([October] 2000)
DC,
2000 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 49.95 USD; 76.00 CAD
- Pages
- 218
- On-sale Date
- 2000-08-16
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC Comics
- ISBN
-
1-56389-675-3
- Barcode
- 761941224718 00211
- Editing
- Dale Crain; Michael Wright (assistant editor)
Issue Notes
Credits from Cat Yronwode's Spirit Index originally published in The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series) #22-28.
[no title indexed]
The Spirit / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]
- Reprints
-
from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/12/1941 (January 12, 1941)
-
The Grand Master
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Dave Gibbons
- Pencils
- Will Eisner (illustration)
- Inks
- Will Eisner (illustration)
- Colors
- ? (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
The Black Bow
The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; The Black Bow (introduction); Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Finnegan
- Synopsis
- The Black Bow "protected" a section of Central Europe in the Middle Ages, for pay. Now his descendant wants to do the same for Central City.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/5/1941 (January 5, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- archery
The Silk District Beat
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Squire Sampson; Ebony White; Daniel Gorman; Plug Penner
- Synopsis
- Squire Sampson tries to frame a young cop he can't bribe.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/12/1941 (January 12, 1941)
-
Pancho de Bool and Peppi Tamale
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan; Homer Creep; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Peppi Tamale; Pancho the Bull
- Synopsis
- Homer returns from Cuba, married to Peppi Tamale, but her angry brother has followed them and he has a dangerous reputation.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/19/1941 (January 19, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- autoplane
The Conquistadores
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Captain Murdrez; Pedro
- Synopsis
- The Spirit travels to Mexico to defeat a band of rebel bombers.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/26/1941 (January 26, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- Mexico; Santa Vera
Davy Jones' Locker
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ebony White; David Jones; Harvey P. Chadwick
- Synopsis
- A sandhog named Davy Jones creates a new way to hijack ships -- under water!
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/2/1941 (February 2, 1941)
-
The Substitute Spirits
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt; also as Yogi Anda]; Yogi Ahkan; Mr. Gildtree; Mrs. Gildtree; Commissioner Eustace Dolan [the Spirit]; Finnegan [the Spirit]; Sergeant O'Rourke [the Spirit]; Ebony White; Annie O'Rourke
- Synopsis
- Since the Spirit is believed to be dead from last week's story, Dolan, Finnegan, and Sgt. O'Rourke all masquerade as the Spirit to expose a phony fortuneteller. The real Spirit solves the case in spite of his bumbling impersonators.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/9/1941 (February 9, 1941)
-
Radio Station WLXK
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Marion Dale (introduction); Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Dr. Paul Conrad [No. 14]
- Synopsis
- Fifth columnists try to silence a crusading radio station.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/16/1941 (February 16, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- autoplane; fifth columnists; radio
Invasion from Argos
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Sam Smith; Subork
- Synopsis
- Sam Smith stops an alien invasion because he's the only one who can see them.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/23/1941 (February 23, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- aliens; Argo; autoplane
Dead Duck Dolan
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dead Duck Dolan (introduction); Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Fink Frazer
- Synopsis
- Dead Duck Dolan comes to Central City to visit his son. The Civic Virtue Committee is pressuring the Commissioner to look the other way regarding the crime boss Fink Frazer, so Dead Duck and the Spirit track down the gangster themselves.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/2/1941 (March 2, 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Dead Duck Dolan is said to be Dolan's father. This is contradicted by Section #412 in which Patrick Dolan is his father.
Toy Planes
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White
- Synopsis
- XOZ agents use remote-controlled toy planes to sabotage American munitions plants.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- autoplane; saboteurs
Indexer Notes
Spirit uses a gliding suit to fly through the air.
Introducing Silk Satin
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Silk Satin (introduction); Ebony White; Sir Cedric; Anton; Count Gazoff
- Synopsis
- The Spirit faces the beautiful and notorious jewel thief, Silk Satin.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/16/1941 (March 16, 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Compare with Section #498, reprinted in The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series) #51.
