Issue Details

Issue	#24
Published	[June] 2008
Cover Price	59.99 usd
Pages	280
Editing	Scott Nybakken

Cover Details

Characters	The Spirit
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/3/1952 [splash page]

2 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Forward"

Script	Paul Levitz
Letters	typeset

4 page text article "The Spirit of Wally Wood"

Characters	Spirit
Script	J. David Spurlock
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Colors	Jamison
Letters	typeset

7 page Spirit story "Fabian Skimp"

Characters	Fabian Skimp; Louise Fipp; Roach; Spirit; Ben Clarion
Synopsis	Fabian Skimp can't stand inefficiency, or any deviation from the system.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Manny Stallman
Inks	Manny Stallman
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/6/1952

7 page Spirt story "Design for Doomsday"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer; Ellen Dolan
Synopsis	Feiffer tries to sell a plot about the end of the world to Eisner.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Don Perlin ?
Inks	Don Perlin ?
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/13/1952

7 page Spirit story "A Witness to Murder"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Dora; Frank
Synopsis	A tv store decides to film a family's first look at tv in their own home.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Notes	Spirit appears only on first and last page.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/20/1952

7 page Spirit story "The First Man on Mars"

Characters	Captain Isotope; Dolan; Spirit; Ellen Dolan
Synopsis	TV star Captain Isotope is so popular he thinks he really can fly to Mars, and the Spirit is inclined to let him try, because he's making time with Ellen.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/27/1952

7 page Spirit story "A Man Named Nero"

Characters	Spirit; Mr. Nero; Sand Saref
Synopsis	Mr. Nero builds a replica of the Colisseum and tries to feed the Spirit to the lions.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/3/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Snow Fort Massacre"

Characters	Dolan; Ronald; Spirit; Itchy West; Silky Purse; Eggy Poach
Synopsis	A boy finds a dead body inside his snow fort.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer ?
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/10/1952

7 page Spiit story "Leap Year"

Characters	Dolan; Spirit; Tiny Buttrix; Dapper; Foxy
Synopsis	Tiny Buttrix decides she's in love with Dolan. Dapper and Foxy don't like him so much however.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/17/1952

7 page Spirit story "It Kills by Dark"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Sam Toodem; Hauler
Synopsis	A mine cave-in is just a cover-up for old resentments.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/24/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Miami Beach Rumble"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Gastro; Quartz
Synopsis	The Spirit goes to Miami to escort a gangster who wants to give himself up back to Central City.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/2/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Big Job"

Characters	Archie; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis	Archie taunts another gangster into trying to kill the Spirit.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/9/1952

7 page Spirit story "Patrolman Dolan"

Characters	Dolan; Spirit; John J. Beagle; Mr. Stain, Hinky
Synopsis	Mr. Stain and the Good Times Party replace Dolan as police commisioner and put the Spirit in jail.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Jim Dixon ?
Inks	Jim Dixon ?
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/16/1952

7 page Spirit story "Staple Springs"

Characters	Spirit (as Eisenhower S. Daft); Dolan; Butcher Polk; P'Gell; Judge Slater
Synopsis	Spirit goes undercover at a resort for criminals, looking for a judge who has disappeared.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon ?
Inks	Jim Dixon ?
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/23/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Rainmaker"

Characters	Hubert Heever; Myrtle Heever; Rudolph the Rainmaker; Spirit
Synopsis	Hubert Heever suffers from hard luck. He goes into the bottled water business 50 years too early. But his luck is bound to change. In fact, it gets worse.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Notes	Spirit on last page only.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/30/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Million Dollar Robbery"

Characters	Sam; Willum Waif; Spirit
Synopsis	Passengers on a ferry daydream about what they'd do if they'd pulled the Million Dollar Bank robbery. Willum knows though, because the guy who's kidnapped him, is the bank robber.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/6/1952

7 page Spirit story "Mayor Dolan"

