Issue | #20 |
Published | [February] 2007 |
Cover Price | 49.99 USD |
Pages | 192 |
Editing | Scott Nybakken |
Notes | ISBN: 1401207812 Shipping Date 12/6/06 |
Characters | Spirit |
Genre | Adventure |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | ISBN: 1401207812 Shipping Date 12/6/06 |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/26/1950 [splash page] |
Script | John Benson |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Characters | Sammy; Dolan; Spirit; Ellen; Thorne; Monica Veto;Autumn Mews; Satin; Sally of the Islands; Lilly Lotus; P'Gell (all cameo flashbacks) |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | pg 4 is a reprint from 1/26/47 |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/1/1950 |
Characters | Sand Saref; Spirit; Sammy; Dolan; Spangles |
Synopsis | flashback to Denny Colt's childhood and his friend Sand who he tried to turn from the wild life of the dark side. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | Pg 4-7 originally done for unpublished John Law story |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/8/1950 |
Characters | Sand Saref; Spirit; Dolan; Dr. Vitriol; Sammy |
Synopsis | Sand has the formula for a dangerous virus and the Spirit has to bring her in. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | Pg 1 original splash pg for John Law story, pg 2-7 orinally pgs 6-11 |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/15/1950 |
Characters | PS; Sammy; Druid Peer; Muley Trayn; Spirit; Klink; the Old Hag |
Synopsis | The Old Hag tells Muley Trayn to beware of snow. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/22/1950 |
Characters | Willum Waif (intro); Spirit; Rat Trapp; Tommy Roccs; Mr. Jonas |
Synopsis | Explores children's fascination with criminals. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti |
Inks | Jerry Grandenetti |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | originally pgs 1,3-8 of a John Law story |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/29/1950 |
Characters | Spirit; Dolan; Nickles Nerser; The Look Alike Boys; Clutch |
Synopsis | The Spirit is wanted for assault and attempted murder. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/5/1950 |
Characters | Spirit; Bascome Birch; Waxie Tallow; Rolla Ball; Sammy |
Synopsis | Waxie Tallow wants Rolla to throw the Derby, but Bascome the camera man is in love with her and wants to stop him from ruining her life. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/12/1950 |
Characters | Willum Waif; Mr. Gibbet; Garfield Lox; Spirit; Dolan |
Synopsis | Mr. Lox is dead, but he won't rest until his murderer Mr. Gibbet is apprehended. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | orignally intended for a Nubbin newspaper insert. Nubbin was renamed Willum Waif for this version, and John Law became the Spirit. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/19/1950 |
Characters | Jewel of Gezah (intro); Sand Saref; Doctor Gregg; Ali Bey; Fwani Bey |
Synopsis | Sand Saref and the Spirit contend for a fabulous diamond while Ali Bey looks for his long lost daughter |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | rewrite of 7/20/41 story |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/26/1950 |
Characters | Sammy (feature); Delilah; Dolan; Syko T. Somatic; Philly Steame; Lion McRoar |
Synopsis | Dr. Somatic hypnotises Sammy into believing he has super-strength, but Delilah tempts him with lemon meringue pie. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Ben Oda |
Notes | Spirit still in the Orient-not in this story. Paramount Pictures threatened to sue Eisner for defamation over this parody of their picture Samson and Delilah, but ultimately nothing came of it. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/5/1950 |
Characters | Spirit; Jewel of Gezah; Mr Carrion; Julia; Sand Saref; Mr. Ark; Captain Skroob |
Synopsis | The Spirit tries to bring the Jewel back to Central City, but Sand and her cohorts try to stop him. But Captain Skroob has his own master plan and leaves them all stranded on an uncharted island. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | splash originally cover to unpublished John Law comic book |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/12/1950 |
Characters | Jewel of Gezah; Mr Carrion; Sand Saref; Col. Ark |
Synopsis | Trapped on an island, the unstable party of mis-adventurers soon become completely unhinged. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | continued from previous adventure |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/19/1950 |
Characters | Spirit; Jewel of Gezah; Sand Saref; Archie Flye |
Synopsis | Sand and the Spirit are adrift at sea on a raft. Soon they land on a new island where they meet the Spirit's old enemy Archie Flye. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | continued from previous adventure |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/26/1950 |
