The Spirit
#3
(1952)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- On-sale Date
- 1952-09-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Real Adventures Publishing Co., Inc.
- Brand
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Fiction House Magazines
- Editing
- J. F. Byrne (managing editor); Jerry Iger (art director)
Issue Notes
The Walking Corpse
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer [as Will Eisner]
- Pencils
- Jim Dixon [as Will Eisner]
- Inks
- Jim Dixon [as Will Eisner]
- Colors
- Chris Christiansen ?
- Letters
- Sam Schwartz ?
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Reprints
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from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/9/1952 (March 9, 1952)
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Indexer Notes
The story is also known as "The Syndicate Strikes Again" and "The Big Job."
The credits for the writer, penciler, and inker are those given in The Spirit (Kitchen Sink, 1983 series) #80 (June 1991) and Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #24 ([June] 2008).
It Kills By Dark
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer [as Will Eisner]
- Pencils
- Jim Dixon [as Will Eisner]
- Inks
- Jim Dixon [as Will Eisner]
- Colors
- Chris Christiansen ?
- Letters
- Sam Schwartz ?
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Sam Toodem (mine foreman); Sam's younger brother (death); Hauler
- Synopsis
- The Spirit goes in to help save trapped miners only to discover that the collapse was caused to cover up a murder.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/24/1952 (February 24, 1952), #2/24/1952 (February 24, 1952) [The story does not begin on the cover but on second page.]
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Indexer Notes
Story also known as "Drama In Darkness". Original title, "You Will Spend 15 Minutes in Darkness...".
The original cover has been incorporated as a part of the story page count.
The League of Liars
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer [as Will Eisner]
- Pencils
- Jim Dixon [as Will Eisner]
- Inks
- Jim Dixon [as Will Eisner]
- Colors
- Chris Christiansen ?
- Letters
- Sam Schwartz ?
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/25/1951 (November 25, 1951)
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Indexer Notes
The story is also known as "I Hate the Spirit Because".
The penciler and inker credits are per The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983 series) #77 (March 1991) and Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #23 ([January] 2008).
A Man Named Nero
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer? Klaus Nordling? [as Will Eisner]
- Pencils
- Al Wenzel [as Will Eisner]
- Inks
- Al Wenzel [as Will Eisner]
- Colors
- Chris Christiansen ?
- Letters
- Sam Schwartz ?
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/3/1952 (February 3, 1952)
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Indexer Notes
The story is also known as "P.T. Nero".
The scriptwriter credit is in question. The original anonymous indexer attributes it to Jules Feiffer. Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #24 ([June] 2008) states that it may be Klaus Nordling.
The penciler and inker credits are per The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983 series) #79 (May 1991) and Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #24 ([June] 2008)
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The Spirit -
1.
The Walking Corpse
The Spirit -
2.
It Kills By Dark
The Spirit -
3.
The League of Liars
The Spirit -
4.
A Man Named Nero
The Spirit
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Mike Nielsen
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
- R. S. Martin
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