Characters	Spirit; Ellen Dolan; Mike Poltax; Dolan
Synopsis	Flashback story showing how Ellen ended up mayor of Central City
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/13/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Great Galactic Mystery"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Humbolt Weepy; Klink
Synopsis	Humbolt Weepy vows to send a man to the Moon using only the power of his mind.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/20/1952

7 page Spirit story "A Different Face"

Characters	Ellen Dolan; Spirit; Dolan; Klink; William Birch
Synopsis	The Spirit wakes up one morning with a different face. And no one believes him.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/27/1952

7 page Spirit story "L'Espirit"

Characters	Spirit; Casey; P'Gell; Franz; Carl; the Skipper
Synopsis	Three men book passage on a freighter and vie for the attentions of the only female passenger.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Notes	Written in French with English subtitles. The English and French have nothing to do with each other. Continued next week.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/4/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Incident of the Sitting Duck"

Characters	Spirit; P'Gell; Carl; Franz
Synopsis	The Spirit and two spies vy for the attentions of P'Gell while traveling aboard a freighter.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Notes	continued from previous week
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/11/1952

7 page Spirit story "Assassins Incorporated, Part One"

Characters	Spirit; Krug; Assassins, Inc.
Synopsis	The Spirit is in Madrid looking for a terrorist who wants to turn himself in, during the Running of the Bulls.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/18/1952

7 page Spirit story "Assassins Incorporated Part Two"

Characters	Spirit; Assassins, Inc.; Cyrus Plunder
Synopsis	Cyrus Plunder hired Assassins, Inc. to kill the leader of a MidEast country. Now the Spirit must stop him from succeeding.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Notes	continued from previous week
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1952

7 page Spirit story "Sammy Falls In Love"

Characters	Sammy; Spirit; Gertrude Plastik; Dolan; The Heist Brothers
Synopsis	Sammy falls in love with a 17 year old sculptress whose ambition is to commit the perfect murder.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Jim Dixon
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/1/1952

7 page Spirit story "What Are You Really Like?"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Psam Psych; Mangler
Synopsis	Parody of magazine personlity quizzes. Psam Psych's personality test says the Spirit may become a murderer at any moment. And Mangler is "sweet, kind and full of virtues."
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/8/1952

7 page Spirit story "Five Hundred Papers"

Characters	Spirit; Quill; George; Dolan
Synopsis	Quill, the creator of Captain Adventure, hires a background man. The beginning of a slippery slope to murder.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jim Dixon
Inks	Don Perlin ?
Colors	Jamison
Notes	Dixon's initials on splash page. "J D" or is that Jim and Don? Spirit and Dolan only appear on the splash page (and as shadows in the last panel.)
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/15/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Golden Lily"

Characters	Sand Saref; Spirit; Hans Vanguilter; Pepe; Swyndle; Mr. Fat
Synopsis	Hans Vanguilter can turn lilies into gold. And Sand Saref has the lily.
Genre	adventure
Script	Klaus Nordling ?
Pencils	Klaus Nordling (layouts); Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/22/1952

7 page Spirit story "Rube Potter"

Characters	Rube Potter; Mr. Sack; Pinky Quinto; Willum Waif; Spirit
Synopsis	Rube led the league in stolen bases for 12 years, but now he's washed up and due to be traded.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer ?
Pencils	Al Wenzel (pages 1-6); Wally Wood (page 7)
Inks	Al Wenzel (pages 1-6); Wally Wood (page 7)
Colors	Jamison
Notes	one panel Spirit cameo, 1st Moon Report
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/29/1952

7 page Spirit story "The Ballad of Greenly Sleeve"

Characters	Spirit; Carrion; Sammy; Dolan; Greenly Sleeve
Synopsis	Narrator sings the story, with a hey, down derry down. Apparently Carrion is in love with Greenly Sleeve, but she thinks he's a coward.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Al Wenzel
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/6/1952

7 page Spirit story "Matt Slugg"

Characters	Harry Shill; Dolan; Spirit; Matt Slugg
Synopsis	Harry Shill is looking for a boxer that will fit his system. He finally finds him in a burglar. Only trouble is, Slugg likes being a burglar.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Klaus Nordling (layouts); Al Wenzel; Wally Wood (page 7)
Inks	Al Wenzel; Wally Wood (page 7)
Colors	Jamison
Notes	Moon Report #2 on page 7
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/13/1952

