Smash Comics #2

In "War in the Far East!", a 1939 installment of Smash Comics #2, inventor Hazzard faces off with Commissioner Hunt over the fate of a rogue robot, only to be interrupted by a breaking news alert about a kidnapping. With the robot’s flying capabilities newly activated, Hazzard seizes the moment to demonstrate its potential by intercepting the kidnapper’s plane—proving its worth in a crisis, and quietly winning favor with the skeptical official. Written, drawn, and inked by George Brenner, this early superhero tale blends wartime tension with the promise of mechanical innovation.