The Spirit #6/9/1940 [The Sunday Star [Washington, D.C.]]
(June 9, 1940)

Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 Series
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[The Return of Dr. Cobra] (Table of Contents: 1)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (credited) (signed as Will Eisner) (sourced) (see notes)
Pencils
Will Eisner (credited) (signed as Will Eisner) (sourced) (see notes)
Inks
Will Eisner (credited) (signed as Will Eisner) (sourced) (see notes)
Colors
Joe Kubert (sourced) (see notes)
Letters
Zoltan Szenics (sourced) (see notes)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Night... a taxi rattles across lonely Wildwood cementery road...
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Ellen Dolan (first appearance); Homer Creep (first appearance); Commissioner Dolan; Sgt. O'Rourke; Dr. Cobra (death)
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Indexer Notes

Beginning in this story the Spirit wears a mask.

Credits confirmed from Cat Yronwode's Spirit index. The unofficial title is taken from Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1.

Letterer credit of Zoltan Szenics confirmed by Alberto Becattini in his blog "alberto's pages", 29 January 2015 (http://alberto-s-pages.webnode.it/news/zoltan-szenics/), retrieved 16 February 2015.

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

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

Script
Will Eisner (credited as Ford Davis)
Pencils
Chuck Mazoujian (credited as Ford Davis)
Inks
Chuck Mazoujian (credited as Ford Davis)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Rather than face a trial, disgrace, and ruin, Judge Vernon reserves passage for Bermuda...
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Lady Luck

[Karoly Gore, the Dictator of Europe] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mr. Mystic / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner (credited as W. Morgan Thomas)
Pencils
Bob Powell (credited as W. Morgan Thomas)
Inks
Bob Powell (credited as W. Morgan Thomas)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Mystic [Kenneth St. Germain]; Elena (first appearance)
Reprints
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. [The Return of Dr. Cobra]
    The Spirit
  2. 2. ["Rather than face a trial, disgrace, and ruin, Judge Vernon reserves passage for Bermuda..."]
    Lady Luck
  3. 3. [Karoly Gore, the Dictator of Europe]
    Mr. Mystic
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  • Kauldi Gilibert
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Ramon Schenk
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