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Issue: Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #2
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 08/16/2000
Volume: 2
Pages: 218
ISBN: 1563896753
UPC/EAN: 76194122471800211
Price: $76.00 CAD
$49.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 28 (26 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dale Crain; Michael Wright (assistant editor)
Disclose Notes: Credits from Cat Yronwode's Spirit Index originally published in The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series) #22-28.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: Full color cover; Full color interior (#1-24, 26); Black and white interior with partial color (#25)
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U.S.
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Binding: Hardcover with Dustjacket
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Digital Chameleon
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #1/12/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published January 1941
was The Silk District Beat [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Grand Master

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dave Gibbons
Will Eisner (illustration)
Will Eisner (illustration)
? (illustration)
typeset
Subject Matter
informational
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Black Bow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; The Black Bow (introduction); Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Finnegan
The Black Bow "protected" a section of Central Europe in the Middle Ages, for pay. Now his descendant wants to do the same for Central City.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #1/5/1941 [Baltimore Sunday Sun] published January 1941
was The Black Bow [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Silk District Beat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Squire Sampson; Ebony White; Daniel Gorman; Plug Penner
Squire Sampson tries to frame a young cop he can't bribe.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #1/12/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published January 1941
was The Silk District Beat [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Pancho de Bool and Peppi Tamale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan; Homer Creep; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Peppi Tamale; Pancho the Bull
Homer returns from Cuba, married to Peppi Tamale, but her angry brother has followed them and he has a dangerous reputation.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #1/19/1941 [Minneapolis Star Journal] published January 1941
was Pancho de Bool and Peppi Tamale [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The Conquistadores

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Captain Murdrez; Pedro
The Spirit travels to Mexico to defeat a band of rebel bombers.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #1/26/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published January 1941
was The Conquistadores [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Davy Jones' Locker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ebony White; David Jones; Harvey P. Chadwick
A sandhog named Davy Jones creates a new way to hijack ships -- under water!
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #2/2/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published February 1941
was Davy Jones' Locker [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The Substitute Spirits

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt; also as Yogi Anda]; Yogi Ahkan; Mr. Gildtree; Mrs. Gildtree; Commissioner Eustace Dolan [the Spirit]; Finnegan [the Spirit]; Sergeant O'Rourke [the Spirit]; Ebony White; Annie O'Rourke
Since the Spirit is believed to be dead from last week's story, Dolan, Finnegan, and Sgt. O'Rourke all masquerade as the Spirit to expose a phony fortuneteller. The real Spirit solves the case in spite of his bumbling impersonators.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #2/9/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published February 1941
was The Substitute Spirits [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Radio Station WLXK

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Marion Dale (introduction); Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Dr. Paul Conrad [No. 14]
Fifth columnists try to silence a crusading radio station.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #2/16/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published February 1941
was Radio Station WLXK [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Invasion from Argos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Sam Smith; Subork
Sam Smith stops an alien invasion because he's the only one who can see them.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #2/23/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published February 1941
was Invasion From Argo [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Dead Duck Dolan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dead Duck Dolan (introduction); Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Fink Frazer
Dead Duck Dolan comes to Central City to visit his son. The Civic Virtue Committee is pressuring the Commissioner to look the other way regarding the crime boss Fink Frazer, so Dead Duck and the Spirit track down the gangster themselves.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #3/2/1941 [Minneapolis Star Journal] published March 1941
was Dead Duck Dolan [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Dead Duck Dolan is said to be Dolan's father. This is contradicted by Section #412 in which Patrick Dolan is his father.
Toy Planes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White
XOZ agents use remote-controlled toy planes to sabotage American munitions plants.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #3/9/1941 [Minneapolis Star Journal edition] published March 1941
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Spirit uses a gliding suit to fly through the air.
Introducing Silk Satin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Silk Satin (introduction); Ebony White; Sir Cedric; Anton; Count Gazoff
The Spirit faces the beautiful and notorious jewel thief, Silk Satin.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #3/16/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published March 1941
was Introducing Silk Satin [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Compare with Section #498, reprinted in The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series) #51.
Dipsy Dooble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Dipsy Dooble; Winthrop Boombershlag; Ebony White
Spirit meets Winthrop Boombershlag: poet, musician, "arteest" and boxer. Ellen is his manager, and the invulnerable Dipsy Dooble's out to murder him.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #3/23/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published March 1941
was Dipsy Dooble [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Captured by the Underworld

