The Spirit comic books issue 4

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "August 1948-September 1949!" Collects The Spirit (1944-1950 Quality) #13-17. Written by Will Eisner. Art by Will Eisner and Lou Fine. Cover by Will Eisner. The Spirit is a fictional masked crime fighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner, who fights crime with the blessing of the city's police commissioner Dolan, an old friend. Despite the Spirit's origin as detective/criminologist Denny Colt, his real identity was rarely referred to after his first appearance, and for all intents and purposes he was simply "The Spirit." The stories are presented in a wide variety of styles, from straight forward crime drama and noir to lighthearted adventure, from mystery and horror to comedy and love stories, often with hybrid elements that twisted genre and reader expectations. Comic book stories from the 1940s and 1950s may depict some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American culture. Such depictions were wrong then and are wrong today. While not representing the publisher's view of today's society, these stories are printed as they were originally created, because to do otherwise would be the same as claiming these prejudices never existed. Softcover, 212 pages, full color. Cover price $32.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Autumn 1948-September 1949!" Collects The Spirit (1944-1950 Quality) #13-17. Written by Will Eisner. Art by Will Eisner and Lou Fine. Cover by Will Eisner. The Spirit is a fictional masked crime fighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner, who fights crime with the blessing of the city's police commissioner Dolan, an old friend. Despite the Spirit's origin as detective/criminologist Denny Colt, his real identity was rarely referred to after his first appearance, and for all intents and purposes he was simply "The Spirit." The stories are presented in a wide variety of styles, from straight forward crime drama and noir to lighthearted adventure, from mystery and horror to comedy and love stories, often with hybrid elements that twisted genre and reader expectations. From 1940-1950, printer Everett M. "Busy" Arnold reprinted Spirit stories under his Quality Comics banner, first individually from 1940-1947 as one of the features in 92 issues of Police Comics and from 1944-1950 as 22 issues of The Spirit. Collects The Spirit #13-17 (Autumn 1948-September 1949). Hardcover, 212 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Autumn 1948-September 1949!" Collects The Spirit (1944-1950 Quality) #13-17. Written by Will Eisner. Art by Will Eisner and Lou Fine. Cover by Will Eisner. The Spirit is a fictional masked crime fighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner, who fights crime with the blessing of the city's police commissioner Dolan, an old friend. Despite the Spirit's origin as detective/criminologist Denny Colt, his real identity was rarely referred to after his first appearance, and for all intents and purposes he was simply "The Spirit." The stories are presented in a wide variety of styles, from straight forward crime drama and noir to lighthearted adventure, from mystery and horror to comedy and love stories, often with hybrid elements that twisted genre and reader expectations. From 1940-1950, printer Everett M. "Busy" Arnold reprinted Spirit stories under his Quality Comics banner, first individually from 1940-1947 as one of the features in 92 issues of Police Comics and from 1944-1950 as 22 issues of The Spirit. Collects The Spirit #13-17 (Autumn 1948-September 1949). Hardcover (with Slipcase), 212 pages, full color. Cover price $62.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Oh!Great. Translated by C.T. Cockrell. Combining futuristic science fiction with ancient religion and tradition, award-winning mangaka Oh!great presents this utterly unique battle for earth through gorgeous, electrifying art unlike anything we've seen before. Two youths--Jin and Gao--lead a seemingly placid existence in the Japanese countryside along with their friends...but in fact they are holy warriors on the frontlines of the battle against armageddon. The coming of the nigh-unstoppable embodiments of catastrophe known as "Night" has imperiled the entire human race, and only Jin and Gao's ancient ability to call on the power of the gods through dance can stem the tide of destruction. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W. Rated T Cover price $13.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Fangs for the Memories!" Cover by Manuel Prietano. Liv's vampire friend loses a prized fang in book four of the Spirited graphic novel chapter book series. Liv Livingston is having a ghoul-tastic day at her vampire friend Vera van Pire's house-which is not the totally creepy castle Liv expected-with their were-pup friend, Howl. But when the trio play Bat Ball, Vera loses one of her fangs! To make things worse, picture day is tomorrow! Can Vera's glittering vampire grin be restored, or is she doomed to fade into the flash? Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Fangs for the Memories!" Cover by Manuel Prietano. Liv's vampire friend loses a prized fang in book four of the Spirited graphic novel chapter book series. Liv Livingston is having a ghoul-tastic day at her vampire friend Vera van Pire's house-which is not the totally creepy castle Liv expected-with their were-pup friend, Howl. But when the trio play Bat Ball, Vera loses one of her fangs! To make things worse, picture day is tomorrow! Can Vera's glittering vampire grin be restored, or is she doomed to fade into the flash? Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $19.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Miyuki Nakayama. Exams are fast approaching, so Nenekos looking to get some studying done. She and Shichikage head over to the library, where they meet a little boy named Sou. He seems to be looking for something important… but why are they the only ones who can see him? Meanwhile, the director is visiting…her boyfriend?!! Softcover, 5-in. x 7 1/2-in., 198 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.00.