The Spirit #2

(June 1974)

An Interview with Will Eisner (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Siegel

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Heel Scalloppini (Table of Contents)

Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti

Letters:

Abe Kanegson ?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Fog laid heavy over Central City ... heavy as the hearts that dwelt therein. Elections were over, a heel had won. And something in the air smelled fishy!

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/23/1947 (February 23, 1947)

Powder Pouf (Table of Contents)

Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti

Letters:

Abe Kanegson

Content Information

Characters:

Powder Pouf (introduction); Bleaker Moore (introduction)

Synopsis:

Her name was Powder, and like her namesake, she was deadly and explosive ... ready to entrap anyone in her treacherous web of crime. Even The Spirit!

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/4/1948 (January 4th, 1948)

The Fallen Sparrow (Table of Contents)

Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti

Letters:

Abe Kanegson

Content Information

Characters:

Sparrow Fallon (introduction); Powder Pouf; Bleaker Moore

Synopsis:

Bleak had served his sentence. Now he was free ... free to rush into the arms of his childhood sweetheart. He didn't know that she was as crooked as he!

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/11/1948 (January 11th, 1948)

The Tragedy of Merry Andrew (Table of Contents)

Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti

Letters:

Abe Kanegson

Content Information

Characters:

Boss Bubble

Synopsis:

There's a tale of a man with a blow, mighty enough to lay The Spirit low! But how and why could this be, when Merry Andrew was only five foot three?

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/15/1948 (February 15th, 1948)

Indexer Notes

splash redrawn?

Wanted: Mortimer J. Titmouse (Table of Contents)

Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti

Colors:

?

Letters:

Abe Kanegson

Content Information

Characters:

Octopus

Synopsis:

Mortimer was a janitor. And he had a big secret. He claimed he could build a bomb capable of destroying the world. And he would have a blast!

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/6/1947 (July 6th, 1947)

The O'Dolan (Table of Contents)

Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti

Letters:

Abe Kanegson

Content Information

Characters:

Ellen Dolan (feature)

Synopsis:

They say there's a treasure in the haunted O'Dolan house ... a treasure guarded by ghosts! But they don't say how many Spirits prowl the decrepit manse!

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/18/1948 (April 18th, 1948)

Indexer Notes

A brief history of the Dolan family is included.

UFO (Table of Contents)

Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti

Letters:

Abe Kanegson

Content Information

Characters:

Awesome Bells (introduction)

Synopsis:

Down from the sky it floated ... straight into the Central City junkyard. Out came a strange little man, in search of an aspiring actor. An actor who claimed he saw men from Mars!

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/28/1947 (September 28th, 1947)

Indexer Notes

splash redone?

Silken Floss M.D. (Table of Contents)

Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti

Letters:

Abe Kanegson ?

Content Information

Characters:

Silken Floss

Synopsis:

The Spirit had two choices. He could die from the poison raking his body ... or pay for the antidote within his reach, by marrying Silken Floss!

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/9/1947 (March 9th, 1947)