Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	1982
Cover Price	10.95 USD
Pages	140
Editing	Cat Yronwode
Notes	ISBN 0 87816 003 5

Cover Details

Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #18 (November 1949)

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

Script

Jules Feiffer

1 page text article "1:The Forgotten Ghetto 1933-36"

Genre	Bio
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

6 page illustration "Spot Illos - High School Art"

Pencils	Will Eisner (spot illos)
Inks	Will Eisner (spot illos)
Notes	Eisner's high school artwork

Half page Dopey and the Duke story

Genre	sitcom
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	sample strips, 1935

4 page Harry Carey story

Characters	Harry Carey
Genre	detective; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	sample strips from 1935

Half page Flame, The story "Fingers Moran"

Characters	The Flame
Genre	superhero
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	sample strips from 1935

2 page illustration "Spot Illos"

Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	spot illos, 1934

1 page text article "2:Eisner-Iger and the Quality Shop 1936-41"

Genre	Bio
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

Half page Wild Tex Martin story

Genre	western
Reprinted	from Western Picture Stories (Centaur, 1937 series) #1

Half page Harry Karry cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Harry Karry
Genre	detective; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Wow Comics (Henie Publishing Co., 1936 series) #3 (September 1939)

Half page The Hawk (insert); Hunchback of Notre Dame (insert) cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	The Hawk (insert); Hunchback of Notre Dame (insert)
Genre	adventure; period
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #4 (December 1938)

Half page The Hawk (insert); Wilton of the West (insert) cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	The Hawk (insert); Wilton of the West (insert)
Genre	adventure; western
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #6 (February 1939)

1 page Yarko the Great story

Characters	Yarko
Genre	Magician; Detective
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Wags (Australia) #?

2 page Muss Em Up story "Killer At Large"

Characters	Hammer Donovan; Killer Moarelli
Synopsis	A detective fired for excessive violence is brought back to end a crazed gang leader's murder spree
Genre	detective
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	cited by Jules Feiffer in the Great Comic Book Heroes-7 page story printed 1/4 size on 2 pages
Reprinted	from Detective Picture Stories (Centaur, 1936 series) #4

3 page Hawks of the Seas story

Characters	The Hawk
Genre	period
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	page 43, page 49, page 58
Reprinted	from Wags (Australia) #?

1 page Espionage starring Black X story

Characters	Black X
Genre	spy
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #14 (September 1940)

2 page Uncle Sam story

Characters	Uncle Sam
Genre	war; occult
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner, Lou Fine
Inks	Will Eisner, Lou Fine
Notes	one full-size and four 1/4 size splashes
Reprinted	from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #3 (September 1940); from Uncle Sam Quarterly (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (Fall 1941)

1 page text article "3:The Spirit 1940-42"

Genre	Bio
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

8 page Spirit story "The Oldest Man In the World"

Characters	Spirit; Ebony; autoplane
Synopsis	A man who has lived forever threatens to kill all the Earth's children to give himself more breathing space.
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	Joe Kubert?
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/19/1941

2 page Spirit story

Characters	Spirit, Ellen, Dusk
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	one full-size and four 1/4 size splashes
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/12/1941; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/1/1940; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/8/1940; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/5/1941; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/26/1941

1 page Spirit story "Confession of Monks Mallon"

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	page 2
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/2/1941

1 page text article "The Spirit of '41"

Characters	Spirit; Ebony; Dolan
Genre	Bio
Script	Norman Abbott
Pencils	Will Eisner (spot illos)
Inks	Will Eisner (spot illos)
Notes	promotional piece for the Spirit Sunday insert
Reprinted	from Philadelphia Record 10/13/41

3 page Spirit story "the first dailies"

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	January strips incorrectly dated 1941 in text
Reprinted	from 10/13/41,12/10-11/4, 1/1-15/42

1 page Spirit story

Characters	Will Eisner
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Lou Fine
Notes	self portrait of Eisner at the drawing board
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/3/1942

3 page text article "4:The War Years 1942-45"

Genre	Bio
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

1 page The Flaming Bomb story

Synopsis	Four 1/4 page editorial cartoons
Genre	editorial
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from The Flaming Bomb 1/21/43, 8/27/42, others

1 page Pvt Dogtag story "Daily Strips"

Characters	Pvt Dogtag
Genre	humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	four strips
Reprinted	from the Flaming Bomb 9/10/42,12/31/42,1/13/43,2/11/43

