The Spirit #5/24/1942
(May 24, 1942)

Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 Series
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Price
none
Pages
16
On-sale Date
1942-05-24
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
[none printed]
Editing
Will Eisner

Issue Notes

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[A Practical Joke] (Table of Contents: 1)

Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Inks
Lou Fine
Colors
Joe Kubert
Letters
Sam Rosen
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Lady Luck / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Pencils
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inks
Klaus Nordling (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. Fatning is in his office.
Genre
adventure; detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Mr. Fatning; Count DeChange (introduction)
Synopsis
Count DeChange schemes to marry Brenda but his accomplices decide to kidnap her instead.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mr. Mystic / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Powell
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look!! Comes Cap'n Roden!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Mr. Mystic; Chief Kioki; Captain Roden; Kid
Synopsis
Captain Roden offers to take Mystic back to civilization but schemes to turn him over to the Japanese instead.
Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 1. [A Practical Joke]
    Spirit
  2. 2. ["Mr. Fatning is in his office."]
    Lady Luck
  3. 3. ["Look!! Comes Cap'n Roden!!"]
    Mr. Mystic
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Bob Hughes
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Jim Walls
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