The Spirit #7/5/1942 [Washington D.C. Sunday Star edition]

Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 Series
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Wanted for Murder (Table of Contents: 1)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner (layouts); Lou Fine
Inks
Joe Kubert; Alex Kotzky
Colors
Quality Staff
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Spirit; Ebony; Dolan
Synopsis
Flashback to pre-Spirit days..Denny Colt is arrested for murder in South America
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Indexer Notes

inker credit from Greg Theakston
Colors and letters credits from cat yronwode's Spirit index.

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

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why Count DiChange.. I thought you'd been drafted!
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Count DiChange; Melba [as fake Lady Luck]; Moe
Synopsis
When the Count shows Brenda Lady Luck war stamps, she realizes they are counterfeit.
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Indexer Notes

The Count's first name is given as Raoul.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mr. Mystic / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Powell
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
?
Letters
?
Editing
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahhhh.. This salt air feels good!! I...Hello?...That looks like a ship's spar!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Mystic; Shadowman of Death
Synopsis
The Shadowman is searching for a ship that sank 30 years ago, so he can ferry the crews' souls to the Valley of Death. But first they have to sink a German U-boat.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. Wanted for Murder
    The Spirit
  3. 2. ["Why Count DiChange.. I thought you'd been drafted!"]
    Lady Luck
  4. 3. ["Ahhhh.. This salt air feels good!! I...Hello?...That looks like a ship's spar!"]
    Mr. Mystic
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