(February 1981)
- Price:
- 2.00 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- ?
- Editing:
- Will Eisner; Dennis Kitchen; Cat Yronwode
- Format:
- Magazine-size; Color covers; Black and white and color interior; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Will Eisner Color Treasury (Kitchen Sink Press, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981)
- in Will Eisner Color Treasury (Kitchen Sink Press, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981) [excerpt from "The Big City"]
- in The Art of Will Eisner (Kitchen Sink Press, 1982 series) #1 (1982)
[no title indexed]
Spirit / cover / 2 pages
Credits
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner
- Colors:
- Will Eisner
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; humor
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
Indexer Notes
wrap-around cover
Spirit Checklist Part 6
text article / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Cat Yronwode
- Letters:
- Typeset
Indexer Notes
index of Spirit Reprints from Police thru Warren #9
The Devil's Shoes
Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; humor
- Characters:
- Duchess of Doom; Ebony
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/1/1942 (February 1st, 1942)
M.U.R.D.E.R.
Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner (layouts)
- Inks:
- Lou Fine (finishes)
- Letters:
- Sam Rosen
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; humor
- Characters:
- Dolan; Ebony
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/19/1942 (July 19th, 1942)
Indexer Notes
entire story is a riff on the letters "M.U.R.D.E.R"
Montabaldo
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters:
- Abe Kanegson
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; humor
- Characters:
- Octopus; Mr Carrion; Fraternization H Shack; Castanet (Intro)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/25/1948 (January 25th, 1948) [misdated 1/18/48]
Indexer Notes
parody of Night on bald Mountain
The Frame (#4)
Essay on Comic Art / text article / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner (spot illos)
- Inks:
- Will Eisner (spot illos)
- Letters:
- Typeset
Content Information
- Genre:
- fact
Indexer Notes
essay on drawing
The Treasure of Avenue 'C'
Spirit / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner
- Colors:
- Will Eisner? (p2,3 only)
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; humor
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration (migrated reprint links need inspection)
- in Will Eisner Color Treasury (Kitchen Sink Press, 1981 series) #[nn] (1981) [[3 pp. excerpt]]
Indexer Notes
A series of vignettes surrounding a subway grate
Rife
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jules Feiffer
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner
- Letters:
- Abe Kanegson
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; humor
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/14/1951 (January 14, 1951)
Indexer Notes
Life magazine parody, no "story". Many cameos "pin up style"
The Amulet of Osiris
Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters:
- Abe Kanegson
Content Information
- Genre:
- adventure; humor
- Characters:
- Klink; Ebony
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/28/1948 (November 28th, 1948)
The Amulet of Osiris
Denny Colt, Alias the Spirit / comic story / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- Will Eisner?
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Al Wenzel?
- Letters:
- Ben Oda?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective
- Characters:
- Dolan; Sammy; Ebony
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/14/1952 (September 14, 1952)
Indexer Notes
4 page story printed 1/4 size on a single page. Fill-in story due to Wood missing his deadlines.
The Return
Denny Colt, Alias the Spirit / comic story / 4 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Will Eisner
- Inks:
- Al Wenzel
- Letters:
- Ben Oda?
Content Information
- Genre:
- detective
- Characters:
- Dolan; Sammy
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/21/1952 (September 21, 1952)
Indexer Notes
This story is a fill-in because the Wood story was so late.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Spirit Checklist Part 6
-
2.
The Devil's Shoes
Spirit -
3.
M.U.R.D.E.R.
Spirit -
4.
Montabaldo
Spirit -
5.
The Frame (#4)
Essay on Comic Art -
6.
The Treasure of Avenue 'C'
Spirit -
7.
Rife
Spirit -
8.
The Amulet of Osiris
Spirit -
9.
The Amulet of Osiris
Denny Colt, Alias the Spirit -
10.
The Return
Denny Colt, Alias the Spirit
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Jim Van Dore
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Hughes
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