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Series: The Spirit

- Attribution History

Years in Print: 1940 - 1952

Detail

Publisher: Flag

United States Language: English Issues: #6/2/1940 - #10/5/1952 (645 Issues, 1047 Printings)

Continued From: none

Continued In: none Disclose

Tracking Notes: Disclose

Notes: Free newspaper inserts. No issue numbers. The first page serves as the front cover. Format can vary depending on which paper the section was published in. Often it was in a standard Golden Age US format and saddle-stitched. Sometimes it would be printed in tabloid size as a part of the regular newspaper-sized comics.

Newspapers (mostly) that co-branded issues include:
- The Baltimore Sunday Sun;
- The Chattanooga Evening Times;
- The Chicago Sun (later, November 1947, changed to the Chicago Sunday Sun and Times);
- The Detroit News;
- The Erie Dispatch;
- The Greater Buffalo Press;
- The Houston Post;
- The Miami Beach Sun;
- The Minneapolis Star Journal;
- The Montreal Standard;
- The Newark Star Ledger;
- The Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner;
- The Philadelphia Inquirer;
- The Philadelphia Record;
- The Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin;
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
- The San Antonio Light;
- The Sunday Compass (New York City);
- The Syracuse Herald American;
- The Syracuse Post-Standard;
- The Washington (DC) Sunday Star; and
- The Wichita Beacon.

The Greater Buffalo Press printed a Spanish language version of the section, which is listed in a separate series. There are also Mutual Benefit Society of Baltimore, Maryland editions that have no dates.

Most newspapers listed did not publish The Spirit for its entire run.

Format

Publication Type: Comic Books

Color: color

Dimensions: most originally newspaper broadsheet; then most standard Golden Age US (when cut and folded from broadsheet size); some newspaper tabloid size

Paper Stock: newsprint

Binding: cut-and-assemble-it-yourself (broadsheet to Golden Age US); loose pages (original broadsheet or original tabloid or unstapled assembled Golden Age US)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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Sample Issue Image

Issue #	Publication Date	Pages	Content Items	Issue Images Count
#6/2/1940 4	June 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#6/9/1940 4	June 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#6/16/1940 3	June 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#6/23/1940 3	June 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#6/30/1940 4	June 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#7/7/1940 4	July 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#7/14/1940 3	July 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#7/21/1940 4	July 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#7/28/1940 2	July 1940	16	3/3/1
#8/4/1940 4	August 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#8/11/1940 3	August 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#8/18/1940 5	August 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#8/25/1940 4	August 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#9/1/1940 4	September 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#9/8/1940 4	September 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#9/15/1940 4	September 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#9/22/1940 4	September 1940	16	3/3/1
#9/29/1940 2	September 1940	16	3/3/1
#10/6/1940 5	October 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#10/13/1940 6	October 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#10/20/1940 5	October 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#10/27/1940 5	October 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#11/3/1940 4	November 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total
#11/10/1940 5	November 1940	16	3/3/1
#11/17/1940 5	November 1940	16	3/3/1	2 Issue Images total

Issue #

Publication Date

Pages

Content Items

Issue Images Count

#6/2/1940 4

June 1940

3/3/1