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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published [February] 2001
Cover Price 49.95 USD
Pages 218
Editing Dale Crain; Nick Napalitano (associate)
Notes credits based on Cat Yronwode's Spirit index in the Kitchen Sink Spirit magazine.

Cover Details

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes credits based on Cat Yronwode's Spirit index in the Kitchen Sink Spirit magazine.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/20/1941 [splash page]

2 page story "Building Strong Character"

Characters Dolan, Pierpont, Ebony, P'Gell, Satin, Spirit
Genre fact
Script Tom Heintjes
Pencils Will Eisner (spot illos)
Inks Will Eisner (spot illos)

8 page Spirit story "Agent 24"

Characters Ellen; Satin, Dolan
Synopsis Ellen goes to England to drive an ambulance
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/6/1941

8 page Spirit story "Stolen Squad Cars"

Characters Ebony; Dolan; Mayor Aldrich; Squire Samson; autoplane
Synopsis After 10 squad cars are stolen, Mayor Aldrich appoints Squire Samson to be Dolan's Assistant.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/13/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Jewel of Death"

Synopsis The Spirit searches for a doctor who can stop a plague and gets mixed up in a quest for a jewel with a curse on it.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/20/1941

8 page Spirit story "Pink Perkins"

Characters Algernon (PS)Tidewater; Bertram (Brains)Tidewater; Pink Perkins (intro), Ebony, Dolan
Synopsis Brains decides the writer of a detective comic strip is the best person to save his father from gangsters.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/27/1941

8 page Spirit story "Wanted Dead or Alive: The Spirit"

Characters Ellen, Dolan, Ebony; Mayor Aldrich, autoplane
Synopsis The Spirit helps a man escape from jail so that he can prove his innocence.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/3/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Element of Time"

Characters Ebony
Synopsis Professor Corda condenses time into an element, but sends a man into the future instead of the past by accident.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes 4 page time sequence printed in color holds with no black (except the word balloons)
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/10/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Spirit Am Unfair to His Assistant"

Characters Ebony, Pierpont
Synopsis Ebony opens his own Super Detective agency.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Ebony feature
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/17/1941

8 page Spirit story "River Lily"

Characters Ebony; Dolan; River Lily (intro)
Synopsis Ebony searches for pirate treasure and meets a deadly femme fatale.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/24/1941

8 page Spirit story "Barton Heartbern"

Characters Dolan, Barton Hartsell (intro)
Synopsis A great criminologist is murdered and the Spirit has to solve the crime.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Title should be Barton Hartsell
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/31/1941

8 page Spirit story "Dorothy Heartbern"

Characters Ellen; Ebony
Synopsis After the Spirit stands her up, Ellen gets a female impersonator to dress up as the Spirit and take her to a ball. (No, really, that's what happens.)
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/7/1941

8 page Spirit story "Biography of a Big Shot: Joe Frisk"

Characters Dolan: Joe Frisk (intro)
Synopsis The life story of one of Central City's "leading business men" from his first childhood attempts at extortion to his last rigged court case.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/14/1941

8 page Spirit story "Gogi the Yogi"

Characters Ebony (feature); Pierpont; Scarlett Brown; Juliet; Montmorency
Synopsis Pierpont guarantees Ebony's love to Juliette, Gogi the Yogi guaranteess Scarlett's love to Ebony. The Spirit delivers an antidote for poison gas.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/21/1941

6 page Spirit story "Women!"

Characters Ellen; Ebony; Dolan; Goldie and Snipe (intro)
Synopsis Goldie tells Snipe he'd be a real man if he killed the Spirit. So he does.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/28/1941

8 page Spirit story "Sphinx and Satin"

Characters Sphinx; Satin; Ebony
Synopsis Sphinx and Satin are two British agents, assigned to go after the Spirit
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/5/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Genius"

Characters Algernon (PS) Tidewater (PS), Bertram (Brains)Tidewater; Ebony; Pierpont; Dolan
Synopsis A gang of crooks decides PS is a genius and want him to plot their crimes.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/12/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Oldest Man in the World"

Characters Ebony; Autoplane
Synopsis In the year 2941 archeologists unearth an old Spirit story dealing with the Oldest Man in the World.
Genre Adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes framing sequence done completely with color holds
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/19/1941

8 page Spirit story "Hallowe'en Dusk"

Characters Mr Dusk; Twilight; Hazel P Macbeth (intro); Dolan; Ebony; Pierpont
Synopsis Dusk, Twilight and Hazel hold a Hallowe'en party.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/26/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Confessions of Monk Mallon"

Characters Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Weepy Willie (looks just like Eisner)
Synopsis Spirit tries to save an innocent man from being executed.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes title should be "The Confessions of Monks Mallon"
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/2/1941

8 page Spirit story "Killer Ghost"

Characters Ebony; Dolan
Synopsis Carl Benson claims he's innocent of murdering his wife and uncle. A Ghost did it.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/9/1941

8 page Spirit story "Eustace the Turkey"

Characters Ebony (feature); Pierpont; Dolan
Synopsis A thanksgiving turkey swallows a diamond and then escapes.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/16/1941

8 page Spirit story "Ellen Dolan, Fullback"

Characters Ellen; Dolan; Ebony
Synopsis Ellen joins an all-girl football team
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/23/1941

8 page Spirit story "Goll Girder"

Characters Ebony
Synopsis The Spirit saves a teen age boy from a prison sentence.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/30/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Last of the Minstrels"

Characters Ellen; Dolan; Ebony; Aesop the Minstrel (intro); Cymbeline the Sorceress (intro)
Synopsis Two criminals fight over the loot in the middle of a robbery at a costume party.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/7/1941

8 page Spirit story "Ventro"

Characters Dolan,Marius the Dummy Maker (intro), Ventro (intro)
Synopsis A ventriloquist kills the man who makes his dummies.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/14/1941

8 page Spirit story "Army Operas No 1: Chuck Magoo"

Characters Chuck Magoo (intro)
Synopsis The Spirit convinces a bank robber to join the army.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/21/1941

8 page Spirit story "Christmas Spirit of 1941: A Trilogy"

Characters Ellen; Dolan; Ebony; King Hobo (intro)
Synopsis The Spirit doesn't hunt criminals on Christmas. So it's up to another spirit to make King Hobo return the loot he stole.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/28/1941