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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published [October] 2006
Cover Price 49.99 USD
Pages 196
Editing Scott Nybakken
Notes Credits from Cat Yronwode and Tom Heintjes' articles in Kitchen Sink Spirit magazines. ISBN: 1401207758 Shipping date August 9, 2006

Cover Details

Characters Spirit; Sammy
Genre adventure
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes Credits from Cat Yronwode and Tom Heintjes' articles in Kitchen Sink Spirit magazines. ISBN: 1401207758 Shipping date August 9, 2006
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/11/1949 [splash page]

3 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Script Stephan Weiner
Pencils Will Eisner

7 page Spirit, The story "Ye Olde Spirit of '76"

Characters Ellen Dolan; Prof Flintlock; Spirit; Ebony; Ratsy; Ebeneezer Budderchern
Synopsis The Spirit and everybody else are searching for a lost copy of the Declaration of Independence. Only Ebeneezer Budderchern knows where it is. But he's dead.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/3/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Lilly Lotus"

Characters Spirit; Lilly Lotus (intro); Dolan; Ellen; Ebony; Butcher Vaddis; Judge Gavel
Synopsis The Spirit moves to the South Seas to escape his past life, but half the hoods in Central City seem to have followed him.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes 1st extended foreign adventure as the Spirit begins wandering thru the South Pacific, Yronwode says these are all by Feiffer
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/10/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Sally of the Islands"

Characters Spirit; Sally of the Islands; Kragg; Dolan; Ebony
Synopsis The Spirit rescues a gold shipment and a damsel in distress from her no good husband. Dolan and Ebony begin a trek through the South Seas looking for him.
Genre Adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/17/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Masked Man"

Characters Ellen (feature); Spirit; Dolan; Ebony; Willie Ankle; Sugar Dumpling; Foxie
Synopsis Ellen hires a private eye to find the Spirit.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes first Central City interlude
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/24/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Ball Game"

Characters Sammy (intro); Baby Manuelo; Governor Baptiste; Spirit
Synopsis An election and freedom on the Isle of Monabou depend on the outcome of a baseball game.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Wil Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/31/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Matua"

Characters Sammy; Matua; Tan-Gau; Cutter; Ace
Synopsis Every hundred years a pre-historic monster comes to life, unless the curse is renewed.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/7/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Return"

Characters Spirit; Sammy; Klink; Split Lipton; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony
Synopsis The Spirit returns to Central City only to find Mayor Bowser has resigned and Dolan; Ellen and Ebony are missing.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Wil Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/14/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Candidate"

Characters Monica Veto (intro); Spirit; Dolan; Ebony; Sammy
Synopsis The Good Old Days Party decides to run the Spirit for mayor.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/21/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "White Cloud"

Characters Monica Veto; Dolan; Muldoon; Spirit; Sgt. White Cloud
Synopsis Dolan is now Mayor of Central City, but Monica Veto controls the City Council. However, Charlie Whitecloud apparently owns Central City- so the point is moot.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/28/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Story of Rat-Tat the Toy Machine Gun"

Characters Rat-Tat; Max the Chopper; Carbunkle; Boolits; Spirit
Synopsis A story about a toy machine gun that wanted to be real.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/4/1949

7 page Spirit, the story "10 Minutes"

Characters Freddy; Max; Mrs. Schmidt; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis Freddy just wants some money so he can leave town and start a new life. A new life that lasts ten minutes.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer; Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/11/1949

7 page Spirit, the story "Lurid Love"

Characters Sammy (feature); Ellen; Spirit; Ebony; Seth Passifik; Ugly Mary
Synopsis Parody of romance pulps, as Sammy becomes smitten with Ellen.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes fake advertisements run throughout section, Feiffer & Kanigson insert names in cartoonist ad
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/18/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Return of Vino Red"

Characters Vino Red; Ice Waters; Spirit; Dots Semaphore; Spitz; Dolan
Synopsis Gangster Vino Red discovers he can't go home again.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/25/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Crime"

Characters Autumn Mews (intro); Dolan; Spirit; Stinger Ray; Vulture; Stabby; Snaggly
Synopsis Stinger Ray is probably dead and the his rivals contend over the spoils.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/2/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Death of Autumn Mews"

Characters Autumn Mews; Sammy (feature); Virgil; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis Autumn uses her womanly wiles on Sammy to get him to spill the beans on the Spirit.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/9/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Curse"

Characters Pete Bog; Sweet Cider Sue; Jimson Weed; Doc Ringer; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis Pete Bob sings an old murder ballad. Doc Ringer fixes fights and steals Jimson Weed's girl. Only trouble is, she's a witch.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/16/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Fox at Bay"

Characters Spirit; Reynard; Dolan
Synopsis Reynard kills 10 men as an experiment in psychology. The Spirit is shot.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/23/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Elect Miss Rhinemaiden of 1950"

Characters Hazel P Macbeth; Garfield Tripod; Mr. Rhinemaiden; Ellen Dolan; Spirit; Moxie; Slime
Synopsis The Spirit is still on crutches. Hazel P. MacBeth uses her powers to win a beauty contest, but then she gets kidnapped, much to Moxie and Slime's regret.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/30/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Inner Voice"

Characters Spirit; Maurice Maywee; Dolan
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; John Spranger
Inks Will Eisner; Bob Palmer
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson (pg 1); Martin deMuth? (2-7)
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/11/1946 [pp. 2-7]; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/6/1949 [splash page]

7 page Spirit, The story "Surgery"

Characters Silk Satin; Ellen (feature); Dr. Anschluss; Hansie; Klink; Mr. Pigeon
Synopsis In three hours, the Spirit will have his legs amputated, unless Ellen or Satin can find Dr. Anschluss.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/13/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Thanksgiving Spirit of 1949"

Characters Mr Carrion; Julia; P.S.; P.T. Bumble; Spirit; Dolan; Mr. Axie; Bully Dozer
Synopsis P.T. Bumble hires Carrion to blow up Axie's store, right in the middle of the Thanksgiving parade.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes The Spirit is still on crutches.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/20/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Embezzler"

Characters Quadrant J. Stet; Mr. Parrish; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis Quadrant J. Stet is going blind. He needs $5000 for an operation. And there's $5000 missing from his firm's accounts. The Spirit is still on crutches.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/27/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Winter Haven"

Characters Flaxen Weaver (intro); Dolan; Spirit; Bats McBelfry; Matty Luger; Sammy; Ellen
Synopsis Dolan and the Spirit vacation in the mountains and unwittingly walk into a criminals' convention. The Spirit drops his crutches.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/4/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Flaxen Weaver"

Characters Flaxen Weaver; Sammy; Spirit; Ellen; Baron and Baroness LaPlanche; Blink; Seedy; Dolan
Synopsis Flaxen Weaver turns up at a society soiree that Ellen bullies the Spirit into attending. She's leading a gang of pickpockets.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer; Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes rewrite of 3/16/41 story;
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/11/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "Lonesome Cool"

Characters E. Launcelot Cool; Frankie Spade; Torpedo McWeen; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis Lonesome Cool was the toughest tough guy there was. If he was nice to his mother he might still be alive.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes not on Feiffer's list
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/18/1949

7 page Spirit, The story "The Christmas Spirit of 1949"

Characters P.S.; Klink; S. Kringle Claus; Dolan; Pixie; McJimmy (no Spirit)
Synopsis P.S. brains Santa with a snow ball and induces amnesia, a week before Christmas.
Genre adventure
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Colors Jamison
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/25/1949