([October] 2002)

DC, 2000 Series
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Volume
8
Price
49.95 USD; 82.95 CAD
Pages
232
On-sale Date
2002-08-14
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC Comics
ISBN
1-56389-820-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941224718 00811
Editing
Dale Crain; Nick Napolitano

Issue Notes

On-sale date from dccomics.com. Cover miscredited to Eisner. Most credits taken from the work of Cat Yronwode and Lou Mougin. Cole credits primarily from http://colescomics.blogspot.com/2010/06/let-us-seriously-contemplate-sui... Quality shop inkers in 1944 included Robin King, Janice Valleau, Ruth Harris and Josephine Elgin.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Spirit / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit
Reprints

World War II Portfolio (Table of Contents: 1)

Joe Dope / illustration / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
?

Genre
advocacy
Characters
Joe Dope

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

General Poop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner

Genre
military; humor
Characters
General Poop

Indexer Notes

sample dailies rejected by the Syndicate.

Killer Ketch (Table of Contents: 3)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Robin King ?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Killer Ketch; Lulu Mae Cronin
Synopsis
Killer Ketch finishes his ten year sentence and comes looking for his old girl friend.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

http://colescomics.blogspot.com/2010/06/let-us-seriously-contemplate-sui...
Swipe of Raymond Chandler's "Pickup On Noon Street".

Mrs. Sorrel (Table of Contents: 4)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Mrs. Sorrel; Rawlins
Synopsis
The Spirit investigates the death of a philanthropist.
Reprints

Ebony's Inheritance (Table of Contents: 5)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Bldogett
Synopsis
A scientist leaves all his effects to Ebony, and everybody seems to want them.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

See http://colescomics.blogspot.com/2010/06/let-us-seriously-contemplate-sui...

Murder by Magic (Table of Contents: 6)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole ?
Pencils
Jack Cole ?
Inks
Jack Cole ?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Kate Lovelle; Jolie Demdike; Dr. Hoodoo; Tom Harrow
Synopsis
A young bride to be dies, and Dr. Hoodoo says he did it by Voodoo.
Reprints

Circumstantial Evidence (Table of Contents: 7)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Quality Shop
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony; Dolan
Synopsis
A man is about to be convicted due to circumstantial evidence, and he won't let the Spirit help him.
Reprints

Radio Burglars (Table of Contents: 8)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole ?
Pencils
Jack Cole ?
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Dolan; Ebony; Joe; Dan
Synopsis
Joe and Dan rig people's radios to report disasters, and when the victims flee, they rob their houses.
Reprints

Man O' War (Table of Contents: 9)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Quality staff
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Dolan; Ebony; R.M. Harg
Reprints

In the Moorish Section of Central City (Table of Contents: 10)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Quality Shop
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Hamido Society; Muley Ben
Reprints

Who Killed Sam Wright? (Table of Contents: 11)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Manly Wade Wellman ?
Pencils
Lou Fine ?
Inks
Quality staff
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Miss Bella
Synopsis
A policeman is killed on duty and the department rejects the Spirit's help to solve the case.
Reprints

The Charity Ball (Table of Contents: 12)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Quality staff
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Buzz Horsley
Synopsis
Ellen calls an escort service after the Spirit refuses to take her to a charity ball.
Reprints

Double Eagle (Table of Contents: 13)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Chief Double-Eagle; Mokwa the Bear; Dolan; Deuce Spot Dalliger; Ebony; Ellen
Synopsis
A bunch of crooks keep trying to steal Chief Double-Eagle's pet bear.
Reprints

Skelter and Crabb (Table of Contents: 14)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
Dolan; Skelter; Crabb; Ellen; Ebony
Synopsis
When a private detective's partner is killed, he accuses Dolan of murder.
Reprints

Torchy Tyler (Table of Contents: 15)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole ?
Pencils
Jack Cole ?
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Torchy Tyler; Scorzone
Synopsis
A country western singer is blackmailed by a bunch of mobsters.
Reprints

Who Killed Bob Sydell? (Table of Contents: 16)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Fine ?
Inks
Quality staff
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Mr. Dory; Miss Amelia; Mr. Guffing; Bob Sydell; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Cory; Mr. Grame
Reprints

Indexer Notes

GCD formerly credited this to Manly Wade Wellman, but Bob Hughes says it's not him

Dead in the Street (Table of Contents: 17)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Fine ?
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Dolan; Ebony
Reprints

Suspended Animation (Table of Contents: 18)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Lou Fine ?
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Sorrocco; Ellen; Dolan; Ebony
Reprints

Indexer Notes

GCD formerly credited this to Manly Wade Wellman, but Bob Hughes insists it's not him.