Characters | Slim Mozzle; Dolan; Klink; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rainmaker; Shirley Mozzle |
Synopsis | Slim has corned the market on bottled water, Rudolph is a rain maker. Together they can make a fortune in drought ridden Central City. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | Central City story- no spirit |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/2/1950 |
Characters | Jewel of Gezah; Sand Saref; Archie Flye; Spirit; Sammy; Marx Kaufman; Gustave; Ellen; Dolan; Dr. Byzantine |
Synopsis | Flye and his band of pirates attempt to capture the Spirit, but fail. All ends (well?) as the Spirit returns to Central City to face Ellen after spending weeks alone on a desert island with Sand Saref. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner ? |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | Spirit wears socks in this story! Story is not on Feiffer's list. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/9/1950 |
Characters | Dolan; Spirit; Ellen; Sammy |
Synopsis | The IRS wants to know why the Spirit has never filed a tax return. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/16/1950 |
Characters | no Spirit in this story (well, one panel). Milton; Mrs. Karns; Dolan |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Jules Feiffer (layouts); Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/23/1950 |
Characters | Bridget Doon; Sammy; Dolan; Spirit; Sandy Doon; Spartan Dirk |
Synopsis | Spirit goes to Near East to earn money |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | Every Little Bug featured |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/30/1950 |
Characters | Spirit; Abu Ram; Mohamet the Tiger; Lil Pandit |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner (p1); Andre LeBlanc (2-7) |
Pencils | Will Eisner (p1); Andre LeBlanc (2-7) |
Inks | Will Eisner (p1); Andre LeBlanc (2-7) |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | Spirit still in the East, story originally prepared for Kewpies #2 |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/7/1950 |
Characters | Sammy (feature); Dolan; Thumbs |
Synopsis | Sammy lets one of the Links bank robbers move into the Spirit's hideout. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | no Spirit in this story |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/14/1950 |
Characters | Big Arky; Mona; Spirit |
Synopsis | cont from previous week, now in Egypt. Big Arky has millions from the Links robbery hidden in his wheel chair..and is safe in Egypt...until he runs into the Spirit. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/21/1950 |
Characters | Sammy; Spirit (cameo); Dolan; Ty Cobb; Bill Donovan; Sam Crawford; Rube Waddell; Jimmy Dygert |
Synopsis | Dolan tells Sammy a story about back when real men played baseball. The Tigers battle the Athletics for 16 innings back in September 1907 only to have the game called on account of darkness. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner (1-3); Tex Blaisdell (3-7) |
Inks | Will Eisner (1-3); Tex Blaisdell (3-7) |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | originally done for Baseball Comics |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/28/1950 |
Characters | Spirit; Snag Debbin; Ice Debbin; Lampy Dank |
Synopsis | The Spirit in East Africa. Snag Debbin buys an Alligator Farm in East Africa to use as a hideout. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc |
Inks | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc |
Letters | Ben Oda ? |
Notes | Eisner also claims authorship of this story. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/4/1950 |
Characters | Sammy; Dolan; Ellen |
Synopsis | Sammy and Dolan go rafting and get lost at sea. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | no Spirit in this story. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/11/1950 |
Characters | Willum Waif; Dick Whittler (intro); Baron; Hobo Gasby |
Synopsis | Baron "adopts" Willum but only to beat on him and glom onto his shoeshine money. When Baron tries to make Willum the fall guy for a failed robbery, Dick Whittler and The Spirit have to make things right for the kid. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Abe Kanegson |
Notes | Spirit back in the USA, artwork originally done for a projected John Law comic strip |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/18/1950 |
Characters | Spirit; Langtry; Henry Digit |
Synopsis | The story of a desperate attempt to count the inhabitants of Bayshore Swamp, all of whom are apparently dead. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jules Feiffer |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Letters | Ben Oda ? |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/25/1950 |