Issue | #14 |
Published | [October] 2004 |
Cover Price | $49.95 |
Pages | 196 |
Editing | Dale Crain |
Notes | ISBN 140120158X; shipping date August 4, 2004. Most data from the columns written by Cat Yronwode and Dave Schreiner in the various Kitchen Sink Spirit comic books. Additional information about the collected edition provided by Scott Nichols. |
Characters | P'Gell |
Genre | adventure |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Inks | Will Eisner |
Colors | Jamison |
Notes | ISBN 140120158X; shipping date August 4, 2004. Most data from the columns written by Cat Yronwode and Dave Schreiner in the various Kitchen Sink Spirit comic books. Additional information about the collected edition provided by Scott Nichols. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1947 [splash] |
Genre | bio; criticism |
Script | Jim Vance |
Pencils | Will Eisner |
Characters | Baxter; Maggie; Spirit; Dolan |
Synopsis | Baxter shoots the Spirit. Then he and Maggie escape to a South Sea island where they drive each other crazy. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | John Spranger? |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Notes | remake of 4/13/41 adventure |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/5/1947 |
Characters | Saree Raymond(intro); P'Gell; Miss Vitriola; Roger Raymond; Dolan; Spirit; Inchly 3rd |
Synopsis | Saree is a student at Miss Vitriola's school. Her father announces he's going to marry P'Gell. Then Miss Vitriola dies. But Saree, who is a match for P'Gell in every way, does not want a new mother around, any more than she wanted Miss Vitriola. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/12/1947 |
Characters | Saree; P'Gell; Lady McBeth; Dolan; Inchly 3rd; Picar; Spirit |
Synopsis | P'Gell asks for the Spirit's help because she thinks some one is trying to murder her husband and frame her, but which one of her past victims is responsible? |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/19/1947 |
Characters | Joshua Skinch; Joe Daws; Ebony; Spirit; Debit P. Quarters; Dolan |
Synopsis | Daws and Skinch are partners. Whichever one bumps the other off first gets to keep the money, unless the accountant bumps them both off first. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Notes | Skinch is arrested for the Spirit's murder, but the judge rules that the Spirit is not officially alive and lets him go. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/26/1947 |
Characters | McDool; Spirit; Dolan; Niechevo; Murmansk Manny; Wisky Weezil; Ellen; Ebony |
Synopsis | Niechevo and Murmansk Manny are on a mission to America with the Cosmic Answer to the atomic bomb. Then Murmansk disappears. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | John Spranger |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Notes | Murmansk Manny sings "Every Little Bug". |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/2/1947 |
Characters | The Lizard; Stud Sharpe; Mad Moes (a river); The Spirit; Queeny |
Synopsis | The government wants to build a dam, but the Lizard's property isn't on any map, so they can't buy him out, and Stud Sharpe thinks it will be a great place for a gambling den. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/9/1947 |
Characters | Ebony (feature); Pierpont; Fat Looie; Dolan; Spirit |
Synopsis | Pierpont and Ebony decide they want to become racing touts. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/16/1947 |
Characters | Joe Scallopini; Julius Caesar (not that one); Ellen; Spirit; Bowie Nyffe; Dolan |
Synopsis | Caesar's supporters will stop at nothing to keep him in office. But the Spirit convinces Caesar to come clean. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/23/1947 |
Characters | Silken Floss (intro);Dr. Ward Wilmore; August Lateur; Spirit; Dolan |
Synopsis | Ward Wilmore tries to convince August Lateur that he's from the future. He and Silken Floss want August Lateur's theory of molecular arrangement. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/2/1947 |
Characters | Silken Floss; Spirit; Ellen; Dr. Quaver; Dolan; Ebony; Peter Parlay |
Synopsis | Floss tries to trick the Spirit into marrying her, by switching a marriage license for some hospital papers he thought he signed. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/9/1947 |
Characters | Ebony (feature); Hoagy the Yogi; Spirit; Dolan; Lieut. Grey (intro); Fabulous Frank; Skinny Flint |
Synopsis | Ebony runs away because he thinks the Spirit is married and hooks up with a fake fakir called Hoagy the Yogi. The Spirit hooks up with a black police detective to track Ebony down. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Notes | "Every Lil Bug" sung in the last panel. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/16/1947 |
Characters | Ebony (feature); Hogy the Yogi; Ellen; Dolan; Spirit; Sly Snead |
Synopsis | Story is told in pantomime. Ebony sends postcards from his trip to India with Hoagy the Yogi. The postcards provide the only captions. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/23/1947 |
