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Issue: The Spirit #27
Publication Date: February 1981
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Issues: #27 of 25 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagKitchen Sink Press
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Kitchen Sink Comix
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $2.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Will Eisner is listed as editor-in-chief in masthead.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In4
Disclose Reprinted From7
Disclose Images2
Cover, Wraparound
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front Only (of Wraparound and/or Gatefold)
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Wraparound
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Art of Will Eisner #[nn] published January 1982
In Content Item: FlagWill Eisner Color Treasury #[nn] published January 1981
as On a raft [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: wrap-around cover
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Dept. of Loose Ends
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Spirit Checklist Part Six

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Index of Spirit Reprints from Police thru Warren #9.
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The Devil's Shoes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Duchess of Doom; Ebony
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #2/1/1942 published February 1942
was The Devil's Shoes [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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M.U.R.D.E.R.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Dolan; Ebony
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/19/1942 [unnamed variant] published July 1942
was M-U-R-D-E-R [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: entire story is a riff on the letters "M.U.R.D.E.R"
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Montabaldo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Octopus; Mr Carrion; Fraternization H Shack; Castanet (Intro)
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #1/25/1948 published January 1948misdated 1/18/48
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: parody of Night on bald Mountain
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No. 4 (The Frame)

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Essay on Comic Art
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: essay on drawing
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The Treasure of Avenue 'C'

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): Big City
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWill Eisner Color Treasury #[nn] published January 1981
as Treasure of Avenue C [Story on Interior Page(s)]3 page excerpt
In Content Item: FlagThe Art of Will Eisner #[nn] published January 1982
as Treasure of Avenue C [Story on Interior Page(s)]one page only
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: A series of vignettes surrounding a subway grate
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Rife

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #1/14/1951 published January 1951
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Life magazine parody, no "story". Many cameos "pin up style"
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The Amulet of Osiris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Klink; Ebony
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #11/28/1948 published November 1948
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Amulet of Osiris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Denny Colt, Alias the Spirit
Character(s): Dolan; Sammy; Ebony
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #9/14/1952 published September 1952
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 4 page story printed 1/4 size on a single page. Fill-in story due to Wood missing his deadlines.
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The Return

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Denny Colt, Alias the Spirit
Character(s): Dolan; Sammy
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #9/21/1952 published September 1952
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: This story is a fill-in because the Wood story was so late.
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[untitled]

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Spirit Letters
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.87
Disclose Notes: Letters from Dorothy C. Witek, Kevin C. McConnell, Mark A. Worden, Dennis Watts, Tim O'Hara, Daniel Theodore, Anne Hoste, Mitchell Raskin, Fred Janssen, Stuart Lichtenthal, and Randy Prislow; includes Free Spirit Classifieds and Spirit Portfolio advertisement.

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