Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	[June] 2007
Cover Price	49.99 USD
Pages	204
Editing	Scott Nybakken
Notes	ISBN: 1401212549 Shipping date April 25, 2007

Cover Details

Characters	Spirit
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Jules Feiffer
Inks	Jules Feiffer
Colors	Jamison
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Notes	ISBN: 1401212549 Shipping date April 25, 2007

3 page Spirit, The foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Forward"

Script	Darwyn Cooke
Pencils	Will Eisner
Letters	typeset

7 page Spirit, The story "The Moment of Glory"

Characters	Tyler Trembly; Dolan; Ellen; Spirit; Sammy; Squire Sleezy
Synopsis	The Spirit of 76 tells Tyler Trembly that Squire Sleezy is going to run off with the town treasury, and the signal for the plane is a light in the old Church tower. Naturally no one believes him, except the Spirit.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/2/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Ship vs Darling O'Shea"

Characters	Darling O'Shea (Intro); Spirit
Synopsis	The Spirit, despite last week's tale, is still on his way back from the East. On board a haunted ocean liner, the Spirit is recruited to be Darling O'Shea's bodyguard. The mysterious O'Shea who has never been seen, is the world's richest 10 year old.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/9/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Desert "

Characters	Spirit; Tate
Synopsis	Bringing a prisoner back to Central City, the Spirit and Tate are the only survivors of a plane crash in the middle of the desert.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Notes	Spirit sprains his arm and wears a sling for the next few adventures.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/16/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Dick Whittler"

Characters	Dick Whittler; Spirit
Synopsis	Dick Whittler asks the Spirit to come to Riverbend to help him solve a murder. The Spirit's arm is still in a sling.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/23/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Chase"

Characters	Dick Whittler; Spirit; Ed; Woody; Sally
Synopsis	The Spirit is on the lam, after Dick Whittler accuses him of assault and battery.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer; Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/30/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Investigation"

Characters	Spirit; Dick Whittler; Michael O'Dolan; Dolan; Hamilton Curdle
Synopsis	Mostly a flashback. The State Crime Commision investigates Dolan for corruption. Meanwhile his half-brother O'Dolan is trying to blackmail him. Dolan goes to Riverbend to find O'Dolan and gets mixed up in his murder (two weeks ago).
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	?
Notes	Eisner also claims credit for writing this story.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/6/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Wreck of Old 78"

Characters	Dolan; Spirit; Zeb Stoker
Synopsis	An old steam engine makes a final run through flood waters to bring aid to flood victims.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jerry Grandenetti ?
Inks	Jerry Grandenetti ?; Will Eisner ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/13/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The First Man"

Characters	Herkimer Zither; Clancy Hipple; Spirit (1 panel cameo); Dolan (1 panel cameo)
Synopsis	Herkimer Zither is always the first man to cross a bridge or go through a new tunnel.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/20/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Camp Wachoobie"

Characters	Sammy (feature), Willum Waif; Spirit; Mr. Grumbly; Wilmer Grumbly
Synopsis	Sammy has to learn to face up to a bully at summer camp. But it takes the Spirit to make everything right.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #8/27/1950

7 page Spirit, Thea story "Cape Cod Vacation"

Characters	Spirit; Carrion; Julia; Darling O'Shea
Synopsis	On vacation on Cape Cod, the Spirit finds Darling O'Shea all alone with her bodyguard, Mr. Carrion.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	?
Letters	Ben Oda ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/3/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Teacher's Pet"

Characters	Spirit; P'Gell; Dick Whittler; Prof Acyd
Synopsis	P'Gell turns up as a teacher at a prep school. The Spirit reluctantly investigates at Dick Whittler's request. Turns out she's after Prof Acyd's secret formula.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/10/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Story of Sam..the Saucer That Wanted to Fly"

Characters	Sam; The Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Sammy
Synopsis	Sam is a plain old saucer but when the Spirit flings him at a criminal, Sam never stops flying.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Tex Blaisdell
Inks	Gene Bibrew ?
Notes	done as a children's primer
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/17/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Sound"

Characters	Jordan Bennday; Ernie; Spirit (1 panel cameo); Dolan (1 panel cameo)
Synopsis	An artist struggling to meet a deadline on a horror comic story drives himself crazy.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer (layouts)
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/24/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Big Win"

