Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #22

([October] 2007)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

?

Letters:

typeset

A Time-Stop (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Marc Tymley; Ringo Sykes; Dolan; Spirit

Synopsis:

Ringo has just shot Marc Tymley when a mysterious meteor passing the Earth causes time to stop for everyone but Tymley. He has thirty minutes while everyone else is frozen to do whatever he wants.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/7/1951 (January 7, 1951)

Rife Magazine (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Sand Saref; Silk Satin; P'Gell; Sammy; Willum; Darling O'Shea; Mr. Carrion; Julia

Synopsis:

Life magazine parody, no "story".

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/14/1951 (January 14, 1951)

Future Death (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda ?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Dolan; Tempus J. Fugit; Ellen; Denny Colt, Jr.

Synopsis:

Prof Tempus J Fugit builds a time machine and kills the Spirit in 1970.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/21/1951 (January 21, 1951)

Indexer Notes

time travel story

The Meanest Man In the World (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Splinter Weevil; Monte Faro; Klink; Muldoon

Synopsis:

Splinter Weevil never did anybody a favor, never was anything but cruel and selfish- until the plane crash.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/28/1951 (January 28, 1951)

Showdown (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (p 2-7)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Abe Kanegson (p2-7)

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Octopus; Spirit; Dolan; Klink

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/4/1951 (February 4, 1951) [which is a partial reprint of #8/24/1947]

The Octopus Is Back (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Octopus; Spirit; Dolan; Sammy: Klink

Synopsis:

The Octopus is disguised as the Spirit, who is disguised as the Octopus.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/11/1951 (February 11, 1951)

To The Spirit With Love (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda ?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Dolan; Carrion; Julia; Ellen (feature); Octopus; Klink

Synopsis:

Carrion and the Octopus scheme to marry the Spirit off to Ellen Dolan.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/18/1951 (February 18, 1951)

The Portier Fortune (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner (1, part of 2 and 7); John Spranger

Inks:

Will Eisner; Bob Palmer

Colors:

?

Letters:

Martin deMuth (2-7)

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Dolan; P'Gell; Sammy (in frame only); Spirit; Millisy Portier; Waldo; Homer; M. Daufan

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/25/1951 (February 25, 1951) [Most of pgs 2-6, and top row of pg 7 from Spirit #12/1/1946]

Death Is My Destiny (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Enoch Vane; Smiley; Amos File; Spirit

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/4/1951 (March 4, 1951) [Story originaly used in Spirit #10/4/1942 (redrawn?)]

The Case of the Double Jones (Table of Contents)

The 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

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Dolan; Dolan's doppleganger

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/11/1951 (March 11, 1951) [Pages 2-7(except for last tier) from #10/19/1947]

Darling and the Octopus (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jules Feiffer

Pencils:

Will Eisner (layouts only); Jim Dixon ?

Inks:

Jim Dixon ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Darling O'Shea, Octopus

Synopsis:

On a deserted island, the Spirit tracks down the Octopus, only to find Darling O'Shea is in the midst of buying the place.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/18/1951 (March 18, 1951)

Indexer Notes

Feiffer is drafted into the army at this point and leaves Eisner's employ for basic training. His remaining scripts from August 1951 on will be sent in by mail.

Damsels In Distress (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (2-7)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Abe Kanegson (2-7)

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; P'Gell; Saree; Officer Sam Klink (intro-flashback)

Synopsis:

Officer Klink retells his first Spirit adventure to a couple of new kids in town.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/25/1951 (March 25, 1951) [Pages 2-7 from #8/3/1947]

The Last Prowl of Mephisto (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Will Eisner; Jim Dixon ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Ellen (feature); Lucifer T Mephisto (intro); Hambo; Grinder; Dolan

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/1/1951 (April 1, 1951)

Dragnet for Johnny Buffalo (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling ?

Pencils:

Will Eisner (layouts only); Jim Dixon ?

Inks:

Jim Dixon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Schwartz

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Walkalong Haggerty (intro); Johnny Buffalo

Synopsis:

A kid in a coonskin cap rounds up a gang of criminals while he waits for his parent's tv set to be repaired.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/8/1951 (April 8, 1951)

Indexer Notes

Dixon/Schwartz credits hidden on splash page; not on Feiffer's list

Time Bomb (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling ?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Jim Dixon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda ?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Dolan; Pinnacle; Fingle

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/15/1951 (April 15, 1951)

Hobart (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Will Eisner

Inks:

Jim Dixon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Hobart; Commodore

Synopsis:

A hermit on a desert island gets caught between the Spirit and a gang of crooks. The hermit wins.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/22/1951 (April 22, 1951)

Help Wanted (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Jim Dixon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Dolan; Ed Flinch (Dolan doppleganger #1); Lester Flinch (Dolan doppleganger #2)

Synopsis:

A counterfeiter tries to take Dolan's place, but his twin brother screws up the deal.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/29/1951 (April 29, 1951)

The Facts (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Jim Dixon

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda ?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Carrion; Little Ghoul (intro); Julia

Synopsis:

Carrion's nephew, a sort of reverse Ebony, is introduced. Little Ghoul is in contact with Mars, but no one will believe him.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/6/1951 (May 6, 1951)

The Hero (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling ?; Will Eisner (plot) ?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Henry J Timeclock; Dolan

Synopsis:

Henry just wanted to get home on time for dinner. But when a gang of bandits try to get the train to crash and Henry finds himself all alone in the engine....

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/13/1951 (May 13, 1951)

The 7th Husband (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner ?

Pencils:

Will Eisner ?

Inks:

Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ben Oda

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; P'Gell; Ellis Murdoch; King Kwang

Synopsis:

P'Gell is involved in smuggling atomic rifles to dictators. The Spirit ends up trapped in the Far East

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/20/1951 (May 20, 1951)

King Kwang (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Jim Dixon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; King Kwang; Yuang

Synopsis:

The Spirit helps capture an Eastern bandit.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/27/1951 (May 27, 1951)

The Thing in the Jungle (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling ?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Travail; The Thing

Synopsis:

Big Game Hunter Travail attempts to capture a mysterious jungle creature known only as The Thing.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/3/1951 (June 3, 1951)

Wanchu (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling

Pencils:

Will Eisner; Klaus Nordling

Inks:

Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Warlord Loo

Synopsis:

The Spirit helps to stop a communist attempt to overthrow a small Himalayan country.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/10/1951 (June 10, 1951)

Khyber Bill (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling ?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling?

Inks:

Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Sammy; Khyber Bill; Rajah of Opaljore; Willy; Simba

Synopsis:

The Spirit brings peace and freedom to yet another trouble mountain paradise.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/17/1951 (June 17, 1951)

School Is Out (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Klaus Nordling ?

Pencils:

Klaus Nordling?

Inks:

Jim Dixon

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Spirit (cameo); Dolan; Ebony; Liz

Synopsis:

With the Spirit out of town Dolan is stumped by a jewel robbery, until Ebony solves the case.

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• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/24/1951 (June 24, 1951)

Indexer Notes

Not on Feiffer's list