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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1982
Cover Price 10.95 USD
Pages 140
Editing Cat Yronwode
Notes ISBN 0 87816 003 5

Cover Details

Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #18 (November 1949)

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Introduction"

Script Jules Feiffer

1 page text article "1:The Forgotten Ghetto 1933-36"

Genre Bio
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters Typeset

6 page illustration "Spot Illos - High School Art"

Pencils Will Eisner (spot illos)
Inks Will Eisner (spot illos)
Notes Eisner's high school artwork

Half page Dopey and the Duke story

Genre sitcom
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes sample strips, 1935

4 page Harry Carey story

Characters Harry Carey
Genre detective; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes sample strips from 1935

Half page Flame, The story "Fingers Moran"

Characters The Flame
Genre superhero
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes sample strips from 1935

2 page illustration "Spot Illos"

Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes spot illos, 1934

1 page text article "2:Eisner-Iger and the Quality Shop 1936-41"

Genre Bio
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters Typeset

Half page Wild Tex Martin story

Genre western
Reprinted from Western Picture Stories (Centaur, 1937 series) #1

Half page Harry Karry cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Harry Karry
Genre detective; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Wow Comics (Henie Publishing Co., 1936 series) #3 (September 1939)

Half page The Hawk (insert); Hunchback of Notre Dame (insert) cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters The Hawk (insert); Hunchback of Notre Dame (insert)
Genre adventure; period
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #4 (December 1938)

Half page The Hawk (insert); Wilton of the West (insert) cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters The Hawk (insert); Wilton of the West (insert)
Genre adventure; western
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Jumbo Comics (Fiction House, 1938 series) #6 (February 1939)

1 page Yarko the Great story

Characters Yarko
Genre Magician; Detective
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Wags (Australia) #?

2 page Muss Em Up story "Killer At Large"

Characters Hammer Donovan; Killer Moarelli
Synopsis A detective fired for excessive violence is brought back to end a crazed gang leader's murder spree
Genre detective
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes cited by Jules Feiffer in the Great Comic Book Heroes-7 page story printed 1/4 size on 2 pages
Reprinted from Detective Picture Stories (Centaur, 1936 series) #4

3 page Hawks of the Seas story

Characters The Hawk
Genre period
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes page 43, page 49, page 58
Reprinted from Wags (Australia) #?

1 page Espionage starring Black X story

Characters Black X
Genre spy
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Smash Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #14 (September 1940)

2 page Uncle Sam story

Characters Uncle Sam
Genre war; occult
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner, Lou Fine
Inks Will Eisner, Lou Fine
Notes one full-size and four 1/4 size splashes
Reprinted from National Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 series) #3 (September 1940); from Uncle Sam Quarterly (Quality Comics, 1941 series) #1 (Fall 1941)

1 page text article "3:The Spirit 1940-42"

Genre Bio
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters Typeset

8 page Spirit story "The Oldest Man In the World"

Characters Spirit; Ebony; autoplane
Synopsis A man who has lived forever threatens to kill all the Earth's children to give himself more breathing space.
Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Joe Kubert?
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/19/1941

2 page Spirit story

Characters Spirit, Ellen, Dusk
Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes one full-size and four 1/4 size splashes
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/12/1941; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/1/1940; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #12/8/1940; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/5/1941; from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/26/1941

1 page Spirit story "Confession of Monks Mallon"

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes page 2
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #11/2/1941

1 page text article "The Spirit of '41"

Characters Spirit; Ebony; Dolan
Genre Bio
Script Norman Abbott
Pencils Will Eisner (spot illos)
Inks Will Eisner (spot illos)
Notes promotional piece for the Spirit Sunday insert
Reprinted from Philadelphia Record 10/13/41

3 page Spirit story "the first dailies"

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes January strips incorrectly dated 1941 in text
Reprinted from 10/13/41,12/10-11/4, 1/1-15/42

1 page Spirit story

Characters Will Eisner
Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Lou Fine
Notes self portrait of Eisner at the drawing board
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/3/1942

3 page text article "4:The War Years 1942-45"

Genre Bio
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters Typeset

1 page The Flaming Bomb story

Synopsis Four 1/4 page editorial cartoons
Genre editorial
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from The Flaming Bomb 1/21/43, 8/27/42, others

1 page Pvt Dogtag story "Daily Strips"

Characters Pvt Dogtag
Genre humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes four strips
Reprinted from the Flaming Bomb 9/10/42,12/31/42,1/13/43,2/11/43

4 page Joe Dope illustration

Characters Joe Dope
Genre fact; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes six posters concerning military maintenance
Reprinted from 1942-45

2 page General Poop story "Daily Strips"

Characters General Poop
Genre humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes 8 daily samples for a proposed comic strip c. 1945

1 page Joe Dope story "Armageddon"

Characters Joe Dope
Genre fact; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes 2 page story run on one
Reprinted from Army Motors v5,#12 (3/45)

1 page text article "5:The Spirit and Others 1945-52"

Genre Bio
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters Typeset

1 page Spirit story "The Death of Autumn Mews"

Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti*
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #10/9/1949 [splash page]

7 page Spirit story "Hurricane"

Characters Spirit; Satin; Hildie;
Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Letters Abe Kanegson
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/12/1949

1 page Spirit story "The Elevator"

Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/26/1949

1 page Spirit story "Lorelei Rox"

Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #9/19/1948

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Skinny Bones
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes no Spirit on cover
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #22 (August 1950)

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #18 (November 1949)

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters P'Gell, Spirit
Synopsis Spirit figure not by Eisner?
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Quality Comics, 1944 series) #21 (June 1950)

1 page Spirit illustration "Ev'ry Little Bug"

Characters Ebony
Synopsis Cover to the sheet music from Robbins Music Co 1947.
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors none ?

