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Issue: The Spirit #5/5/1946

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Publication Date: May 1946

Detail

Issues: #5/5/1946 of 645 Issues (1047 Printings)

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Brand: none

Indicia Publisher: none

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume:

Pages: 16

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: none entered

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 4 (4 stories, 1 cover)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; some were also issued as tabloid size

Paper Stock: newsprint

Binding: loose pages or cut-and-assemble-it-yourself

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In4

2 Content Items
- The Head In the Desk [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]2
- [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]2

reprinted 4 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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Cover, Front

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Title Page

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Content Items (4 total)

The Head In the Desk

Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover

Credits

Writer(s): Will Eisner

Penciller(s): John Spranger

Inker(s): Will Eisner; Bob Palmer

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): Martin deMuth

Subject Matter

Genres: adventure

Feature(s): The Spirit

Character(s): Gussie the Charwoman (intro-not named until 9/15/46); Dolan; Spirit; Mayhem Mike Malloy; Cutter Stark

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

The Spirit #5 published June 1984
as The Head in the Desk [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #12 published January 2004
as The Head in the Desk [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 7

Notes: Vaguely resembles the movie "The Front Page".

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Fred Schwab

Penciller(s): Fred Schwab

Inker(s): Fred Schwab

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Lady Luck

Character(s): Lady Luck; Count DeChange; Nick the Knife; Jake da'Jerk; Manny Da' Mouth; Stephen

First Line: I'll tell ya folks we crooks been enjoyin' th' biggest vacation inna history of crime!

Synopsis: Since Lady Luck has vanished, all the crooks decide it's time to rob Brenda Banks.

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Lady Luck #1 published January 1980
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

Men of Mystery Comics #74 published October 2008
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

Notes: Lady Luck returns. Now by Fred Schwab.

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Al Stahl

Penciller(s): Al Stahl

Inker(s): Al Stahl

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Flatfoot Burns

Character(s): Flatfoot Burns; The Chief

First Line: What's going on here ?

Synopsis: Burns does battle with an Efficiency Expert who wants to automate the police department.

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 4

[untitled]

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Bernard Dibble

Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble

Inker(s): Bernard Dibble

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous, teen

Feature(s): Jonesy

First Line: It's sure great to see you after all these years, Bill!

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1