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 (illo)

Inks:

Will Eisner (illo)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

non-fiction

The Black Bow (Table of Contents: 2)

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 Black Bow (introduction); Dolan; Finnegan

Synopsis:

The Black Bow "protected" a section of Cental Europe in the Middle Ages, for pay. Now he wants to do the same for Central City.

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/5/1941 (January 5, 1941)

The Silk District Beat (Table of Contents: 3)

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:

Dolan; Squire Sampson; Ebony

Synopsis:

Squire Samspson 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)

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:

Ellen; Homer Creep; Ebony; Dolan

Synopsis:

Homer returns from Cuba, married to Peppi Tamale

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/19/1941 (January 19, 1941)

Indexer Notes

Keyword: Autoplane

The Conquistadores (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Synopsis:

The Spirit in Mexico, again.

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/26/1941 (January 26, 1941)

Davy Jones' Locker (Table of Contents: 6)

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:

Dolan; Ebony

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)

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:

Dolan [the Spirit]; Finnegan [the Spirit]; Sgt O'Rourke [the Spirit]; Ebony

Synopsis:

Since the Spirit is believed to be dead from last week's story, Dolan, Finnegan, and Sgt ORourke all masquerade as the Spirit.

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/9/1941 (February 9, 1941)

Radio Station WLXK (Table of Contents: 8)

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:

Ebony; Marion Dale (introduction); Dolan (introduction)

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)

Indexer Notes

Keyword: Autoplane

Invasion from Argos (Table of Contents: 9)

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:

Dolan

Synopsis:

Sam Smith stops an alien invasion

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/23/1941 (February 23, 1941)

Indexer Notes

Keyword: Autoplane

Dead Duck Dolan (Table of Contents: 10)

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:

Dead Duck Dolan (introduction); the Commissioner's father; Dolan; Ellen

Synopsis:

Dead-Duck dolan comes to Central City to visit his son

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)

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:

Ebony

Synopsis:

Agents from Xox use remote controlled toy planes to sabotage American industry

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Spirit uses a gliding suit to fly through the air.
Keyword: autoplane

Introducing Silk Satin (Table of Contents: 12)

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:

Silk Satin (introduction); Ebony

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 Kitchen Sink Spirit 51

Dipsy Dooble (Table of Contents: 13)

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:

Dolan; Ellen

Synopsis:

Spirit meets Wintrhop Boombershlag: poet, musician, arteest and slugger. Ellen is his manager, and Dooble's out to murder him.

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/23/1941 (March 23, 1941)

Captured by the Underworld (Table of Contents: 14)

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:

Ebony; Dolan; Ellen

Synopsis:

Ebony and Dolan try to save the Spirit after he's captured

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/30/1941 (March 30, 1941)

Introducing Scarlett Brown (Table of Contents: 15)

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:

Ebony; Scarlett Brown (introduction); Throckmorton

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)

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:

Ebony; Dolan

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)

Indexer Notes

Keyword: Autoplane

The S. S. Raven (Table of Contents: 17)

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:

Ebony (unseen)

Synopsis:

The Spirit battles a killer boat.

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)

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:

Ellen Dolan; Ebony; Dolan

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)

King Kohl, Emperor of the World (Table of Contents: 19)

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:

Dolan; Ebony

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)

Indexer Notes

Keyword: autoplane

A Dull Week (Table of Contents: 20)

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:

Ebony; Dolan; Ellen

Reprints:

• from The Spirit (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/11/1941 (May 11, 1941)

Marta and the Renaissance Primitive (Table of Contents: 21)

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:

Ebony; Dolan

Reprints:

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

Thomas Hawkins (Table of Contents: 22)

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:

Dolan

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)

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:

Ebony

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

entire story told in rhyme

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

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:

Satin

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)

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:

Dusk (introduction); Twilight (introduction); Ebony; 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)

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:

Hitler; Bertram Tidewater [Brains] (introduction); Algernon Tidewater [PS]; Ebony (introduction); 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)

Indexer Notes

One of the most famous Spirit stories, mentioned in Feiffer's Great Comic Book Heroes.

The Balkan Ball (Table of Contents: 27)

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:

Ebony; Ellen; Dolan; 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)

Indexer Notes

Keyword: autoplane