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Issue Details

Issue #11
Published [October] 2003
Cover Price $49.95
Pages 208
Editing Dale Crain
Notes shipping date: August6, 2003. Most credits from the notes of Cat Yronwode (printed in Kitchen Sink's Spirit Magazines) and Lou Mougin.

Cover Details

Genre adventure
Pencils Robin King?
Inks Robin King?
Colors Digital Chameleon; Jamison
Notes shipping date: August6, 2003. Most credits from the notes of Cat Yronwode (printed in Kitchen Sink's Spirit Magazines) and Lou Mougin.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/2/1945 [splash]

4 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Spirit Was Willing, But..."

Genre bio; criticism
Script Michael T. Gilbert
Pencils Lou Fine; Will Eisner
Inks Lou Fine; Will Eisner
Letters typeset
Reprinted from Hit Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #17 [cover]; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/1/1945 [splash page]; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/16/1945 [splash page]; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/23/1945 [splash page]

7 page Spirit, The story "The Amato Gang"

Characters Ebony; Dolan; Spirit
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine?
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/1/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Elbows and Cheesecake"

Characters Elbows; Cheescake; Ruffy; Squawks; Dolan; Ebony
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/8/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "The Millionth Customer"

Characters Jed Peters; Mae Morris; Dolan; Ebony; Mr. Bander
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/15/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Caressa"

Characters Dolan; Ellen; Caressa; Victoire
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/22/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Mr. Grifty Goes Straight"

Characters Bumps Tolver; Grifty; Dolan; Ebony; Spirit
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/29/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "The Kuttup Shop"

Characters Scroungy; Stony; Rinkey; Spirit; Dolan; Ebony
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman?
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Shop
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/5/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Eye, Feets and Lock"

Characters The Eye; Feet Foster;Ebony; The Spirit; Dolan; The Lock; Benny; Mrs. Gilders
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman?
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/12/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "The Vickram Forgery"

Characters Spirit; Dolan; Vickram; Joe Forey; Ellen; Ebony
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/19/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Mobar's Comet"

Characters Dolan; Spirit; Mobar; Thorbin; Mills
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman?
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/26/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Cookie"

Characters Sparling; Cookie; Spirit; Ellen; Ebony
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils Robin King?
Inks Robin King?
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/2/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "The Durand Gang"

Characters Ebony; Dolan; Spirit; Durand; Mrs. Durand
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/9/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Madame Larna's Crystal Ball"

Characters Spirit; Dolan; Madame Larna; Turak
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Shop
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/16/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Mr. Martin's Pistols"

Characters Spirit; Dolan; Ebony; Joshua Martin; Light-Fingered Harry;
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman ?
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Shop
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/23/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "The Case of the Missing Undertaker"

Characters Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Spirit; Lardy Attery; Mopey; Lycroft
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/30/1945

7 page Spirit story "Jason Ghor Is Innocent"

Characters Spirit; Schnozz Devers; Ebony; Dolan
Synopsis A mysterious figure tries to convince the Spirit he is dead.
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman ?
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine, Quality staff
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/7/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Jonas Dubrick's Plan"

Characters Spirit; Ebony; Jonas Dubrick; F. Z. Spandrill; Lona Loris
Synopsis The Spirit is the last to call a man who was killed by his telephone.
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/14/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Nitro"

Characters Spirit; Trovell; Nitro; Dolan; Meadows; Crabshaw
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/21/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Death, South American Style"

Characters Spirit; Johnny Carter; Burby Linn; Drover; Ebony; Dolan
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman ?
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/28/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Vaudeville Vinnie"

Characters Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Vaudeville Vinnie; Boss Welch
Synopsis The Spirit appears to have gone mad, and thinks he's Don Juan.
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Shop
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/4/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Triton and Josie"

Characters Spirit; Triton; Curner; Josie; Ebony; Dolan
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/11/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Spelvin's School for Actors"

Characters Ebony; Scarlett; Brutus; Ellen Dolan; Murgatroyd; George Spelvin; Kippy Van Scumwater
Synopsis The Spirit breaks up crime at an acting school.
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/18/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Soapy Keeps It Clean"

Characters Soapy; Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Spirit; Ebony
Genre adventure
Script Bill Woolfolk
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/25/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "The Alibi Factory"

Characters Havery; Dolan; Ebony; Spirit; Alibi; Jola
Genre adventure
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/2/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "The Strange Case of the Two $5.00 Bills"

Characters Ebony; Spirit; Mr. Tom Budd; Mr. Wheel; Gerald Dill; Oliver Hine
Synopsis A mystery man tries to escape from wealth into poverty.
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman?
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality Staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/9/1945

7 page Spirit, The story "Derry Mortlock"

Characters Spirit; Ellen Dolan; Dolan; Ebony; Derry Mortlock; Colonel Mortlock; Kobold
Genre adventure
Script Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils Lou Fine
Inks Lou Fine; Quality staff
Colors Jamison
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/16/1945

7 page Spirit, the story "The Christmas Spirit of 1945: Horton J. Winklenod"

Characters Horton J. Winklenod; Spirit; Dolan; Soups; Killer Cobra's widow; Buggsy Mandone; Ebony; Ellen
Synopsis The Spirit doesn't fight crime on Christmas, but leaves it to higher powers.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils John Spranger
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/23/1945

7 page Spirit, the story "The Return of the Villains of '42"

Characters Mr Fly (last appearance: 1/11/42); Hush the Whisperer (3/8/42); Goopleclutch & Mickleholler (2/8/42); The Squid (4/5/42); Dolan; Ebony; Spirit; Ellen
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils John Spranger
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/30/1945