7 page Spirit story "Marry The Spirit"

Characters	Will Eisner; P'Gell; Sand Saref; Finchly Squander; Ellen
Synopsis	Eisner is ordered by the Syndicate to marry the Spirit because all the best comic strips are doing it.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Al Wenzel; Wally Wood (page 7)
Inks	Al Wenzel; Wally Wood (page 7)
Colors	Jamison
Notes	3rd Moon Report on page 7
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/20/1952

7 page Outer Space story "Outer Space"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Hartley Skol; Ellen; Dutch; Spider
Synopsis	The Interplanetary Flight Commision asks the Spirit to lead a crew of convicts on a mission to the Moon.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer (signed)
Pencils	Wally Wood (signed)
Inks	Wally Wood
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/27/1952

7 page Outer Space story "Mission...the Moon"

Characters	Spirit; Spider; Dutch; Ringo; Skobey; Kress (dies); Captain Delf; Professor Hartley
Synopsis	The Spirit and his crew of convicts land on the Moon and try to adjust to its gravity and each other.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Sam Schwartz
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/3/1952

7 page Outer Space story "A DP on the Moon"

Characters	Spirit; Francisco Rivera; Colonel Gomez
Synopsis	The Spirit and his crew find a book on the Moon, reporting the trip of a South American dictator to the Moon, 10 years earlier.
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Colors	Jamison
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/10/1952

7 page Outer Space story "Heat"

Characters	Spirit; Spider Webbin (dies); Dolan; Ellen; Fly Musca
Synopsis	Story alternates between Moon and Central City as Spider Webbin's life story unfolds as he plunges to his death on the Moon.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Al Wenzel ?
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Ben Oda ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/17/1952

4 page Outer Space story "Rescue"

Characters	Spirit; Professor Skol; Ebony; P.S.; Brains; Scarlett
Synopsis	Professor Skol goes blind from the bright sunlight.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Wally Wood (pages 1,2,4) Will Eisner (page 3)
Inks	Wally Wood (pages 1,2,4) Al Wenzel ? (page3)
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Ben Oda ?
Notes	story length cut to 4 pages
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/24/1952

4 page Outer Space story "The Last Man (on Planet Moon)"

Characters	Archie Blyke; Dutch; Spirit
Synopsis	Dutch decides he doesn't want to go back to Earth. Meanwhile Archie Blyke is waiting for him.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Ben Oda
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/31/1952

4 page Outer Space story "The Man in the Moon"

Characters	Dutch Birch
Synopsis	Dutch Birch decides to stay behind on the Moon. He sits and waits for fame and fortune.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	no Spirit.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/7/1952

4 page Denny Colt Alias the Spirit story "The Osiris Jewel"

Characters	Dolan; Sammy; Ebony; Herman Fleeble; Prexy Filch; Spirit
Synopsis	Prexy Filch tries to use Sammy in his plot to switch a fake Osiris jewel for the real one.
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Ben Oda ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/14/1952

4 page Space Report story "Return from the Moon"

Characters	Spirit; Professor Skol; Buggsy
Synopsis	Buggsy decides that everything is a figment of his imagination.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Wally Wood
Inks	Wally Wood
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	printed out of sequence to preserve continuity
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/28/1952

4 page Denny Colt Alias the Spirit story "The Spirit Back on Earth"

Characters	Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Ebony; Spirit
Synopsis	While the Spirit's expedition is returning to Earth they pass a UFO heading in the same direction.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	printed out of sequence to put the stories in continuity order
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/21/1952

4 page Outer Space story "Denny Colt, UFO Investigator"

Characters	Spirit; Ellen Dolan; Dolan; Gofer
Synopsis	Now back on Earth, the Spirit investigates reports of a UFO landing in North Dakota.
Genre	science fiction
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Al Wenzel
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Ben Oda
Notes	last published story. But it's continued.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/5/1952