| Issue | #17 |
| Published | [January] 2006 |
| Cover Price | $49.99 |
| Pages | 216 |
| Editing | Dale Crain |
| Notes | ISBN 1401204171; shipping date: Nov 30, 2005. Some data supplied by Scott Nichols. Credits from Cat Yronwode's and Dave Schreiner's articles in the Kitchen Sink Spirit magazines and comics. |
| Characters | Gerhard Schnobble, (no Spirit) |
| Genre | adventure |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Notes | ISBN 1401204171; shipping date: Nov 30, 2005. Some data supplied by Scott Nichols. Credits from Cat Yronwode's and Dave Schreiner's articles in the Kitchen Sink Spirit magazines and comics. |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/5/1948 [splash] |
| Genre | bio; criticism |
| Script | Bob Andelman |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Characters | Ebony (feature); Cromlech (intro); Deadbeat McCoy; Moolah |
| Synopsis | Two criminals get out of jail and search for the loot they buried long ago. Ebony and Cromlech walk in the woods and have an altercation with said crooks. The Spirit does not appear. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Andre Leblanc |
| Inks | Andre Leblanc |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Notes | based on the Nat King Cole recording of Eden Ahbez's song |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/4/1948 |
| Characters | Ward Healy; Klink; Dolan; Spirit; Widder Walker; Stuffer Balot; Ellen; Ebony |
| Synopsis | Dolan falls in love with Widder Walker and determines to marry her and retire from the police force. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/11/1948 |
| Characters | Roger the Dog; Ebony (feature); Sven Galli; Dolan; Spirit; Mr. Bowser |
| Synopsis | "from the Tales of Arfman by Jaques Arfenbark". Sven Galli trains his dogs to steal purses. Ebony is given the task of apprehending him but discovers his own dog, Roget, is involved. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/18/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Ebony |
| Synopsis | The Spirit reads "The Thing" by Ambrose Bierce to Ebony. Pretty much a straight adaption. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Ambrose Bierce; Will Eisner (adaption) |
| Pencils | Will Eisner (1,7) Jerry Grandenetti (2-6) |
| Inks | Jerry Grandenetti |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/25/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Octopus; Mr Carrion; City of Caramba; Ebony; Gass Tocsen |
| Synopsis | The Crooks are having a convention in Caramba |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Notes | sequel to 11/10/46 and 11/17/46 Spirit stories. |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/1/1948 |
| Characters | P.S.; Ebony; Spirit; Dolan; Ellen |
| Synopsis | Somebody has a dream that Dolan is King Neptune and tries to feed P.S. to the fish, but was it P.S., the Spirit or Dolan? |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/8/1948 |
| Characters | P.S.; Ebony (feature); Beanie; Skinny; Scratchie Parlay |
| Synopsis | P.S. runs for Junior President of the U.S. against Scratchie Parlay, who's father is a gambler. Bets are placed and kidnappings are de rigeur. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer? |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Andre Leblanc |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Notes | P. S.'s last name given as Smith. |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/15/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Ebony |
| Synopsis | The Spirit reads "the Fall of the House of Usher" to Ebony. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Edgar Allen Poe; Will Eisner (adaption) |
| Pencils | Will Eisner (1) Jerry Grandenetti (2-7) |
| Inks | Jerry Grandenetti |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/22/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Dolan; Klink; Docket; Snarl; Simon Smudge; Redtape |
| Synopsis | When the old prison is knocked down a prisoner is found in the basement who swears he's been there since 1911. Trouble is,the records don't go back that far. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/29/1948 |
| Characters | Gerhard Shnobble (intro); Spirit; Dolan; Klink |
| Synopsis | Gerhard, a mere nobody, discovers he can fly. But still nobody notices him. Not even the Sprirt. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Ander LeBlanc |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/5/1948 |
| Characters | Ebony (feature); Genius K. Brown; Crabnich; Dolan; Spirit |
| Synopsis | Smuggler McStash has hidden his loot, and only someone smart enough to break his code can find it. Enter Ebony's school chum, Genius K. Brown |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/12/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Dolan; Lorelie Rox; Blacky Marquett; Boss Wheeler |
| Synopsis | Like the sirens of old, Lorelei lures truckers to their doom. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/19/1948 |
| Characters | Dolan; Spirit; Lizzie Pinch |
| Synopsis | Ace McCase stashed the loot in his house, but Ace is dead, no one knows where the loot is and the house is for rent. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/26/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Tooty Compote (intro); "Slip" Claws; The Mangles Mob |
| Synopsis | Tooty Compote can make people Drop Dead, just by telling them to. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Notes | parody of Truman Capote |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/3/1948 |
| Characters | Sam Chapparell; Omar Trent; Spirit; Dolan |
| Synopsis | The Spirit visits the town of Boot Camp from Sam Chapparell and his gang have been terrorizing the west for the last 80 years. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/10/1948 |
| Characters | Nazel B. Twitch; Florence (a car); Axel Gearshift; Spirit; Dolan |
| Synopsis | Nazel Twitch loves his 1929 Flash. So when his wife sells it and it ends up in the hands of crooks, he gets a little peeved. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/17/1948 |
| Characters | Pedro; Pancho de Bool; Pepin de la Mancha; Spirit; Dolan; Nicky Smith; Garcia |
| Synopsis | Pancho is a talking bull. Pedro is a butcher. Pepin is a bull fighter. But he's in Central City, dead. And the Spirit's in Mexico, instead. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/24/1948 |
| Characters | Hazel P MacBeth; Octopus; Ellen; Spirit; Dolan |
| Synopsis | Hazel gets fired from the school Halloween pageant because she won't use a wire, and then hooks up with the Octopus. But he double crosses her and then she double crosses him, and then... |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/31/1948 |
| Characters | Plaster of Paris (intro); Spirit; Inspectre Gillotine; Don Macabre |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/7/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Quirte; Dolan; Ellen |
| Synopsis | The Spirit; Dolan and Ellen try to secure the deed to Boot Camp to use it as a sanitarium. But Quirte and his men are after it for the gold. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Notes | sequel to 10/10/48 Spirit story |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/14/1948 |
| Characters | Ebony; Klink; Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Quirte; Little Fox Hermit |
| Synopsis | Quirte spends Thanksgiving in the hills, with only his bag of gold dust for company. And the ghosts... |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Notes | continued from last week |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/21/1948 |
| Characters | Klink; Ebony; Farnum Prexy; Fleeble; Spirit |
| Synopsis | Prexy takes advantage of the Spirit being out of town to trick Klink into helping him steal the Amulet of Osiris. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
| Inks | Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds) |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/28/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Octopus; Dolan; Emil |
| Synopsis | Parody of "Give Away" radio shows. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/5/1948 |
| Characters | Carboy T. Gretch; Cranfranz Gwayle; Dolan; Klink; Spirit |
| Synopsis | Carboy T. Gretch and Cranfranz Gwalye look exactly alike. Both are miserable where they are, so they trade lives. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Notes | parallel stories told |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/12/1948 |
| Characters | Dolan; Ellen; Spirit; Basher Bains; Santa Claus; Teench and Franky |
| Synopsis | Basher Bains wants to get out of jail for Christmas, so Santa helps him. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Will Eisner |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/19/1948 |
| Characters | Spirit; Ebony |
| Synopsis | A month by month recap of the Spirit's adventures of the past year, including reprints of most of the splash pages. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Jules Feiffer |
| Pencils | Will Eisner |
| Inks | Will Eisner |
| Colors | Jamison |
| Letters | Abe Kanegson |
| Reprinted | from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/26/1948 |