Issue Details

Issue	#22
Published	[October] 2007
Cover Price	49.95 usd
Pages	188
Editing	Scott Nybakken
Notes	Ship date August 29, 2007. ISBN-10: 140121309X Credits primarily from Cat Yronwode's Spirit indexes in the Kitchen Sink Spirit series, and Tom Heintjes columns in the Kitchen Sink Spirit comic book series.

Cover Details

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	Ship date August 29, 2007. ISBN-10: 140121309X Credits primarily from Cat Yronwode's Spirit indexes in the Kitchen Sink Spirit series, and Tom Heintjes columns in the Kitchen Sink Spirit comic book series.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/14/1951 [splash]

3 page Spirit, The foreword, introduction, preface, afterword

Pencils	Will Eisner
Letters	typeset

7 page Spirit, The story "A Time-Stop"

Characters	Marc Tymley; Ringo Sykes; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis	Ringo has just shot Marc Tymley when a mysterious meteor passing the Earth causes time to stop for everyone but Tymley. He has thirty minutes while everyone else is frozen to do whatever he wants.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/7/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Rife Magazine"

Characters	Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Sand Saref; Silk Satin; P'Gell; Sammy; Willum; Darling O'Shea; Mr. Carrion; Julia
Synopsis	Life magazine parody, no "story".
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/14/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Future Death"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Tempus J. Fugit; Ellen; Denny Colt, Jr.
Synopsis	Prof Tempus J Fugit builds a time machine and kills the Spirit in 1970.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Ben Oda ?
Notes	time travel story
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/21/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Meanest Man In the World"

Characters	Spirit; Splinter Weevil; Monte Faro; Klink; Muldoon
Synopsis	Splinter Weevil never did anybody a favor, never was anything but cruel and selfish- until the plane crash.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/28/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Showdown"

Characters	Octopus; Spirit; Dolan; Klink
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (p 2-7)
Letters	Abe Kanegson (p2-7)
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/4/1951 [which is a partial reprint of #8/24/1947]

7 page Spirit, The story "The Octopus Is Back"

Characters	Octopus; Spirit; Dolan; Sammy: Klink
Synopsis	The Octopus is disguised as the Spirit, who is disguised as the Octopus.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/11/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "To The Spirit With Love"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Carrion; Julia; Ellen (feature); Octopus; Klink
Synopsis	Carrion and the Octopus scheme to marry the Spirit off to Ellen Dolan.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Ben Oda ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/18/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Portier Fortune"

Characters	Dolan; P'Gell; Sammy (in frame only); Spirit; Millisy Portier; Waldo; Homer; M. Daufan
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (1, part of 2 and 7); John Spranger
Inks	Will Eisner; Bob Palmer
Letters	Martin deMuth (2-7)
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/25/1951 [Most of pgs 2-6, and top row of pg 7 reprinted from Spirit #12/1/1946]

7 page Spirit, The story "Death Is My Destiny"

Characters	Enoch Vane; Smiley; Amos File; Spirit
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/4/1951 [Story originaly used in Spirit #10/4/1942 (redrawn?)]

7 page Spirit, The story "The Case of the Double Jones"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Dolan's doppleganger
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/11/1951 [Pages 2-7(except for last tier) reprinted from #10/19/1947]

7 page Spirit, The story "Darling and the Octopus"

Characters	Spirit; Darling O'Shea, Octopus
Synopsis	On a deserted island, the Spirit tracks down the Octopus, only to find Darling O'Shea is in the midst of buying the place.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts only); Jim Dixon ?
Inks	Jim Dixon ?
Notes	Feiffer is drafted into the army at this point and leaves Eisner's employ for basic training. His remaining scripts from August 1951 on will be sent in by mail.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/18/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Damsels In Distress"

Characters	Spirit; P'Gell; Saree; Officer Sam Klink (intro-flashback)
Synopsis	Officer Klink retells his first Spirit adventure to a couple of new kids in town.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (2-7)
Letters	Abe Kanegson (2-7)
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/25/1951 [Pages 2-7 reprinted from #8/3/1947]

7 page Spirit, The story "The Last Prowl of Mephisto"

Characters	Spirit; Ellen (feature); Lucifer T Mephisto (intro); Hambo; Grinder; Dolan
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner; Jim Dixon ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/1/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Dragnet for Johnny Buffalo"

Characters	Spirit; Walkalong Haggerty (intro); Johnny Buffalo
Synopsis	A kid in a coonskin cap rounds up a gang of criminals while he waits for his parent's tv set to be repaired.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts only); Jim Dixon ?
Inks	Jim Dixon
Letters	Sam Schwartz
Notes	Dixon/Schwartz credits hidden on splash page; not on Feiffer's list
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/8/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Time Bomb"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Pinnacle; Fingle
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Jim Dixon
Letters	Ben Oda ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/15/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Hobart"

Characters	Spirit; Hobart; Commodore
Synopsis	A hermit on a desert island gets caught between the Spirit and a gang of crooks. The hermit wins.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/22/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Help Wanted"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ed Flinch (Dolan doppleganger #1); Lester Flinch (Dolan doppleganger #2)
Synopsis	A counterfeiter tries to take Dolan's place, but his twin brother screws up the deal.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/29/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Facts"

Characters	Spirit; Carrion; Little Ghoul (intro); Julia
Synopsis	Carrion's nephew, a sort of reverse Ebony, is introduced. Little Ghoul is in contact with Mars, but no one will believe him.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Jim Dixon
Letters	Ben Oda ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/6/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Hero"

Characters	Spirit; Henry J Timeclock; Dolan
Synopsis	Henry just wanted to get home on time for dinner. But when a gang of bandits try to get the train to crash and Henry finds himself all alone in the engine....
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?; Will Eisner (plot) ?
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/13/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The 7th Husband"

Characters	Spirit; P'Gell; Ellis Murdoch; King Kwang
Synopsis	P'Gell is involved in smuggling atomic rifles to dictators. The Spirit ends up trapped in the Far East
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner ?
Pencils	Will Eisner ?
Inks	Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/20/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "King Kwang"

Characters	Spirit; King Kwang; Yuang
Synopsis	The Spirit helps capture an Eastern bandit.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Jim Dixon
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/27/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "The Thing in the Jungle"

Characters	Spirit; Travail; The Thing
Synopsis	Big Game Hunter Travail attempts to capture a mysterious jungle creature known only as The Thing.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/3/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Wanchu"

Characters	Spirit; Warlord Loo
Synopsis	The Spirit helps to stop a communist attempt to overthrow a small Himalayan country.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Will Eisner; Klaus Nordling
Inks	Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/10/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "Khyber Bill"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Sammy; Khyber Bill; Rajah of Opaljore; Willy; Simba
Synopsis	The Spirit brings peace and freedom to yet another trouble mountain paradise.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Klaus Nordling?
Inks	Jim Dixon; Will Eisner (faces and touch-ups)
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/17/1951

7 page Spirit, The story "School Is Out"

Characters	Spirit (cameo); Dolan; Ebony; Liz
Synopsis	With the Spirit out of town Dolan is stumped by a jewel robbery, until Ebony solves the case.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Klaus Nordling?
Inks	Jim Dixon
Notes	Not on Feiffer's list
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/24/1951