Rogoff (Table of Contents: 19)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Quality shop
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony; Rogoff; Dolan
Reprints

The Voodoo of Dr. Peroo (Table of Contents: 20)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Dr. Peroo; Ebony; Grumio; Mayor Blast
Reprints

John Magby's Last Will and Testament (Table of Contents: 21)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
William Woolfolk ?
Pencils
Robin King ?
Inks
Robin King ?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Magby
Reprints

Fifi McCoy (Table of Contents: 22)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole ?
Pencils
Jack Cole ?
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Fifi McCoy; Dolan; Mayor Blast; Ebony
Synopsis
A snoop tries to blackmail Fifi McCoy with love letters Dolan sent her while in high school.
Reprints

Black Marx (Table of Contents: 23)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole ?
Pencils
Jack Cole ?
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony; Black Marx; Dolan; Ellen
Reprints

Beyond the Grave! (Table of Contents: 24)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole ?
Pencils
Jack Cole ?
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Constable Cravey; Dolan; Dondru; Venga
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Check out Woozy Winks in panel 4 of page 3!

Ebony's Piano Lesson (Table of Contents: 25)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils
Lou Fine
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
Ebony; Ellen; Dolan; Mr. Hepplethwaite; Princess Anne
Synopsis
Ellen tries to get Ebony to take piano lessons, but the teacher turns out to be a jewel thief.
Reprints

The Cellini Dagger (Table of Contents: 26)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils
Lou Fine
Inks
Don Komisarow
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Dolan; Ebony; Henry Enright; Charles Fournier
Reprints

The Odor of Geraniums (Table of Contents: 27)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Manly Wade Wellman
Pencils
Robin King ?
Inks
Robin King ?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ebony
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer id by Bob Hughes. (previously William Woolfolk)

Sad Eyes Sam's Last Laugh (Table of Contents: 28)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
?
Colors
Digital Chameleon
Letters
Martin DeMuth

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Sad Eyes Sam; Ebony
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Misdated July 25, 1944. http://colescomics.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Spirit

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Spirit
  2. 1. World War II Portfolio
    Joe Dope
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    General Poop
  4. 3. Killer Ketch
    Spirit
  5. 4. Mrs. Sorrel
    Spirit
  6. 5. Ebony's Inheritance
    Spirit
  7. 6. Murder by Magic
    Spirit
  8. 7. Circumstantial Evidence
    Spirit
  9. 8. Radio Burglars
    Spirit
  10. 9. Man O' War
    Spirit
  11. 10. In the Moorish Section of Central City
    Spirit
  12. 11. Who Killed Sam Wright?
    Spirit
  13. 12. The Charity Ball
    Spirit
  14. 13. Double Eagle
    Spirit
  15. 14. Skelter and Crabb
    Spirit
  16. 15. Torchy Tyler
    Spirit
  17. 16. Who Killed Bob Sydell?
    Spirit
  18. 17. Dead in the Street
    Spirit
  19. 18. Suspended Animation
    Spirit
  20. 19. Rogoff
    Spirit
  21. 20. The Voodoo of Dr. Peroo
    Spirit
  22. 21. John Magby's Last Will and Testament
    Spirit
  23. 22. Fifi McCoy
    Spirit
  24. 23. Black Marx
    Spirit
  25. 24. Beyond the Grave!
    Spirit
  26. 25. Ebony's Piano Lesson
    Spirit
  27. 26. The Cellini Dagger
    Spirit
  28. 27. The Odor of Geraniums
    Spirit
  29. 28. Sad Eyes Sam's Last Laugh
    Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Adam Spector
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore