The Spirit Casebook
#2 - All About P'Gell
(October 1998)
Kitchen Sink Press,
1990 Series
- Price
- 18.95 USD; 22.95 CAD
- Pages
- 160
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Kitchen Sink Press
- Brand
-
Kitchen Sink Comix
- ISBN
-
0-87816-093-0
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Catherine Garnier (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
Indicia title for volume two is "All About P'Gell: The Spirit Casebook, Volume Two."
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/23/1947 (November 23rd, 1947) - in Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #26 (June 2009)
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[no title indexed]
The Spirit / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Kevin Lison (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- Kevin Lison (credited) (cover design)
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1947 (May 25th, 1947) [title page]
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Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 ? page
- Script
- Will Eisner ?
- Letters
- typeset
The Portier Fortune
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Octopus; P'Gell; M Daufan; Millissy Portier; Homer Portier
- Synopsis
- When P'Gell comes to Central City in search of her late husband's fortune, dead bodies seem to start appearing everywhere.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/1/1946 (December 1st, 1946)
-
Saree
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; P'Gell; Silk Satin; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Saree Raymond (introduction); Miss Vitriola; Roger Raymond; Inchly 3rd
- Synopsis
- Saree is a student at Miss Vitriola's school. Her father announces he's going to marry P'Gell. Then Miss Vitriola dies. But Saree, who is a match for P'Gell in every way, does not want a new mother around, any more than she wanted Miss Vitriola.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/12/1947 (January 12, 1947)
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The School for Girls
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters
- Martin deMuth
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Saree; Lady McBeth; Inchly 3rd; Picar
- Synopsis
- P'Gell asks for the Spirit's help because she thinks some one is trying to murder her husband and frame her, but which one of her past victims is responsible?
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/19/1947 (January 19, 1947)
-
Saree Falls in Love
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; humor; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Saree Raymond; Dr. Bigelow; Rattler; Gilhooly
- Synopsis
- Saree runs away to a life of crime and gets mixed up with the Rattler who the Spirit's trying to catch.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/18/1947 (May 18th, 1947)
-
Il Duce's Locket
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Saree; Bandito; Bigelow; Stiletto
- Synopsis
- P'Gell apparently has Il Duce's locket, which contains that map to his treasure vault and half of Italy has come to America to get it back.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1947 (May 25th, 1947)
-
Black Gold (The Lands of Ben Adim)
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Abu ben Adim; Hanash; Ali
- Synopsis
- Two brothers fight over their oily inheritance, and for the hand of P'Gell. As usual, both end up dead.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/15/1947 (June 15th, 1947)
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Competition
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; humor; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Klink (introduction); P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Saree; Toothpaste; Giffy; Twinch
- Synopsis
- P'Gell rents her school out to a bunch of crooks to help pay the mortgage but they double-cross her. Saree works her charms on rookie patrolman Klink to get him to come to the rescue.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/3/1947 (August 3rd, 1947)
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Money
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; P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Saree; Mr. Quinse; Ahmed the Trader
- Synopsis
- Mr. Quinse tries to get P'Gell to default on her mortgage by telling her pupils' mothers about her past.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/23/1947 (November 23rd, 1947)
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Assignment Paris (The Spanish Jewels)
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited); André LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); André LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Don Carlos
- Synopsis
- Dolan tries to get P'Gell to help him track down one of her ex-husbands.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/23/1948 (May 23rd, 1948)
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Indexer Notes
Andre LeBlanc verified by Will Eisner in Kitchen Sink Spirit 31, May 1987.
Teacher's Pet
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dick Whittler; Prof Acyd
- Synopsis
- P'Gell turns up as a teacher at a prep school. The Spirit reluctantly investigates at Dick Whittler's request. Turns out she's after Prof Acyd's secret formula.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/10/1950 (September 10, 1950)
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The Seventh Husband
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner ?
- Pencils
- Will Eisner ?
- Inks
- Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)
- Letters
- Ben Oda
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellis Murdoch; King Kwang
- Synopsis
- P'Gell is involved in smuggling atomic rifles to dictators. The Spirit ends up trapped in the Far East
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/20/1951 (May 20, 1951)
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A Ticket Home
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Rajah
- Synopsis
- P'Gell offers the Spirit a lift home.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/1/1951 (July 1, 1951)
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Indexer Notes
continued from 6/17 story.
The Loot of Robinson Crusoe (The Island of Pearls)
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Synopsis
- The Spirit and P'Gell are shipwrecked on an island that's covered with pearls.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/8/1951 (July 8, 1951)
-
Indexer Notes
continued from 7/1/51 story
Staple Springs
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt] (as Eisenhower S. Daft); Butcher Polk; Judge Slater
- Synopsis
- Spirit goes undercover at a resort for criminals, looking for a judge who has disappeared.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/23/1952 (March 23, 1952)
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L'Spirit
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Casey; Franz; Carl; the Skipper
- Synopsis
- Three men book passage on a freighter and vie for the attentions of the only female passenger.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/4/1952 (May 4, 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
Written in French with English subtitles. The English and French have nothing to do with each other. Continued next week.
The Incident of the Sitting Duck
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Carl; Franz
- Synopsis
- The Spirit and two spies vy for the attentions of P'Gell while traveling aboard a freighter.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/11/1952 (May 11, 1952)
-
Indexer Notes
continued from previous week
The Capistrano Jewels
The Spirit / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Letters
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1973 series) #2 (November 1973)
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- Keywords
- San Juan Capistrano
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Spirit -
1.
Introduction
-
2.
The Portier Fortune
The Spirit -
3.
Saree
The Spirit -
4.
The School for Girls
The Spirit -
5.
Saree Falls in Love
The Spirit -
6.
Il Duce's Locket
The Spirit -
7.
Black Gold (The Lands of Ben Adim)
The Spirit -
8.
Competition
The Spirit -
9.
Money
The Spirit -
10.
Assignment Paris (The Spanish Jewels)
The Spirit -
11.
Teacher's Pet
The Spirit -
12.
The Seventh Husband
The Spirit -
13.
A Ticket Home
The Spirit -
14.
The Loot of Robinson Crusoe (The Island of Pearls)
The Spirit -
15.
Staple Springs
The Spirit -
16.
L'Spirit
The Spirit -
17.
The Incident of the Sitting Duck
The Spirit -
18.
The Capistrano Jewels
The Spirit
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- Tony R. Rose
- Karsten S.
- Jason Sacks
- Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
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