The Spirit #4/2/1944

(April 2nd, 1944)

Who Killed Bob Sydell? (Table of Contents: 1)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Lou Fine ?

Inks

Quality staff

Colors

?

Letters

Martin DeMuth

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Spirit; Mr. Dory; Miss Amelia; Mr. Guffing; Bob Sydell; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Cory; Mr. Grame

Reprints

• in Spiritman (Triangle Sales Company, 1944 series) #2 ([circa June or July 1945])
• in The Spirit (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #6 (Fall 1946)
• in Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #8 ([October] 2002)

Indexer Notes

GCD formerly credited this to Manly Wade Wellman, but Bob Hughes says it's not him.

[April Fool!] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Klaus Nordling

Pencils

Klaus Nordling

Inks

Klaus Nordling

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Villains: Killer McCann (villains); Four thugs (villains, 1st appearances); April Fool (villain); Count DiChange

Synopsis

Count DiChange bumps into Killer McCann and accidentally knocks him out. McCann meets a gentleman on the street who gives him a gun and and an offer of $1000. McCann storms back in and shoots at Lady Luck only to discover it is a toy gun. He receives his check only to find it is made of rubber! Soon a gang of thugs charge onto the scene with a stick of dynamite. McCann grabs the wick of the stick and it explodes ripping off most of their clothes. McCann then asks the gentleman who he is. He tells him, he is the April Fool. Lady Luck points the blame to the real culprit, Klaus Nordling.

Reprints

• in Spiritman (Triangle Sales Company, 1944 series) #2 ([circa June or July 1945])

[The Fish Thieves] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mr. Mystic / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Guardineer

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Mr. Mystic); Two Fishing Thugs (villains, 1st appearance); Chowderhead

Synopsis

Mr. Mystic and Chowderhead decide to go fishing. They see a boy traveling with a number of fish. He directs them to a great spot where they do well. Later they see the boy and find that his fish were stolen by two thugs. They track them down as they are seen throwing more trash onto the stream filled with refuse already. Mr. Mystic has the boy find the local game warden. He then changes Chowderhead into a bear to chase the men up a tree until the warden arrives to capture them.

Reprints

• in Spiritman (Triangle Sales Company, 1944 series) #2 ([circa June or July 1945])