History: Alan Armstrong took on the identity of Spy Smasher to keep America shores safe from Axis agents, and became a celebrated hero during WWII. He became friends with Bulletman, and together they clashed with Captain Nazi.

(Whiz Comics #37) - Admiral Corby told Alan Armstrong that Ally oil tankers kept getting sunk by lighting, and he wanted Spy-Smasher to investigate. Alan change to Spy-Smasher and met with Corby, who gave him an address to go to to interview a survivor. Spy-Smasher recognized “Corby” as an imposter. He was actually the nazi Von U, and the address was a set-up. Smasher freed Cory fom U, but U escaped. Spy-Smasher boarded an oil tanker and realized one of the men aboard was a spy attaching lighting rods to the tankers. After saving the tanker he caught up with U. U used the sunken oil tankers fuel to refuel U-Boats, so after Spy-Smasher defeated him he sent a message to Corby to bomb the U-Boats.

(Power of Shazam II #8 (fb)) -  <June, 1945> Germany surrendered to the U.S. after Hitler s suicide, but Captain Nazi staid loyal to his cause, and started operations in the U.S. He kidnapped Spy Smasher and tortured him for information about La Paloma, a freighter from South America containing items for Nazi s mission. Smasher was rescued by Bulletman and Minute Man., but Nazi ordered his men to sacrifice themselves by blowing up their hq in an attempt to kill the heroes while Nazi made his escape. Nazi flew to sea, wrecked a liner to distract the heroes, who d survived and were on his tail, and located La Paloma.

At the end of the war Spy Smasher took up the Crime Smasher identity and fought communist agent Baron Blitzkrieg.

(Power of Shazam II #12 (fb, BTS)) - <1955> Blaze unleashed the Seven Deadly Sins on Fawcett. Shazam combated them with his heroes Spy Smasher, Minute Man, Mr. Scarlet, Bulletman and Bulletgirl. Shazam used a spell of containment to trap the Sins inside ridiculous statues, and he kept them for safekeeping at the Rock of Eternity.

(Power of Shazam II #8) -Billy Batson, the superhero Captain Marvel, was at WHIZ when the station conducted an interview with retired WWII heroes Minute Man, Bulletman and Spy Smasher. They related a story about how they battled Captain Nazi after the war, he was after the cargo of La Paloma, a freighter from South America, and although they busted up his Nazi ring, he made off with a cryogenic chamber. Nazi was in the news because he d emerged from suspended animation.

Comments: Created by Bill Parker & C.C. Beck