Issue Details

Issue	#25
Published	[October 15] 2008
Cover Price	59.99 USD
Pages	208
Editing	Scott Nybakken
Notes	Daily newspaper strips printed 4 to page. Really small. Story titles taken from Cat Yronwode's Eisner Checklist Part 2 from The Spirit (Kitchen Sink, 1977 series, ) #30, July 1981

Cover Details

Characters	The Spirit; Dolan
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	Jamison
Editing	Scott Nybakken

3 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "The Spirit Dailies: Two Faces, One Heart"

Script	Tom Spurgeon
Letters	typeset

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Foreword"

Script	Will Eisner
Letters	typeset

1 page The Spirit foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "A Note on Numbers and Dates"

Characters	The Spirit
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	Special Summary strip given to newspapers that picked up the strip after the beginning as a starting episode. Known as strip #0.

10 page The Spirit story "Squire Sampson"

Characters	Spirit; Ebony; Dolan
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from The Spirit daily (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 10/13/41-11/29/41 (numbered 1-42)

14 page The Spirit story "Sphinx and Kaibosh"

Characters	The Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Destiny Blake
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	12/8/41 is first dated strip. 12/1-12/6/41 numbered 43-48.
Reprinted	from Spirit Daily Strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 12/1/41-2/7/42

3 page The Spirit story "Ebony & King Hamhock III"

Characters	Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Caesar Hamhock (intro, king of the Nockney Islands)
Synopsis	King Hamhock comes to America to sell the priceless Silver Heart which protects the wearer from all harm. He hires Ebony as his bodyguard.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Spirit daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 2/9/42-2/21/42

7 page The Spirit story "[Gloria Fillum]"

Characters	Spirit; Ebony; Gloria Fillum (intro); De Witt Pinsk; Maizie Jones
Synopsis	When film star Gloria Fillum is injured in a plane wreck, Maizie Jones seizes her big chance at stardom
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 2/23/42-3/28/42

10 page The Spirit story "[Blind Bat and the Blot]"

Characters	Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Ellen; Blind Bat (intro); Blot; Captain Vulture
Synopsis	Dolan is kidnapped and the police think the Spirit did it. The Spirit ends up being shanghaied.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	none
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 3/30/42-5/16/42

18 page The Spirit story "[Fanny Ogre]"

Characters	Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Ebony; Uncle Scallywag (intro); Fanny Ogre
Synopsis	Ebony and Uncle Scallywag go into business together, but rent a storefront where an escaped convict is hiding
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts); Jack Cole (finishes)
Inks	Jack Cole
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 5/18/42-8/8/42

17 page The Spirit story "[Doctor Future]"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony; Dr Future (intro)
Synopsis	Dr Future predicts the Spirit will murder him
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Lou Fine
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 8/10/42-10/31/42

9 page The Spirit story "[Mr. Porcine and Destiny Blake"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony; Mr Porcine; Destiny Blake
Synopsis	Mr Porcine tries to take over Central City's rackets
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts); Lou Fine (finishes)
Inks	Lou Fine
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 11/2/42-12/12/42

7 page The Spirit story "[Ebony and Ambergris Jones]"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony; Scarlett Brown; Ambergris Jones
Synopsis	Ebony earns $500 by testing a new scientific breakthrough
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts); Lou Fine (finishes)
Inks	Lou Fine
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 12/14/42-1/16/43

10 page The Spirit story "[Col. Max Mite, the Termite of Crime]"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Col. Max Mite
Synopsis	A con man moves into Central City
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts); Lou Fine (finishes)
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Reprinted	from daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 1/18/43-3/6/43

6 page The Spirit text story "Dr. Lear N. Lurk and the Multiple Ebonies"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony; Dr. Lear N. Lurk
Synopsis	Dr. Lear N. Lurks Psychic Duplicator creates multiple Ebonys
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner; Gil Fox
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts); Lou Fine (finishes)
Inks	Lou Fine
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Notes	Fox credit from Alter Ego 12 interview
Reprinted	from Daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 3/8/43-4/7/43

9 page The Spirit story "Frothingham Twittle"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony; Frothingham Twitte
Synopsis	Ellen gets mixed up with a shady theatrical troupe
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts); Lou Fine (finishes)
Inks	Lou Fine
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Reprinted	from Daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 4/19/43-5/29/43

15 page The Spirit story "Lucky Chance"

Characters	Dolan; Spirit; Lucky Chance; Tearful Thompson; The Man From Cairo; Ellen, Ebony; Destiny Blake
Synopsis	The FBI asks the Spirit and Lucky Chance to help capture the Man From Cairo
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Lou Fine [as Will Eisner]
Inks	Robin King and Quality Shop
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Reprinted	from Daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 5/31/43-8/7/43

14 page The Spirit story "The Spirit in Nazi Germany"

Characters	Spirit; Heinrich Himmler; Col. Kellner; Adolph Hitler; Goering; Elsa Werner
Synopsis	A group of gangsters meet in Istanbul to help the Nazi's smuggle their money out of Germany. The Spirit breaks up the scheme but ends up captured by the Germans.
Genre	adventure
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Lou Fine [as Will Eisner]
Inks	Robin King and Quality Shop
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Reprinted	from daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 8/9/43-10/9/43

11 page The Spirit story "The Cowled Killer"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Mayor Blast; Ebony; John Humphreys; Cowled Killer; Ellen
Synopsis	Spirit has to track down a costumed criminal, who vaguely resembles Batman. Mayor Blast assigns the famous detective Humphreys to the case.
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Lou Fine [as Will Eisner]
Inks	Robin King and Quality Shop
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Reprinted	from daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 10/11/43-11/27/43

7 page The Spirit story "The Ranee of Jarawabi and Maxie the Knife"

Characters	Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Ranee of Jarawabi; Hunter Van Cleve
Synopsis	The Ranee's jewels are stolen soon after she arrives in Central City. Or are they?
Genre	adventure
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Lou Fine [as Will Eisner]
Inks	Robin King and Quality Shop
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Reprinted	from daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 11/29/43-1/1/44

15 page The Spirit story "Junius Sneezer and Formula X"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Junius Sneezer; Ellen; Ebony
Synopsis	Junius Sneezer invents a drug that releases a person's innermost inhibitions and it accidentally gets dropped into the Central City drinking water supply.
Genre	adventure
Script	William Woolfolk ?
Pencils	Lou Fine [as Will Eisner]
Inks	Robin King
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Notes	This story line ends with a cliff hanger.
Reprinted	from daily strips (Register and Tribune Syndicate) 1/3/44-3/11/44