Characters | Sylvie Vault; Byline; Dolan; Roger Deficit; Avery Vault; Spirit; Digit Talis |
Synopsis | Newspaper reporter Byline loves practical jokes, so he plants a false obituary in the paper. And then every word of it comes true. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/30/1947 |
Characters | Pinhead; Sylvie Vault; Digit Tallis; Spirit |
Synopsis | Sylvie Vault was declared innocent of the death of her husband and her lover (last week)but the Spirit figures fate will trip her up sooner or later. Meanwhile, Pinhead is a monster with the soul of a poet. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/6/1947 |
Characters | Rabbit O'Hare; Garters; Motors; Loophole; Bullets Rodd; Sonny Boyed; Cracker Barrel; Lifty; Spirit; Ebony |
Synopsis | Rabbit O'Hare, Sonny Boyed and Cracker Barrel escape from prison only to find old "friends" have been waiting to settle up. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/13/1947 |
Characters | Ebony (feature); Teebo (intro); Tailgate Smear (intro); Cussed Cal; Spirit; Dolan; Sigmund Toskowsky |
Synopsis | Ebony wants to get a jazz group onto an international radio broadcast, but their piano man has been "kidnapped". Only problem is Teebo doesn't want to be rescued. He's actually making money at his new gig. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/20/1947 |
Characters | Ebony (feature); Ellen; Dolan; Spirit; Rosie Lee; Coyle Wylie; Mr. Tinkle; Sam Shamus |
Synopsis | The Spirit owes back taxes on his estate, so Ellen decided to open a real detective office for him. And Ebony writes a song for his gal. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner (words); Bill Harr (music) |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin deMuth |
Notes | "Every Little Bug" (complete song with music) |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/27/1947 |
Characters | Thyroid Shale; Shuttle; Flummer; Nokker; Monk; Yappy Poacher; Spirit; Dolan; Longchance; Lonny |
Synopsis | The Spirit investigates illegal betting on the local minor league nine. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/4/1947 |
Characters | Horace Eden; Miss Eden; Spirit; Dolan |
Synopsis | Horace is out to kill his cousin for the inheritance, but she's so beside herself with terror, she thinks the Spirit is her cousin and spends seven pages trying to kill the Spirit while he's trying to save her life. Like Dolan says "Somehow it just doesn't make sense." |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/11/1947 |
Characters | Saree Raymond; P'Gell; Dr. Bigelow; Rattler; Dolan; Gilhooly |
Synopsis | Saree runs away to a life of crime and gets mixed up with the Rattler who the Spirit's trying to catch. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/18/1947 |
Characters | P'Gell; Saree; Bandito; Ebopny; Dolan; Spirit; Bigelow; Stiletto |
Synopsis | P'Gell apparently has Il Duce's locket, which contains that map to his treasure vault and half of Italy has come to America to get it back. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1947 |
Characters | Ebony (feature); Teebo; Ellen; Dolan; Spirit; Raul; Peerett; Jake; Mo; Joe and Bo; Moxel the Mighty |
Synopsis | Ebony is accused of stealing money from a charity event run by Ellen. Entire story takes place during a circus performance. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/1/1947 |
Characters | Will Eisner; Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Junior; Madman Mike |
Synopsis | Eisner is abducted by the villain in the Spirit story, so he can't finish it. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Notes | Eisner is captured by one of his own villains. A great commentary on fans, parents and violence. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/8/1947 |
Characters | Abu ben Adim; Hanash; Ali; Spirit; P'Gell |
Synopsis | Two brothers fight over their oily inheritance, and for the hand of P'Gell. As usual, both end up dead. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/15/1947 |
Characters | Ebony; Pierpont; Hangly Hollyer; Hubert Hollyer; Sarah |
Synopsis | Sarah tells Ebony the story of how she's waited for decades for the Hollyer's to decide which one will marry her. And how she's repeatedly tried to kill Hubert to help Hangly make up his mind. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Notes | Spirit appears in two panels. |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/22/1947 |
Characters | Robert Merrill; Ebony; Ellen; Dolan; Spirit; Campus Gootch; Gasher |
Synopsis | Ebony talks famous opera singer Robert Merrill into debuting his song, "Every Little Bug". However, Merrill also plans to sing the "Whiffenpoof Song" and the men of Hale will not allow it. |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Will Eisner |
Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
Colors | Jamison |
Letters | Martin DeMuth |
Notes | Robert Merrill sings "Every Little Bug". The Whiffenpoof song is associated with Yale University and is of obscure origins, although the name Whiffenpoof comes from the Broadway show, "Little Nemo". |
Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/29/1947 |