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Name
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Spider Woman
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Helen Goddard
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Type
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Costumed Heroine
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Major Victory Comics #1
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Year
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1944
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Publisher
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Harry 'A' Chesler Dynamic Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Since the death of her father, Dr. Goddard, Helen Goddard lives alone in his cabin in the Ozarks. When criminals arrive at the cabin intending to use it for a hideout, Helen dons a green, yellow and red leotard and a purple robe with a giant insect-headed hood and attacks them as Spider Woman. Despite being "afraid to use a gun," Spider Woman manages to capture the criminals using their fear of her appearance and her fathers animal traps. Spider Woman has no super powers. (Thanks to Darci for the image reference)
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Name
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Spike Marlin
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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None
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Type
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Non Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Speed Comics #10
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Harvey Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Sea Fairing, pipe smoking adventurer, a sort of serious version of Pop-eye.
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Name
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Spirit (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Denny Colt
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Police comics #11
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Year
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1942
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Publisher
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Quality Comics
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Country of origin
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USA
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Denny Colt, a criminologist, is battling with the evil Dr. Cobra when he is drenched in Cobra's formula, which is intended to put all of Central City in a coma. Colt is rendered senseless, and believed dead, so he is buried in Wildwood Cemetery. He appears at the doorstep of Police Commissioner Dolan two days later, explaining that he'd only been in suspended animation. He decides to remain dead and fight crime as the costumed 'Spirit'. His girlfriend is Ellen Dolan, and his assistant is Ebony White. He has no superpowers but is really tough.
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Name
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Spirit of '76 (1)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Gary Blakely
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Pocket Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Harvey Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Gary Blakely, a cadet at West Point, is outraged at crime, and so decides to fight it as a costumed hero. (If he went public his career at the Point would be in jeopardy) He puts on a patriotic disguise and carries the fight to the bad guys. He has no powers but is a good fighter and wears a bullet-proof cloak.
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Name
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Spirit of '76 (2)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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William Nasland
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Captain America Comics #49
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Year
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1945
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Publisher
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Timely / Atlas Publications (Marvel)
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Country of origin
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USA
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In April 1945, the Spirit of '76 joined Captain America and the Patriot in a Berlin mission to retrieve Nazi secrets; aided by the USSR's heroic Red Guardian, their mission ended with the Nazi Red Skull seemingly crushed beneath a fallen building. Shortly afterward, Captain America & Bucky were lost in action; To conceal this fact President Truman selected the Spirit of '76 to take the role of Captain America, with young Fred Davis as Bucky. He had no powers but was an exceptional athlete and hand-to-hand combatant.
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Name
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Spiritman
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Spirit Malcolm
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Silver Streak Comics #1
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Year
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1939
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Publisher
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Lev Gleason Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Spirit Malcolm works from a hidden base to watch the world and find crime. When he does, he attacks it with the help of his assistant Ray Williams. He has no superpowers as such, but uses the Futurscope, which "projects on a screen any action that is going on in any part of the earth" and the Mistodine ray, which sends Malcolm's spirit to the location on which the Futurscope is trained, and the Rayodine gun, which is a simple blaster. Exposed to the rays, he can become incorporeal at will. In this invisible state he can fly and is still able to handle solid matter.
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Name
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Spitfire (The)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Black Douglas
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Spitfire Comics #1
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Year
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1941
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Publisher
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Harvey Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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200 years ago 'Black Douglas' an excellent swordsman and fighter, while fighting some pirates, is caught and set adrift to die at sea. He comes apon a mysterious island, and drinks the peculiar tasting water, and notices that hot springs are sending boiling water, mud and a strange black gas to the suface. He decides to have a sleep. The gas then sends 'Black' into a two century sleep. It was the water he drank that kept him alive, for it happened to be the spring of eternal life. On trying to reach the mainland, he bumps into Nazi's in a submarine, and asks for a lift to 'merrie old England'. The Captain of the sub gladly lets Black travel to England to prove to him the Germans are a superior race, and is intent on blowing up the Royal Navy. 'Black puts a stop to this by breathing out the black gas he has breathed in for 200 years, knocking out the Nazi guards. The pilot of a Spitfire aircraft is then shot in a dog fight overhead and lands his plane. Black goes to help the pilot, who passes out. Black then jumps into the Spitfire turns every gadget and gets it off the ground, flys for a few minutes until he gets the hang of it. (Isn't this great?) and then flies into the thick of the dog-fight. Defeating the German airforce almost single-handly until he runs out of fuel. He lands in German soil and is fighting for his life when he picks up a stray burning torch, which ignites his black gas breath, turning him into a walking flame-thower. The Germans call him 'Spitfire'...
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Name
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Spy Breaker
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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Unknown
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Koala Komics #6
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Year
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1946
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Publisher
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Emvee Publishing
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Country of origin
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Australia Details missing
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All I can tell from the illustration of the front cover, is the costume details and that he can fly. Possibly a re-drawn Spy Smasher (See below)
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Name
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Spy Fighter (Saber)
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A.K.A.
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n/a
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Secret ID.
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None
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Type
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Costumed Hero
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Fight Comics #1
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Fiction House Magazines
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Country of origin
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USA
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Spy Fighter 'Saber, The mighty man with piercing brain', lives in the year 2043 and is a sort of Policeman of the future. He has a form of telekinesis that can command people to his will, and read their minds. He's also good with a blaster and his fists! The comic strip was called Spyfighter, the character Saber; He had no secret identity.
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Name
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Spy Smasher
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A.K.A.
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Became Crime Smasher in Whiz Comics #76
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Secret ID.
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Alan Armstrong
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Type
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Costumed Pilot
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Affiliation/Team
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None
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1st Appearance
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Whiz Comics #2
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Year
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1940
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Publisher
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Fawcett Publications
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Country of origin
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USA
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Alan Armstrong, an ace pilot and playboy of leisure, is the confidant of his fianc?Eve's father, Admiral Corby. Admiral Corby suspects spies and needs help. So Armstrong puts on a costume and uses his wits and Gyrosub to hunt down the enemies of America as well as criminals. After the war he changed his name to Crime Smasher and concentrated on criminals. He is sometimes helped by Eve, who knows his secret identity. He has no superpowers, but is an expert pilot and has the Gyrosub, which combines "the functions of an airplane, auto gyro, speedboat, and submarine."
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