(April 1974)
- Price:
- 1.00 USD
- Pages:
- 76
- Indicia frequency:
- six times a year, in February, April, June, August, October & December
- Indicia Publisher:
- Warren Publishing Co.
- Brand:
- A Warren Magazine
- Editing:
- Will Eisner; Bill DuBay
- Format:
- Magazine-size; Color covers; Black and white and color interior; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint
["Almost four years after..."]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner; ? (photograph)
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; ? (photograph)
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Introductory text with illustration and photograph of Will Eisner.
The Last Trolley
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- John Spranger; Bob Palmer (splash)
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Bob Palmer (splash)
- Letters:
- Martin deMuth
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/24/1946 (March 24th, 1946)
Indexer Notes
rewritten?
Escape
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters:
- Abe Kanegson ?
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/13/1947 (April 14th, 1947)
Li'l Adam
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer (most of pg 6)
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters:
- Abe Kanegson
Content Information
- Characters:
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/20/1947 (July 20th, 1947)
Indexer Notes
Parodies of Lil Abner, Dick Tracy and Little Orphan Annie included.
The Criminal
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters:
- Abe Kanegson
Content Information
- Characters:
- Klink
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/2/1947 (November 2nd, 1947)
El Spirito
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Colors:
- Rich Corben
- Letters:
- Abe Kanegson
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/1/1948 (February 1st, 1948)
Indexer Notes
Splash page redrawn.
The Killer
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- John Spranger
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Bob Palmer
- Letters:
- Martin deMuth
Content Information
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/8/1946 (December 8th, 1946)
A Granule of Time
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters:
- Martin deMuth
Content Information
- Characters:
- Intro-Silken Floss
- 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: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/2/1947 (March 2nd, 1947)
The Partner
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters:
- Abe Kanegson ?
Content Information
- 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.!
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- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/26/1947 (January 26, 1947)
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
["Almost four years after..."]
-
2.
The Last Trolley
Spirit -
3.
Escape
Spirit -
4.
Li'l Adam
Spirit -
5.
The Criminal
Spirit -
6.
El Spirito
Spirit -
7.
The Killer
Spirit -
8.
A Granule of Time
Spirit -
9.
The Partner
Spirit
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
- Jerry Hillegas
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Hughes
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