Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #2

([October] 2000)

The Grand Master (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dave Gibbons

Pencils

Will Eisner (illustration)

Inks

Will Eisner (illustration)

Colors

? (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

The Black Bow (Table of Contents: 2)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 3)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 4)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 5)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 6)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 7)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 8)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 9)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 10)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 11)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/9/1941 [Minneapolis Star Journal edition]

Keywords

autoplane; saboteurs

Indexer Notes

Spirit uses a gliding suit to fly through the air.

Introducing Silk Satin (Table of Contents: 12)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 13)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 14)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 15)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 16)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 17)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 18)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 19)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 20)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 21)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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; Marta; Van Velt [Basil Biano]

Synopsis

The Spirit becomes embroiled in an elaborate revenge plot involving a fake painting.

Reprints

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/18/1941

Keywords

blindness; forgeries

Thomas Hawkins (Table of Contents: 22)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 23)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/1/1941 [Washington DC Star edition] (June 1, 1941)

Indexer Notes

Entire story is told in rhyme.

Five Passengers in Search of an Author (Table of Contents: 24)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 25)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 26)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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 (Table of Contents: 27)

The Spirit / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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