The Spirit
#8/4/1940
(August 4, 1940)
Register and Tribune Syndicate,
1940 Series
- Price
- 0.00 FREE
- Pages
- 16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- [none printed]
- Editing
- Will Eisner
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
![Cover Thumbnail for The Spirit (1940 series) #8/4/1940 [Newark NJ Star Ledger edition]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/954/w100/954249.jpg?7342154535111185521)
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The Death Dolls
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Sgt O'Rourke (first appearance)
- Reprints
-
in Police Comics (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #26 (January 1944) - in Will Eisner's Quarterly (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983 series) #4 (January 1985)
- in Spirit: The Origin Years (Kitchen Sink Press, 1992 series) #3 (September 1992)
- in Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([July] 2000) which is reprinted
-
in Indexer Notes
Sgt O'Rourke is Dolan's plump comedy relief sergeant at Central City PD, appearing occasionally during the first year of The Spirit Section's publication.
[no title indexed]
Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why you thievin' coyote!
- Genre
- adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
[Cardin Kidnaps Elena]
Mr. Mystic / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Reprints
- in Will Eisner's Quarterly (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983 series) #4 (January 1985)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
The Death Dolls
The Spirit -
2.
["Why you thievin' coyote!"]
Lady Luck -
3.
[Cardin Kidnaps Elena]
Mr. Mystic
This issue was modified by, among others
- Sumner
- Michael Hoskin
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
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