The Spirit
#1
(April 1974)
Warren,
1974 Series
- Price
- 1.00 USD
- Pages
- 76
- Indicia Frequency
- six times a year, in February, April, June, August, October & December
- On-sale Date
- 1974-01-29
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Warren Publishing Co.
- Brand
-
A Warren Magazine [stacked text]
- Editing
- Will Eisner (editor); Bill DuBay (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #103, January - February 1974.
in 
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Almost four years after...
Indexer Notes
Introductory text with illustration and photograph of Will Eisner.
The Last Trolley
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- John Spranger; Bob Palmer (splash)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Bob Palmer (splash)
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- Hop aboard a $100,000 ride into mystery. Travel Death's twisted track to Raven's Point. For The Spirit, it could be a one-way trip!
- Reprints
-
from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/24/1946 (March 24th, 1946) -
in Spirit (Albin Michel, 1985 series) #3 - Qui a tué Cox Robin ? (September 1987)
-
Indexer Notes
rewritten?
Escape
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- The Spirit never sleeps. Neither does the criminal mind. Watch as three escaped convicts find that the world is a prison for those who would flaunt justice!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/13/1947 (April 14th, 1947)
-
Li'l Adam
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer (most of page 6)
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- The Spirit; Al Slapp; Li'l Adam; Elmer Hay; Hector Ghoul
- Synopsis
- Classic comic strip characters come to life! A world of stick figures is the strange setting! Murder is the heinous crime! And The Spirit is baffled!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/20/1947 (July 20th, 1947)
-
Indexer Notes
Parodies of Li'l Abner, Dick Tracy and Little Orphan Annie included.
The Criminal
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- The Spirit; Klink; Mr. Sawbuck
- Synopsis
- A cop is shot! The Spirit is wounded! Tough gangland figures are held at bay! And behind it all is one Mr. Sawbuck... a seven-year old boy!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/2/1947 (November 2nd, 1947)
-
El Spirito
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors
- Richard Corben
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- The Spirit has witnessed many strange things on rainy nights. But tonight is the first time he has ever followed a ghost ... straight to his own watery grave!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/1/1948 (February 1st, 1948)
-
in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #1 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Splash page redrawn.
The Killer
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- Henry the war-hero is back ... and no one wants him. No one, that is, until he kills his wife and her leering lover. Then he belongs to The Spirit!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/8/1946 (December 8th, 1946)
-
A Granule of Time
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- The Spirit; Dr. Lateur; Silken Floss (introduction)
- Synopsis
- A hostile visitor from the year 2400! One Dr. Lateur and his incredible Theory of Molecular Arrangement. Into this melee comes The Spirit!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/2/1947 (March 2nd, 1947)
-
The Partner
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Synopsis
- The Spirit! Slaughtered by Slinko Joe Daws. Now there's no one to save a helpless Central City from the nefarious clutches of Slimy Skinch and Co.!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/26/1947 (January 26, 1947)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Spirit -
1.
["Almost four years after..."]
-
2.
[no title indexed]
-
3.
The Last Trolley
The Spirit -
4.
Escape
The Spirit -
5.
Li'l Adam
The Spirit -
6.
The Criminal
The Spirit -
7.
El Spirito
The Spirit -
8.
The Killer
The Spirit -
9.
A Granule of Time
The Spirit -
10.
The Partner
The Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
- Chris Boyko
- Steve Coates
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Jim Van Dore
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