Dipsy Dooble
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Dipsy Dooble; Winthrop Boombershlag; Ebony White
- Synopsis
- Spirit meets Winthrop Boombershlag: poet, musician, "arteest" and boxer. Ellen is his manager, and the invulnerable Dipsy Dooble's out to murder him.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/23/1941 (March 23, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- boxing
Captured by the Underworld
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Spike Karlo; Rox Malon; Dixi Mason
- Synopsis
- Ebony and Dolan try to save the Spirit after he's captured by mobsters.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/30/1941 (March 30, 1941)
-
Introducing Scarlett Brown
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Scarlett Brown (introduction); Throckmorton; Mr. Brown
- Synopsis
- Ebony wins the hand of Scarlett in a game of marbles -- then has to rescue her father from foreign agents.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/6/1941 (April 6, 1941)
-
Croaky Andrews' Perfect Crime
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Croaky Andrews; Poison Maggie
- Synopsis
- Even after he escapes, the shadow of the Spirit won't stop hounding Croaky Andrews.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/13/1941 (April 13, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- autoplane
The S. S. Raven
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner; Chuck Cuidera
- Inks
- Chuck Cuidera
- Colors
- Joe Kubert; Digital Chameleon (reconstruction)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Captain Ferguson; Ebony White (unseen)
- Synopsis
- The Spirit battles a killer boat which is apparently under a curse.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/20/1941 (April 20, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- Autoplane
Ellen Dolan Detective Agency
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Professor Ravel
- Synopsis
- Ellen sets up her own detective agency and gets mixed up with foreign agents trying to steal a new bomb.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/27/1941 (April 27, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- spies
King Kohl, Emperor of the World
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ebony White; King Kohl; Plug Benson; Trig Tomkins; Beans; Casey
- Synopsis
- King Kohl tries to take over the underworld.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/4/1941 (May 4, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- autoplane
A Dull Week
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony white; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Ted Robinson
- Synopsis
- Ebony, the Spirit, and Ellen all think that things are getting boring and so they go out separately in search of adventure.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/11/1941 (May 11, 1941)
-
Marta & the Renaissance Primitive
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
Thomas Hawkins
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Tommy Hawkins; Jake the Killer
- Synopsis
- An ex-con tries to go straight, but Dolan is skeptical.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1941 (May 25, 1941)
-
Killer McNobby
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Killer McNobby
- Synopsis
- The Spirit takes down the notorious Killer McNobby.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Entire story is told in rhyme.
Five Passengers in Search of an Author
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Silk Satin; Gooly Jones
- Synopsis
- Five passengers board a plane in Central City but they have all disappeared by the time the plane lands in Washington.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/8/1941 (June 8, 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Satin is now a British agent.
Dusk and Twilight
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dusk (introduction); Twilight (introduction); Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan
- Synopsis
- Who killed Doctor Bosphor? Was it the lunatic Dusk, or his even nuttier wife?
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/15/1941 (June 15, 1941)
-
The Tale of the Dictator's Reform
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Adolf Hitler; Bertram Tidewater [Brains] (introduction); Algernon Tidewater [PS]; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan
- Synopsis
- Hitler comes to America for a visit and argues philosophy with the Spirit.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/22/1941 (June 22, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- Nazism; patriotism
Indexer Notes
One of the most famous Spirit stories, mentioned in Jules Feiffer's book The Great Comic Book Heroes.
The Balkan Ball
The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Will Eisner
- Pencils
- Will Eisner
- Inks
- Will Eisner
- Colors
- Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Ellen Dolan; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Prince Orgaly [Dick the Duke]; Scarlett Brown; Pierpont (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Prince Orgaly is auctioning off his crown jewels for war relief -- and making time with Ellen.
- Reprints
- from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/29/1941 (June 29, 1941)
-
- Keywords
- autoplane
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
The Spirit -
1.
The Grand Master
-
2.
The Black Bow
The Spirit -
3.
The Silk District Beat
The Spirit -
4.
Pancho de Bool and Peppi Tamale
The Spirit -
5.
The Conquistadores
The Spirit -
6.
Davy Jones' Locker
The Spirit -
7.
The Substitute Spirits
The Spirit -
8.
Radio Station WLXK
The Spirit -
9.
Invasion from Argos
The Spirit -
10.
Dead Duck Dolan
The Spirit -
11.
Toy Planes
The Spirit -
12.
Introducing Silk Satin
The Spirit -
13.
Dipsy Dooble
The Spirit -
14.
Captured by the Underworld
The Spirit -
15.
Introducing Scarlett Brown
The Spirit -
16.
Croaky Andrews' Perfect Crime
The Spirit -
17.
The S. S. Raven
The Spirit -
18.
Ellen Dolan Detective Agency
The Spirit -
19.
King Kohl, Emperor of the World
The Spirit -
20.
A Dull Week
The Spirit -
21.
Marta & the Renaissance Primitive
The Spirit -
22.
Thomas Hawkins
The Spirit -
23.
Killer McNobby
The Spirit -
24.
Five Passengers in Search of an Author
The Spirit -
25.
Dusk and Twilight
The Spirit -
26.
The Tale of the Dictator's Reform
The Spirit -
27.
The Balkan Ball
The Spirit
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