Shazam! #8 (October 1995): "After the Fall..." [Flashback] |
| Whiz Comics #68 (November-December 1945): "Hospital of Horror" |
| Whiz Comics #69 (December 1945): "The Nest of Spies" |
| Whiz Comics #70 (January 1946): "Spy Smasher Visits the Dentist" |
| Whiz Comics #71 (February 1946): "The Successful Failure" |
| Whiz Comics #72 (March 1946): "Treachery in Tibet" |
| Whiz Comics #73 (April 1946): "The Treacherous Tusks" |
| Whiz Comics #74 (May 1946): "The Exploding Mains" |
| Whiz Comics #75 (June 1946): "The Clue of the Red Hair" |
As Crime Smasher |
| Whiz Comics #76 (July 1946): "Introduces Crime Smasher" |
| Whiz Comics #77 (August 1946): "Triple Double Cross" |
| Whiz Comics #78 (September 1946): "Wanted for Murder" |
| Whiz Comics #79 (October 1946): "One Hour to Live" |
| Whiz Comics #80 (November 1946): "Peak of His Career" |
| Whiz Comics #81 (December 1946): "The Substitute for Trouble" |
| Whiz Comics #82 (February 1947): "The Footloose Cinderella" |
| Whiz Comics #83 (March 1947): "Crime Smasher Goes for a Ride" |
| Crime Smasher #1 (summer 1948): "The Trapping of Public Enemy No. 1" |
| Crime Smasher #1/2 (summer 1948): "The Last Request" |
| Crime Smasher #1/3 (summer 1948): "The Unlucky Rabbit's Foot" |
As Spy Smasher |
| Power of Shazam! #12 (February 1996): "End Game" [Flashback] |
| Power of Shazam! #24 (March 1997): "The Trail of the Scorpion" [Flashback] |
| Justice League of America #135 (October 1976): "Crisis in Eternity!" |
| Justice League of America #137 (December 1976): "Crisis in Tomorrow!" |
| Power of Shazam! #8 (October 1995): "After the Fall..." |
| Power of Shazam! #24 (March 1997): "The Trail of the Scorpion" |
| Power of Shazam! #27 (June 1997): "The Tenants of Time" |