The Spirit #6/16/1940
(June 16, 1940)

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[The Black Queen] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Will Eisner (credited) (signed as Will Eisner)
Pencils
Will Eisner (credited) (signed as Will Eisner)
Inks
Will Eisner (credited) (signed as Will Eisner)
Colors
Joe Kubert
Letters
Zoltan Szenics

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Last Day of Slot Gorgan Trial
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; The Black Queen (first appearance); Slot Morgan (first appearance); Mr. O'Day (first appearance); Ebony White
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits confirmed from Cat Yronwode's Spirit index. Unnoficial title 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
Chuck Mazoujian
Pencils
Chuck Mazoujian
Inks
Chuck Mazoujian
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Club Clique where smooth chatter mixes with the temp of swing
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Lady Luck; Hardy Moore; Feeny; Tony Brown; Al Anders; The Karny Gang
Synopsis
Lady Luck clears a young man from a murder charge.

[The Slave Traders] (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
adventure; superhero
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [The Black Queen]
    The Spirit
  2. 2. ["The Club Clique where smooth chatter mixes with the temp of swing"]
    Lady Luck
  3. 3. [The Slave Traders]
    Mr. Mystic
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Sumner
  • Kauldi Gilibert
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Bob Hughes
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)