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Spike Karlo; Rox Malon; Dixi Mason
Ebony and Dolan try to save the Spirit after he's captured by mobsters.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #3/30/1941 published March 1941
was Captured by the Underworld [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Introducing Scarlett Brown

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Scarlett Brown (introduction); Throckmorton; Mr. Brown
Ebony wins the hand of Scarlett in a game of marbles -- then has to rescue her father from foreign agents.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #4/6/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published April 1941
was Introducing Scarlett Brown [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Croaky Andrews' Perfect Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Croaky Andrews; Poison Maggie
Even after he escapes, the shadow of the Spirit won't stop hounding Croaky Andrews.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #4/13/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published April 1941
was Croaky Andrews' Perfect Crime [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The S. S. Raven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner; Chuck Cuidera
Chuck Cuidera
Joe Kubert; Digital Chameleon (reconstruction)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Captain Ferguson; Ebony White (unseen)
The Spirit battles a killer boat which is apparently under a curse.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #4/20/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published April 1941
was The S.S. Raven [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Ellen Dolan Detective Agency

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Professor Ravel
Ellen sets up her own detective agency and gets mixed up with foreign agents trying to steal a new bomb.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #4/27/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published April 1941
was The Ellen Dolan Detective Agency [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
King Kohl, Emperor of the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ebony White; King Kohl; Plug Benson; Trig Tomkins; Beans; Casey
King Kohl tries to take over the underworld.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #5/4/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published May 1941
was King Kohl, Emperor of the World [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
A Dull Week

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony white; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Ted Robinson
Ebony, the Spirit, and Ellen all think that things are getting boring and so they go out separately in search of adventure.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #5/11/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published May 1941
was A Dull Week [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Marta & the Renaissance Primitive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Marta; Van Velt [Basil Biano]
The Spirit becomes embroiled in an elaborate revenge plot involving a fake painting.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #5/18/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published May 1941
was Marta and the Renaissance Primitive [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Thomas Hawkins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Tommy Hawkins; Jake the Killer
An ex-con tries to go straight, but Dolan is skeptical.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #5/25/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published May 1941
was Thomas Hawkins [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Killer McNobby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Killer McNobby
The Spirit takes down the notorious Killer McNobby.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #6/1/1941 [Washington DC Star edition] published June 1941
was Killer McNobby [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Entire story is told in rhyme.
Five Passengers in Search of an Author

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Silk Satin; Gooly Jones
Five passengers board a plane in Central City but they have all disappeared by the time the plane lands in Washington.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #6/8/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published June 1941
was Five Passengers In Search of an Author [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
Satin is now a British agent.
Dusk and Twilight

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Dusk (introduction); Twilight (introduction); Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan
Who killed Doctor Bosphor? Was it the lunatic Dusk, or his even nuttier wife?
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #6/15/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published June 1941
was "Dusk and Twilight" [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
The Tale of the Dictator's Reform

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Adolf Hitler; Bertram Tidewater [Brains] (introduction); Algernon Tidewater [PS]; Ebony White; Commissioner Eustace Dolan
Hitler comes to America for a visit and argues philosophy with the Spirit.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #6/22/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published June 1941
was The Tale of the Dictator's Reform [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8
One of the most famous Spirit stories, mentioned in Jules Feiffer's book The Great Comic Book Heroes.
The Balkan Ball

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Will Eisner
Joe Kubert (reconstructed by Digital Chameleon)
Sam Rosen
Subject Matter
adventure
The Spirit
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ebony White; Ellen Dolan; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Prince Orgaly [Dick the Duke]; Scarlett Brown; Pierpont (introduction)
Prince Orgaly is auctioning off his crown jewels for war relief -- and making time with Ellen.
Reprinting
FlagThe Spirit #6/29/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published June 1941
was The Balkan Ball [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
 
Miscellaneous
8

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