(September 1981)
Kitchen Sink Press,
1981 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 11.95 USD
- Pages
- 104
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Kitchen Sink Press
- Brand
-
Kitchen Sink Press
- ISBN
-
0-87816-002-7
- Editing
- cat yronwode ? (editor)
Issue Notes
Post-War Spirit stories reprinted with new anonymous "marker style" colors
[no title indexed]
The Spirit / cover / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited) (signed as
Will Eisner) - Inks
- Will Eisner (credited) (signed as Will Eisner)
- Colors
- Will Eisner (credited) (signed as Will Eisner)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit
- Reprints
-
from The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series) #20 (March 1979) -
in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Wraparound cover.
[Introduction]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 0.5 page
- Script
- cat yronwode (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Background context for some of the reprinted stories
Perfect Crime!!
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Spranger ? (sourced)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Martin deMuth (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Baxter; Maggie (desth)
- Synopsis
- After making a huge haul, thief Baxter and his moll Maggie hide out on a Pacific isle. Baxter becomes paranoid when he thinks Spirit has landed on the island to look for him.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/5/1947 (January 5, 1947), #1/5/1947 (January 5, 1947)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Title written as "The Perfect Crime" on Contents page
Hangly Hollyer Mansion
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Pierpont; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Hangly Hollyer; Hubert Hollyer; Sarah
- Synopsis
- Ebony and Pierpont listen to old Miss Sarah’s story of how she wasted her life chasing after one of the Hollyer brothers.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/22/1947 (June 22nd, 1947) [Title re-lettered and some text dropped between newspaper version and this reprint], #6/22/1947 (June 22nd, 1947)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
The Spirit's Favorite Fairy Tales for Juvenile Delinquents: Hänzel und Gretel
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Fosgnov Slash; Minnie the Mink; Hänzel; Gretel; Wendy the Witch
- Synopsis
- Minnie the Mink, overbearing wife of weak-willed hijacker Fosgnove Slash, persuades him to abandon her street-wise stepchildren, Hänzel and Gretel, while they lam it out of town.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/13/1947 (July 13th, 1947)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Title listed on contents page as Hanzel und Gretel
The Spirit's Favorite Fairy Tales for Juvenile Delinquents: "Cinderella"
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Ellen Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Cinderella; Mr. Snaky; Mrs. Snaky; Combination Moe; Ma Harridan; Prudence; Desire
- Synopsis
- The only way Cinderella can go the Policemen’s Ball is to help Mr. and Mrs. Snaky pull off a burglary at the bank next door.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/5/1947 (October 5th, 1947)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Title listed in contents as Cinderella
Life Below
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Klink; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Worm
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/22/1948 (February 22nd, 1948)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Mr McDool
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Lord Elby; Hildie; McDool; Silk Satin; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Soho Sander
- Synopsis
- Silk Satin, wanting a better life for daughter Hildie, agrees to retrieve damaging papers for Lord Elba providing he marries her.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/12/1947 (October 12th, 1947)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Title listed on contents page as Mr. McDool
The Emerald of Rajahpur
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited); André LeBlanc (sourced)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Lord Elby; Hildie; McDool; Silk Satin; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Synopsis
- The Spirit is hired by the owners of the stolen Emerald of Rajahpur to find it and flies off to India, where he runs into Silk Satin, hired by Croyds of Glascow to find it.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/30/1948 (May 30th, 1948)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Title listed in contents as The Emerald of Rajapur
The O'Dolan
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; Ellen Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; The O’Dolan; Tim O’Leary; Muscles Shoals
- Synopsis
- A brief history of the Dolan family is included. Ellen continues to explore the house left to her by her uncle.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/18/1948 (April 18th, 1948)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Title taken from table of contents.
The Guilty Gun
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); André LeBlanc (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Commissioner Dolan; The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Mrs. Ferguson (also flashback); Abel Ferguson (flashback); John Dailey (flashback)
- Synopsis
- The Spirit has to solve a classic locked room murder case. Only problem is, it looks like the murderer died 40 years ago.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/6/1948 (June 6th, 1948)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
This story's title does not appear on story's splash page, but is so named on contents page.
Ten Minutes
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited); Jules Feiffer (sourced)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- crime; superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Freddy
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/11/1949 (September 11th, 1949)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Black Gold
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Jerry Grandenetti (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; superhero
- Characters
- P'Gell; The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/15/1947 (June 15th, 1947)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Sammy and Delilah
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Abe Kanegson (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; superhero
- Characters
- Sammy
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/5/1950 (March 5, 1950)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Spirit does not appear in this story
The Spirit File
The Spirit / illustration / 1 page
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (uncredited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner ? (uncredited)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]
The Origin of the Spirit [Version 3]
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (credited)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (credited); Chuck Kramer (sourced)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Joe Rosen (sourced)
- Genre
- adventure; humor; crime; superhero
- Characters
- Dr. Cobra (death) (antagonist); The Spirit [Denny Colt] (origin); Granch (Villain, Death)
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Harvey, 1966 series) #1 (October 1966)
- in Spirit (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1981 series) #3 (1981)
-
Indexer Notes
Title taken from table of contents.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Spirit -
1.
[no title indexed]
-
2.
[Title Page]
-
3.
Contents
-
4.
[Introduction]
-
5.
Perfect Crime!!
The Spirit -
6.
Hangly Hollyer Mansion
The Spirit -
7.
The Spirit's Favorite Fairy Tales for Juvenile Delinquents: Hänzel und Gretel
The Spirit -
8.
The Spirit's Favorite Fairy Tales for Juvenile Delinquents: "Cinderella"
The Spirit -
9.
Life Below
The Spirit -
10.
Mr McDool
The Spirit -
11.
The Emerald of Rajahpur
The Spirit -
12.
The O'Dolan
The Spirit -
13.
The Guilty Gun
The Spirit -
14.
Ten Minutes
The Spirit -
15.
Black Gold
The Spirit -
16.
Sammy and Delilah
The Spirit -
17.
The Spirit File
The Spirit -
18.
The Origin of the Spirit [Version 3]
The Spirit
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Merlin Haas
- Jim Van Dore
- Mike Quilligan
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