Smasher is a Marvel comic book character created by Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opeña. The character first appears in Avengers #1 released in 2013. The character is the newest incarnation of the Imperial Guardsman Smasher. In Avengers #1, Smasher's last name is given as Dare and her grandfather is named Dan. This led to speculation that her grandfather could either be the British Dan Dare. However, in Avengers: Avengers World, Smasher's last name is updated to Kane and her grandfather is assumed to be Dan Kane aka Captain Terror.