(July 2000)
DC,
2000 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 2.95 USD; 4.50 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- On-sale Date
- 2000-05-03
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC Comics Millennium Editions
- Barcode
- 761941224442 00111
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Adam Philips (credited) (editor - collected edition); Nick Napolitano (credited as Nick J. Napolitano) (associate editor - collected edition); Gill Fox (credited) (editor - original series); George Brenner (editor - original series)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
This issue originally was published as The Spirit (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #[1] (May 1944), whose stories had been themselves reprinted from various Spirit newspaper sections.
Brenner editing credit from GCD index of the original issue.
Brenner editing credit from GCD index of the original issue.
[no title indexed]
The Spirit / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit; Ebony
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #[1] (1944)
-
The Spirit #1 Comics' Weekly Hero Gets Collected
Remembering the Millennium / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Greenberger (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Sequence on inside of front and back covers.
Wanted for Murder
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Manly Wade Wellman ?
- Pencils
- Lou Fine
- Inks
- ? (Quality Comics staff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit; Ebony; Commission Dolan; Bambro (villain); Ellen Dolan (cameo)
- Synopsis
- The murder of Grace Gilbert of the Secret Service is blamed on the Spirit, who must track down the real murderer, who is counterfeiting 1804 silver dollars.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/11/1943 (April 11, 1943)
-
Tony Zacco, Public Enemy No. 1
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Manly Wade Wellman ?
- Pencils
- Lou Fine
- Inks
- ? (Quality Comics staff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit; Commissioner Dolan; Tony Zacco (villain)
- Synopsis
- Commissioner Dolan sends the Spirit to Europe to track down a wanted felon, Tony Zacco, and finds him serving honorably for the United States military... and he dies in that capacity... as a hero!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/23/1943 (May 23, 1943)
-
Dressed to Kill
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Bill Woolfolk
- Pencils
- Lou Fine
- Inks
- ? (Quality Comics staff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit; Ebony; Commissioner Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Culley (villain)
- Synopsis
- Commissioner Dolan informs the Spirit that he is creating a force of Policewomen, over whom Ellen has been placed as Sergeant in Charge!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/16/1943 (May 16, 1943)
-
A Clock Stops
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Manly Wade Wellman ?
- Pencils
- Lou Fine
- Inks
- ? (Quality Comics staff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit; Ebony; Commissioner Dolan
- Synopsis
- After a watchmaker is found dead in his shop, Dolan and the Spirit head for his shop, hoping to sell some of his wares to give the man a decent burial. Instead, they become involved in a murder-mystery centered around a grandfather's clock and a mysterious legend about it... that apparently comes true!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/18/1943 (April 18, 1943)
-
The Eyes Have It
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Manly Wade Wellman ?
- Pencils
- Lou Fine (credited)
- Inks
- ? (Quality Comics staff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit; Commissioner Dolan; Ebony (cameo); Evil-Eye Manders (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Spirit investigates the fight game and the certain activities of an Evil-Eyes Manders, whose stare affects people in strange ways, including the Spirit!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/4/1943 (April 4, 1943)
-
Manhunt
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); Lou Fine (credited)
- Inks
- ? (Quality Comics staff)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit; Commissioner Dolan; "Yellow Eyes" Janus (villain)
- Synopsis
- The Spirit & Dolan look into the murders of Jason Broadway and soldier Joe Dulan: two men so popular and liked that no one should have wanted to kill them... and almost get killed themselves!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/2/1943 (May 2, 1943)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Spirit -
1.
The Spirit #1 Comics' Weekly Hero Gets Collected
Remembering the Millennium -
2.
Wanted for Murder
The Spirit -
3.
Tony Zacco, Public Enemy No. 1
The Spirit -
4.
Dressed to Kill
The Spirit -
5.
A Clock Stops
The Spirit -
6.
The Eyes Have It
The Spirit -
7.
Manhunt
The Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mark Q
- Karsten S.
- Andrew S. Troth
- Jim Van Dore
- Michael Vance
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