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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published [October] 2000
Cover Price $49.95
Pages 218
Editing Dale Crain, Michael Wright (assistant)
Notes Credits from Cat Yronwode's Spirit Index published in the Kitchen Sink Spirit Magazine

Cover Details

Genre adventure
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Digital Chameleon
Notes Credits from Cat Yronwode's Spirit Index published in the Kitchen Sink Spirit Magazine

1 page text article "The Grand Master"

Genre fact
Script Dave Gibbons
Pencils Will Eisner (illo)
Inks Will Eisner (illo)

7 page Spirit story "The Black Bow"

Characters The Black Bow (intro); 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.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/5/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Silk District Beat"

Characters Dolan, Squire Sampson, Ebony
Synopsis Squire Samspson tries to frame a young cop he can't bribe.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/12/1941

8 page Spirit story "Pancho de Bool and Peppi Tamale"

Characters Ellen, Homer Creep, Autoplane, Ebony, Dolan
Synopsis Homer returns from Cuba, married to Peppi Tamale
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/19/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Conquistadores"

Synopsis The Spirit in Mexico, again.
Genre Adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/26/1941

8 page Spirit story "Davy Jones' Locker"

Characters Dolan, Ebony,
Synopsis A sandhog named Davy Jones creates a new way to hijack ships- under water!
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/2/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Substitute Spirits"

Characters Dolan, Finnegan, Sgt O'Rourke (all as 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.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/9/1941

8 page Spirit story "Radio Station WLXK"

Characters Ebony; Autoplane, Intro- Marion Dale; Dolan
Synopsis Fifth columnists try to silence a crusading radio station
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/16/1941

8 page Spirit story "Invasion from Argos"

Characters Dolan Autoplane
Synopsis Sam Smith stops an alien invasion
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/23/1941

8 page Spirit story "Dead Duck Dolan"

Characters Intro- Dead Duck Dolan, the Commissioner's father, Dolan, Ellen
Synopsis Dead-Duck dolan comes to Central City to visit his son
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Dead Duck Dolan is said to be Dolan's father. This is contradicted by section 412 in which Patrick Dolan is his father.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/2/1941

8 page Spirit story "Toy Planes"

Characters Ebony, autoplane
Synopsis Agents from Xox use remote controlled toy planes to sabotage American industry
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Spirit uses a gliding suit to fly through the air.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/9/1941

8 page Spirit story "Introducing Silk Satin"

Characters Intro- Silk Satin, Ebony
Synopsis The Spirit faces the beautiful and notorious jewel thief, Silk Satin
Genre Adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Compare with section 498, reprinted in Kitchen Sink Spirit 51
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/16/1941

8 page Spirit story "Dipsy Dooble"

Characters Dolan, Ellen
Synopsis Spirit meets Wintrhop Boombershlag: poet, musician, arteest and slugger. Ellen is his manager, and Dooble's out to murder him.
Genre Adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/23/1941

8 page Spirit story "Captured by the Underworld"

Characters Ebony, Dolan, Ellen
Synopsis Ebony and Dolan try to save the Spirit after he's captured
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/30/1941

8 page Spirit story "Introducing Scarlett Brown"

Characters Ebony, Scarlett Brown (intro), Throckmorton
Synopsis Ebony wins the hand of Scarlett in a game of marbles- then has to rescue her father from foreign agents.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/6/1941

8 page Spirit story "Croaky Andrews' Perfect Crime"

Characters Ebony, Autoplane, Dolan
Synopsis Even after he escapes, the shadow of the Spirit won't stop hounding Croaky Andrews
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/13/1941

8 page Spirit story "The S. S. Raven"

Characters Autoplane, Ebony (unseen)
Synopsis The Spirit battles a killer boat.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner, Chuck Cuidera
Inks Chuck Cuidera
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/20/1941

8 page Spirit story "Ellen Dolan Detective Agency"

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.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/27/1941

8 page Spirit story "King Kohl, Emperor of the World"

Characters Dolan, Ebony, autoplane
Synopsis King Kohl tries to take over the underworld
Genre Adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/4/1941

8 page Spirit story "A Dull Week"

Characters Ebony, Dolan, Ellen
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/11/1941

8 page Spirit story "Marta and the Renaissance Primitive"

Characters Ebony, Dolan
Genre Adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/18/1941

8 page Spirit story "Thomas Hawkins"

Characters Dolan
Synopsis An ex-con tries to go straight, but Dolan is skeptical.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1941

8 page Spirit story "Killer McNobby"

Characters Ebony
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes entire story told in rhyme
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/1/1941

8 page Spirit story "Five Passengers in Search of an Author"

Characters Satin
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes Satin is now a British agent
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/8/1941

8 page Spirit story "Dusk and Twilight"

Characters Intro-Dusk, Intro-Twilight, Ebony, Dolan
Synopsis Who killed Doctor Bosphor? Was it the lunatic Dusk? or his even nuttier wife?
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/15/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Tale of the Dictator's Reform"

Characters Hitler; Bertram (Brains)Tidewater-intro; Algernon (PS)Tidewater-intro; Ebony, Dolan
Synopsis Hitler comes to America for a visit and argues philosophy with the Spirit.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes One of the most famous Spirit stories, mentioned in Feiffer's Great Comic Book Heroes.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/22/1941

8 page Spirit story "The Balkan Ball"

Characters Ebony, Ellen, Dolan, Scarlett Brown, Pierpont- Intro, autoplane
Synopsis Prince Orgaly is auctioning off his crown jewels for war relief- and making time with Ellen.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/29/1941