4 page Joe Dope illustration

Characters	Joe Dope
Genre	fact; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	six posters concerning military maintenance
Reprinted	from 1942-45

2 page General Poop story "Daily Strips"

Characters	General Poop
Genre	humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	8 daily samples for a proposed comic strip c. 1945

1 page Joe Dope story "Armageddon"

Characters	Joe Dope
Genre	fact; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	2 page story run on one
Reprinted	from Army Motors v5,#12 (3/45)

1 page text article "5:The Spirit and Others 1945-52"

Genre	Bio
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

1 page Spirit story "The Death of Autumn Mews"

Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti*
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/9/1949 [splash page]

7 page Spirit story "Hurricane"

Characters	Spirit; Satin; Hildie;
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/12/1949

1 page Spirit story "The Elevator"

Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/26/1949

1 page Spirit story "Lorelei Rox"

Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/19/1948

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Skinny Bones
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	no Spirit on cover
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #22 (August 1950)

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #18 (November 1949)

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	P'Gell, Spirit
Synopsis	Spirit figure not by Eisner?
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #21 (June 1950)

1 page Spirit illustration "Ev'ry Little Bug"

Characters	Ebony
Synopsis	Cover to the sheet music from Robbins Music Co 1947.
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	none ?

1 page Skip Sudden, Treasure Hunters illustration "Pirate Gold"

Characters	Skip Sudden
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Will Eisner; John Spranger
Inks	Alex Kotzky
Letters	Martin DeMuth
Notes	unpublished cover for Trade Name Comics, 1947

1 page Ruff and Reddy illustration "With Hannibal Over the Alps"

Characters	Ruff and Reddy
Genre	adventure; children
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Notes	unpublished cover for Sears Roebuck Comics, 1948

1 page Captain Cutlass illustration

Characters	Captain Cutlass
Genre	adventure; period; pirate
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti
Notes	unpublished cover for Pirate Comics 1948

Half page cover reprint (on interior page) "A Medal for Bowser"

Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	cover for political pamphlet

Half page cover reprint (on interior page) "Sad Case of Waiting Room Willie"

Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Klaus Nordling
Notes	cover for political pamphlet

Half page Baltimore Colts cover reprint (on interior page)

Genre	sports
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	cover for souvenir program

3 page Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy story "Riverbend"

Characters	Nubbin
Genre	children
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Alex Kotzky
Notes	unpublished daily comic strips 1946

3 page Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy story "Moon Trip"

Characters	Nubbin; Ol' Gaffer; Dr Fission
Genre	children
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Alex Kotzky
Notes	unpublished daily comic strips 1947

1 page Gaffer and Nubbin story

Characters	Nubbin; Ol' Gaffer
Genre	children
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Alex Kotzky
Notes	unpublished Sunday page, 1946

1 page Nubbin story "Moon Trip"

Characters	Nubbin; Ol' Gaffer
Genre	children
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (as Alek Kott)
Inks	Alex Kotzky
Notes	unpublished comic book insert, 1947. Same story as above but cut up into a different format

1 page Rube Rooky story

Characters	Pop Flye
Genre	sports
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Tex Blaisdell
Notes	page number unknown
Reprinted	from Baseball Comics (Will Eisner, 1949 series) #1 (Spring 1949)

1 page Nubbin illustration

Characters	Nubbin; John Law; Melba-Girl Detective
Genre	children
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	unpublished cover for proposed comic book, 1948

1 page John Law illustration

Characters	Nubbin; John Law
Genre	detective
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	unpublished splash for "Sand Blue"- Eventually became a Spirit story

1 page John Law illustration

Characters	John Law
Genre	detective
Pencils	Will Eisner
Notes	unpublished cover for John Law, Detective, 1948

1 page John Law illustration

Characters	John Law; Nubbin
Genre	detective
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	unpublished cover, Sunday Comics 1948

1 page John Law illustration

Characters	John Law
Genre	detective
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	unpublished cover John Law Detective, 1948

1 page Spirit, The story

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	splash page for Spirit story, same art as two previous pages
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/12/1950

1 page John Law illustration

Characters	John Law
Genre	detective
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	splash page for unpublished John Law story, 1948

1 page Spirit, The story

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	Spirit splash, same art as previous page
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/15/1950

