CRIME SMASHERS began publication by the Trojan Magazine in October of 1950. Trojan is best
known for their line of Spicy pulps, starting with Spicy-Detective Stories. Its popularity spawned four
more "Spicy" titles, including Spicy-Adventure Stories. One of the publishers connected to the
Culture/Trojan group was none other than co-founder of D.C. Comics, Harry Donenfeld. When the
popularity of the pulps began to dwindle in the 1950's, it didn't take long before the folks at Trojan
realized there was money to be made in comic books.
The stories contained here in were published to shock and titillate the reader. The hard-bitten tales
regularly featured gangsters, dancing girls, gats, gun molls-with the occasional scene of torture and
bondage tossed in to keep things interesting.
CRIME SMASHERS utilized characters made popular in the pulp magazine SPICY DETECTIVE, Sally
the Sleuth, Dan Turner-Hollywood detective, Girl Friday and Ray Hale. Artists on this series included
Myron Fass, Adolphe Barreaux, Joe Kubert, and the great Wally Wood. CRIME SMASHERS would
ultimately last fifteen issues.
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH HARDCOVER AND TRADE PAPERBACK EDITIONS AS WELL AS IN FULL COLOR AND BLACK & WHITE.