Issue Details

Issue	#27
Published	February 1981
Cover Price	2.00 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Will Eisner; Dennis Kitchen; Cat Yronwode
Notes	wrap-around cover

Cover Details

Genre	adventure; humor
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	Will Eisner
Notes	wrap-around cover
Reprinted	in Art of Will Eisner, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1982 series) #1

2 page text article "Spirit Checklist Part 6"

Script	Cat Yronwode
Letters	Typeset
Notes	index of Spirit Reprints from Police thru Warren #9

8 page Spirit story "The Devil's Shoes"

Characters	Duchess of Doom; Ebony
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Sam Rosen
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/1/1942

8 page Spirit story "M.U.R.D.E.R."

Characters	Dolan; Ebony
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (layouts)
Inks	Lou Fine (finishes)
Letters	Sam Rosen
Notes	entire story is a riff on the letters "M.U.R.D.E.R"
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #7/19/1942

7 page Spirit story "Montabaldo"

Characters	Octopus; Mr Carrion; Fraternization H Shack; Castanet (Intro)
Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Notes	parody of Night on bald Mountain
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/25/1948 [misdated 1/18/48]

4 page Essay on Comic Art text article "The Frame (#4)"

Genre	fact
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner (spot illos)
Inks	Will Eisner (spot illos)
Letters	Typeset
Notes	essay on drawing

9 page Spirit story "The Treasure of Avenue 'C'"

Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Will Eisner
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Colors	Will Eisner? (p2,3 only)
Notes	A series of vignettes surrounding a subway grate
Reprinted	in Will Eisner Color Treasury (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1981 series) #1 [3 pp. excerpt]

7 page Spirit story "Rife"

Genre	adventure; humor
Script	Jules Feiffer
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Will Eisner
Letters	Abe Kanegson
Notes	Life magazine parody, no "story". Many cameos "pin up style"
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/14/1951

7 page Spirit story "The Amulet of Osiris"

Characters	Klink; Ebony
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) #11/28/1948

1 page Denny Colt, Alias the Spirit story "The Amulet of Osiris"

Characters	Dolan; Sammy; Ebony
Genre	detective
Script	Will Eisner?
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Al Wenzel?
Letters	Ben Oda?
Notes	4 page story printed 1/4 size on a single page. Fill-in story due to Wood missing his deadlines.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/14/1952

4 page Denny Colt, Alias the Spirit story "The Return"

Characters	Dolan; Sammy
Genre	detective
Pencils	Will Eisner
Inks	Al Wenzel
Letters	Ben Oda?
Notes	This story is a fill-in because the Wood story was so late.
Reprinted	from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/21/1952