The Spirit Casebook
#[nn]
(1990)
Kitchen Sink Press,
1990 Series
- Price
- 12.95 USD; 15.55 CAD
- Pages
- 164
- On-sale Date
- 1990
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
- Brand
-
Kitchen Sink Press
- ISBN
-
0-87816-094-9
- Printer
- Printed in U.S.A.
- Editing
- Dave Schreiner (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
in Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #26 (June 2009)
-
[no title indexed]
The Spirit / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/6/1946 (October 6th, 1946) [title page]
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Who Is the Spirit?
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner ?
- Inks
- Will Eisner ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]
Two Lives
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Klink; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Carboy T. Gretch; Cranfranz Gwayle
- Synopsis
- Carboy T. Gretch and Cranfranz Gwalye look exactly alike. Both are miserable where they are, so they trade lives.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/12/1948 (December 12th, 1948)
-
Indexer Notes
parallel stories told
Ten Minutes
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer; Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Freddy; Max; Mrs. Schmidt
- Synopsis
- Freddy just wants some money so he can leave town and start a new life. A new life that lasts ten minutes.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/11/1949 (September 11th, 1949)
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The Killer
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Spranger
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Bob Palmer
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Henry; Mary; Mr. James; Sheldon; Trigger
- Synopsis
- Henry was a hot shot soldier in the French underground, but back in America he's back in the same old dead end job.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/8/1946 (December 8th, 1946)
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Indexer Notes
Story is told looking through Henry's eyes.
Wild Rice
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
- Inks
- Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds); Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Wild Rice Wilder (intro); Mike Caliban
- Synopsis
- Mike Caiban tries to rob the Wilder Mansion on the day of Rice's wedding, but Rice wants a life of adventure, so she begs him to take her with him.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/4/1948 (April 4th, 1948)
-
Life Below
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Klink; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Tattler Jeeke; The Worm
- Synopsis
- The Spirit chases a killer through Central City's sewers. Then a snowstorm traps them down there.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/22/1948 (February 22nd, 1948)
-
The Story of Gerhard Shnobble
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- André LeBlanc
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Klink; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Gerhard Shnobble (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Gerhard, a mere nobody, discovers he can fly. But still nobody notices him. Not even the Spirit.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/5/1948 (September 5th, 1948)
-
Meet P'Gell
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Spranger
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Bob Palmer
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell (introduction); The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Hans Dammt; Emil; Picar
- Synopsis
- P'Gell leaves a string of dead husbands behind her in her quest to get to America.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/6/1946 (October 6th, 1946)
-
Death of Autumn Mews
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Sammy (featured); The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Autumn Mews; Virgil
- Synopsis
- Autumn uses her womanly wiles on Sammy to get him to spill the beans on the Spirit.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/9/1949 (October 9th, 1949)
-
Christmas Spirit of 1948
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Santa Claus; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Basher Bains; Teench; Franky
- Synopsis
- Basher Bains wants to get out of jail for Christmas, so Santa helps him.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/19/1948 (December 19th, 1948)
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- Keywords
- Christmas
Lorelei Rox
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Lorelei Rox; Blacky Marquett; Boss Wheeler
- Synopsis
- Like the sirens of old, Lorelei lures truckers to their doom.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/19/1948 (September 19th, 1948)
-
The Last Hand
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); André LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Inks
- André LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds); Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; J. Rollo Dyce; Meataxe Morrison
- Synopsis
- A murderer takes a job as caretaker for an old lady, unaware she's a homicidal maniac.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/16/1948 (May 16th, 1948)
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Indexer Notes
Andre LeBlanc verified by Will Eisner in Kitchen Sink Spirit 31, May 1987.
Visitor
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Cracker Barl; Combo Nathan; Miss Cosmek; Nimbus
- Synopsis
- The Spirit gets involved with a woman who claims to be from Mars.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/13/1949 (February 13th, 1949)
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Fox at Bay
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Reynard
- Synopsis
- Reynard kills 10 men as an experiment in psychology. The Spirit is shot.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/23/1949 (October 23rd, 1949)
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The Embezzler
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Quadrant J. Stet; Mr. Parrish
- Synopsis
- Quadrant J. Stet is going blind. He needs $5000 for an operation. And there's $5000 missing from his firm's accounts. The Spirit is still on crutches.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/27/1949 (November 27th, 1949)
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Rat-Tat, the Toy Machine Gun
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Rat-Tat; Max the Chopper; Carbunkle; Boolits
- Synopsis
- A story about a toy machine gun that wanted to be real.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/4/1949 (September 4th, 1949)
-
Sand Saref
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Sammy; Sand Saref; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Spangles
- Synopsis
- flashback to Denny Colt's childhood and his friend Sand who he tried to turn from the wild life of the dark side.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/8/1950 (January 8, 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Pg 4-7 originally done for unpublished John Law story
Bring in Sand Saref
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Sammy; Sand Saref; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dr. Vitriol
- Synopsis
- Sand has the formula for a dangerous virus and the Spirit has to bring her in.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/15/1950 (January 15, 1950)
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Indexer Notes
Pg 1 original splash pg for John Law story, pg 2-7 originally pgs 6-11
Satin
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited); Jules Feiffer
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Hildie; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Satin; Kurt von Breck; Sylvia
- Synopsis
- Satin asks the Spirit to help clear her husband from a murder charge. Only trouble is, he's guilty.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/12/1949 (June 12th, 1949)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Spirit -
1.
Who Is the Spirit?
-
2.
Two Lives
The Spirit -
3.
Ten Minutes
The Spirit -
4.
The Killer
The Spirit -
5.
Wild Rice
The Spirit -
6.
Life Below
The Spirit -
7.
The Story of Gerhard Shnobble
The Spirit -
8.
Meet P'Gell
The Spirit -
9.
Death of Autumn Mews
The Spirit -
10.
Christmas Spirit of 1948
The Spirit -
11.
Lorelei Rox
The Spirit -
12.
The Last Hand
The Spirit -
13.
Visitor
The Spirit -
14.
Fox at Bay
The Spirit -
15.
The Embezzler
The Spirit -
16.
Rat-Tat, the Toy Machine Gun
The Spirit -
17.
Sand Saref
The Spirit -
18.
Bring in Sand Saref
The Spirit -
19.
Satin
The Spirit -
20.
[Back Cover]
The Spirit
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