Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	[January] 2008
Cover Price	49.99 USD
Pages	208
Editing	Scott Nybakken
Notes	ISBN: 1401215114 Ship date 11/21/2007

Cover Details

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Manny Stallman
Notes	ISBN: 1401215114 Ship date 11/21/2007
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/30/1951 [splash page]

3 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Story So Far"

Genre	fact
Script	Dale Crain
Pencils	Will Eisner
Letters	typeset

7 page Spirit, The story "A Ticket Home"

Characters	Spirit; P'Gell; Rajah
Synopsis	P'Gell offers the Spirit a lift home.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling ?
Inks	Jim Dixon; Will Eisner
Notes	continued from 6/17 story.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/1/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Loot of Robinson Crusoe"

Characters	Spirit; P'Gell; Dolan
Synopsis	The Spirit and P'Gell are shipwrecked on an island that's covered with pearls.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling ?
Inks	Jim Dixon ?; Will Eisner
Notes	continued from 7/1/51 story
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/8/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Heat"

Characters	Spirit; Octopus; Dolan; Ellen
Synopsis	The Spirit lies shot in an alley in the middle of a massive heat wave.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts); Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon; Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/15/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Quiet"

Characters	Spirit; Octopus; Groaner; Dolan; Ellen
Synopsis	The Spirit is in the hospital after last week's shooting. The Octopus's hoods figure he'll be easy to bump off there.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling (layouts); Jim Dixon ?
Inks	Jim Dixon ?; Will Eisner
Notes	not on Feiffer's list
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/22/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Veta Barra"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Veta Barra; Ellen
Synopsis	An aging silent film star claims to have killed her husband in self-defense. And she has Dolan wrapped around her finger.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts); Klaus Nordling ?
Inks	Jim Dixon ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/29/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Return of the Narcissus"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/5/1951

7 page Spirit , The story "The Foxtrot Poll"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Sand Saref; Bert Smirk
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/12/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Night on the Waterfront"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/19/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Deacon Mantis"

Characters	Spirit; Deacon Mantis; Van Gizmo; Forker; Dolan
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/26/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Dance of the Bullfighter"

Characters	Spirit; Francesca; Bull Faraday
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/2/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Dr Schyzoid"

Characters	Spirit; Dr. Schyzoid; Dolan
Synopsis	Dr. Schyzoid attempts to analyze the pscychological under pinnings of a typical Spirit story, apparently unaware of the fact that it's actually going on all around him.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/9/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Counterfeit Killer"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Puroy Farnum; Dutch Gattly
Synopsis	Denny Colt suddenly shows up in Central City demanding the remains of his inheritance. Then the mystery man ends up dead and Dolan is arrested for embezzling the proceeds of the Colt estate.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/16/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Stony Keefer"

Characters	Spirit; Stony Keefer; Dolan; Silken Floss
Synopsis	A contract killer romances Dr. Floss as an alibi, but then she's assigned as his next target.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/23/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Decline and Fall of the Roamin' Umpire"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis	A ball game between the Central City Cops and the Penitentiary Nine.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/30/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Suicide Town"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/7/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Tiny Buttrix"

Characters	Spirit; Tiny Buttrix; Dolan
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/14/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "A Guide to Clean Living"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/21/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "A Perfect Crime Plot"

Characters	Young Marvin; Dolan; The Spirit
Synopsis	Young Marvin is always being blamed for things he didn't do. So he resolves to actually commit murder and get away with it.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/28/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Claymore Castle's Curse"

Characters	Winnet; Malcolm; Elizabeth Claymore; Bigelow; Congo; Teagle; Spirit (walk on page 6)
Synopsis	English cozy with missing treasure, a mysterious ape, and several murders.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/4/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Vote For Scallion"

Characters	Frank; Elly; Peter Scallion; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis	A disgruntled office-seeker assassinates the governor. The Spirit watches.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/11/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Baleful Buddha"

Characters	Mort Magnum; Ides O'March; Shivvy; Stumpy; Cooler; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis	Cooler has a statue of the Buddha, which he says protects him from all harm.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/18/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The League of Liars (I Hate the Spirit because...)"

Characters	Carrion; Julia; Spirit; Dolan; P'Gell; Octopus; Luger
Synopsis	The Octopus wins an essay contest.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/25/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Man from Mars"

Characters	Rzl; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis	Rzl is sent to Earth to counteract all the anti-Mars propaganda spread by sci-fi magazines
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/2/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Balloons"

Characters	Dolan; Prof Hormone; Wendall Phip; Spirit
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Manny Stallman
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/9/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Spirit Gets Older"

Characters	Dolan; Spirit; Ellen
Synopsis	The Spirit gets shot and beaten up and worries about getting old.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer ?
Pencils	Don Perlin ?
Inks	Don Perlin ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/16/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Joe Fix"

Characters	Joe Fix; Santa Claus; Dolan; Sammy
Synopsis	Joe Fix tries to put Santa Claus out of business by claiming he's a smuggler.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Manny Stallman
Notes	The last Spirit Christmas story
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/23/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Joshua Blows His Horn"

Characters	Ellen; Spirit; Joshua; Dolan; Doc Green; P.S.; Rathbone; Prosper
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Manny Stallman
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/30/1951