Characters	Spirit; Dolan; Daniel Greer; Big Ed Damper
Synopsis	Dan Greer tells the Spirit he's going to murder Big Ed Damper and dares him to stop him.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Gene Bibrew ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/1/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "O'Shea's Uncle"

Characters	Darling O'Shea; Barnaby Lyme; Parker; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis	Barnaby Lyme, an escaped mental patient attempts to terrorize Darling O'Shea, much to his regret.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Gene Bibrew ?; Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/8/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Lizzy's Boys"

Characters	Ghouly Gang; Spirit; Dolan; Winthrop; Sammy; Willum; Light Fingered Lizzy; Lizzy's boys
Synopsis	The Ghouly Gang are unjustly accused of a bank job, a fact they are truly upset about.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/15/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Haircut"

Characters	Joe; Jenny; Rudy; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis	Rudy loves Jenny and Joe is his best friend, until that fatal night in the barber shop.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/22/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Hallowe'en 50"

Characters	Hazel P. Macbeth; Sammy; Willum; Dolan; Descendants of American Witch-Hunters (the D.A.W.); Spirit
Synopsis	Typical Hallowe'en hi-jinks as the D.A.W. attempts to track down Hazel, with Sammy and Willum as official detectives. Everybody almost ends up getting burned at the stake.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Gene Bibrew ?; Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/29/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Vietnam '50"

Characters	Spirit (cameo); Sharky Gimlet; Schmidt
Synopsis	Sharky Gimlet escapes from The Spirit by joining the French Foreign Legion, and gets shipped off to Vietnam.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Gene Bibrew ?; Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/5/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Ellen Dolan for Mayor"

Characters	Ellen (feature); Spirit; Dolan; Sammy; Mike Polltax
Synopsis	An innocent joke on a ladies TV show makes Ellen Dolan a candidate for Mayor, which Mike Polltax really doesn't like. So he gets the Spirit to campaign against her.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Gene Bibrew ?
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/12/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "La Cucaracha"

Characters	La Cucaracha; Lupo; Killer Pete Grifter; Joe
Synopsis	Story about a talking cockroach.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Gene Bibrew ?; Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/19/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Song of Little Willum"

Characters	Willum Waif(feature); Gitch the Goonie; Ellen; Dick Whittler; P'Gell; Darling O'Shea; Klink; P.S. ; Dolan; Spirit; Sammy
Synopsis	Thinking that he wasn't invited to Thanksgiving dinner, Willum turns to a life of crime.
Genre	adventure
Script	Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Jules Feiffer; Will Eisner
Inks	Jules Feiffer; Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Notes	parody of Hiawatha
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/26/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Winnah"

Characters	no Spirit appearance; Herbie Gritt; Happy Porker; Marty Gritt
Synopsis	Happy Porker is a corrupt boxing promoter who maneuvers the Gritt brothers into a title match against each other.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/3/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Snowbound"

Characters	Darling O'Shea; Sand Saref; Ellen; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis	O'Shea invites the Spirit to her mountain lodge to meet her new governess, Sand Saref.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Notes	Ellen is introduced as the Spirit's fiance.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/10/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Sammy and Willum Take Over"

Characters	Sammy; Willum Waif (feature); Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis	Sammy and Willum trail the Spirit
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Gene Debrew ?
Inks	Gene Debrew ?; Will Eisner
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/17/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "The Christmas Spirit of 1950"

Characters	Darling O'Shea; no Spirit; Santa Claus; Muggsy and Trigger
Synopsis	Darling O'Shea decides to sue Santa Claus because he's never given her a present. And just in case, she orders her guards to shoot to kill if they spot the old gent.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/24/1950

7 page Spirit, The story "Happy New Year"

Characters	Eisner; Feiffer; Clifford (as the Spirit); Sand Saref; Dolan; P'Gell; Seymour; Doggie
Synopsis	After Feiffer kills Eisner, he sits down at the drawing board and does a recap of the past year's adventures in the style of his backup strip Clifford.
Genre	adventure
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner (pages 1, 2, 6, 7); Jules Feiffer (pages 3-5)
Inks	Will Eisner (pages 1, 2, 6, 7); Jules Feiffer (pages 3-5)
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/31/1950