1 page John Law, Spirit story

Characters	John Law, Spirit
Genre	detective
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	2 page John Law splash, redone as 1 page Spirit splash
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/29/1950

1 page text article "6:Commercial Art 1951-79"

Genre	Bio
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

2 page filler "Record Sleeves"

Notes

illustrations for RCA promotional disks

Half page Convertible Connie cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Connie Rod
Genre	humor; ad
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	cover for Fram oil filter promo comic
Reprinted	from Hoods Up (American Visuals Corporation, 1953 series) #3 (May 1953)

Half page Joe Dope filler

Characters	Joe Dope
Genre	fact; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly (Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1951 series) #9 (October 1952)

Half page filler

Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly (Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1951 series) #11 (February 1953)

Half page Joe Dope filler "In the Spring A Tune Up"

Characters	Connie Rod
Genre	fact; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	2 pages from a longer story
Reprinted	from P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly (Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1951 series) #18 (1954)

5 page Joe Dope story

Characters	Joe Dope; Connie Rod; Sgt Shortpants
Synopsis	Joe gets called back o duty in Korea and ends up in his old outfit
Genre	fact; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	strips for camp newspapers, 1951

1 page Rip Roscoe story

Characters	Rip Roscoe
Genre	humor; detective; ad
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	commercial strip for AT&T 1976

2 page story

Synopsis	assorted gag cartoons
Genre	Gags
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner

1 page text article "7:The Spirit 1966-81"

Genre	Bio
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from The Spirit, the First 93 Dailies, 1977

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Chuck Kramer
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Harvey, 1966 series) #1 (October 1966)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Synopsis	originally published in the Herald Tribune
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Chuck Kramer
Reprinted	from the Spirit 1/9/66

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Snarf (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1972 series) #3 (November 1972)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1973 series) #1 (January 1973)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1973 series) #2 (September 1973)

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Richard Corben
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Warren, 1974 series) #3 (August 1974)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit; Ebony
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Warren, 1974 series) #7 (April 1975)

Half page Spirit illustration

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Tintin

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Tintin

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Warren, 1974 series) #5 (December 1974)

1 page Spirit illustration "Cover Roughs"

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Notes	4 cover roughs for Spirit #9, the first 2 with no resemblance to the finished cover

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Ken Kelley
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Warren, 1974 series) #9 (August 1975)

1 page Spirit illustration "Cover Roughs"

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	4 cover roughs for Spirit #11, all rejected

Half page Spirit story "Casebook of True Haunted Houses and Ghosts"

Characters	Spirit [Denny Colt]
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	2 pages from longer book
Reprinted	from Spirit Casebook of True Haunted Houses and Ghosts (1976)

Half page story

Characters	Richard Nixon
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	political cartoon
Reprinted	from New York Times 8/16/76

2 page Spirit illustration

Characters	Spirit; Batman
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner (Batman by Jerry Robinson)
Inks	Will Eisner (Batman by Jerry Robinson)
Notes	incidental artwork for convention programs, etc

1 page Spirit illustration

Characters	Spirit; P'Gell
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	cover
Reprinted	from Spirit Portfolio (1977)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1977 series) #26 (December 1980)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters	Spirit, P'Gell, Carrion, Ellen Dolan, Ebony, Satin, Dolan
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Peter Poplaski
Inks	Will Eisner, Milton Caniff, John Pound, Richard Corben,Leslie Carbaga,Denis Kitchen, Peter Poplaski
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1977 series) #30 (August 1981)

2 page Jim Bludd story "Life On Another Planet"

Characters	Bludd
Genre	detective
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	2 pages from Chap 3 and chap 6
Reprinted	from Life On Another Planet (Spirit #21, 7/79 and #26, 12/80)

1 page Spirit illustration

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony
Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from National Cartoonists Society portfolio (1980)

1 page story "8:The Remembered Ghetto 1978-91"

Genre	Bio
Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset

1 page story

Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from City, A Narrative Portfolio 1980

1 page story "Treasure of Avenue C"

Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1977 series) #27 (February 1981)

1 page story "A Contract With God"

Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Will Eisner
Notes	3 pages
Reprinted	from Contract with God, A (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) #nn

1 page story "The Street Singer"

Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Contract with God, A (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) #nn

1 page story "The Super"

Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Will Eisner
Notes	4 pages
Reprinted	from Contract with God, A (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) #nn

1 page story "Cookelein"

Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Contract with God, A (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) #nn