1 page Skip Sudden, Treasure Hunters illustration "Pirate Gold"

Characters Skip Sudden
Genre adventure
Pencils Will Eisner; John Spranger
Inks Alex Kotzky
Letters Martin DeMuth
Notes unpublished cover for Trade Name Comics, 1947

1 page Ruff and Reddy illustration "With Hannibal Over the Alps"

Characters Ruff and Reddy
Genre adventure; children
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Jerry Grandenetti
Letters Abe Kanegson
Notes unpublished cover for Sears Roebuck Comics, 1948

1 page Captain Cutlass illustration

Characters Captain Cutlass
Genre adventure; period; pirate
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Jerry Grandenetti
Notes unpublished cover for Pirate Comics 1948

Half page cover reprint (on interior page) "A Medal for Bowser"

Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes cover for political pamphlet

Half page cover reprint (on interior page) "Sad Case of Waiting Room Willie"

Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Klaus Nordling
Notes cover for political pamphlet

Half page Baltimore Colts cover reprint (on interior page)

Genre sports
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes cover for souvenir program

3 page Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy story "Riverbend"

Characters Nubbin
Genre children
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Alex Kotzky
Notes unpublished daily comic strips 1946

3 page Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy story "Moon Trip"

Characters Nubbin; Ol' Gaffer; Dr Fission
Genre children
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Alex Kotzky
Notes unpublished daily comic strips 1947

1 page Gaffer and Nubbin story

Characters Nubbin; Ol' Gaffer
Genre children
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Alex Kotzky
Notes unpublished Sunday page, 1946

1 page Nubbin story "Moon Trip"

Characters Nubbin; Ol' Gaffer
Genre children
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner (as Alek Kott)
Inks Alex Kotzky
Notes unpublished comic book insert, 1947. Same story as above but cut up into a different format

1 page Rube Rooky story

Characters Pop Flye
Genre sports
Script Jules Feiffer
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Tex Blaisdell
Notes page number unknown
Reprinted from Baseball Comics (Will Eisner, 1949 series) #1 (Spring 1949)

1 page Nubbin illustration

Characters Nubbin; John Law; Melba-Girl Detective
Genre children
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes unpublished cover for proposed comic book, 1948

1 page John Law illustration

Characters Nubbin; John Law
Genre detective
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes unpublished splash for "Sand Blue"- Eventually became a Spirit story

1 page John Law illustration

Characters John Law
Genre detective
Pencils Will Eisner
Notes unpublished cover for John Law, Detective, 1948

1 page John Law illustration

Characters John Law; Nubbin
Genre detective
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes unpublished cover, Sunday Comics 1948

1 page John Law illustration

Characters John Law
Genre detective
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes unpublished cover John Law Detective, 1948

1 page Spirit, The story

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes splash page for Spirit story, same art as two previous pages
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/12/1950

1 page John Law illustration

Characters John Law
Genre detective
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes splash page for unpublished John Law story, 1948

1 page Spirit, The story

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes Spirit splash, same art as previous page
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/15/1950

1 page John Law, Spirit story

Characters John Law, Spirit
Genre detective
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes 2 page John Law splash, redone as 1 page Spirit splash
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/29/1950

1 page text article "6:Commercial Art 1951-79"

Genre Bio
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters Typeset

2 page filler "Record Sleeves"

Notes illustrations for RCA promotional disks

Half page Convertible Connie cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Connie Rod
Genre humor; ad
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes cover for Fram oil filter promo comic
Reprinted from Hoods Up (American Visuals Corporation, 1953 series) #3 (May 1953)

Half page Joe Dope filler

Characters Joe Dope
Genre fact; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly (Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1951 series) #9 (October 1952)

Half page filler

Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly (Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1951 series) #11 (February 1953)

Half page Joe Dope filler "In the Spring A Tune Up"

Characters Connie Rod
Genre fact; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes 2 pages from a longer story
Reprinted from P.S. Magazine: The Preventive Maintenance Monthly (Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1951 series) #18 (1954)

5 page Joe Dope story

Characters Joe Dope; Connie Rod; Sgt Shortpants
Synopsis Joe gets called back o duty in Korea and ends up in his old outfit
Genre fact; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes strips for camp newspapers, 1951

1 page Rip Roscoe story

Characters Rip Roscoe
Genre humor; detective; ad
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes commercial strip for AT&T 1976

2 page story

Synopsis assorted gag cartoons
Genre Gags
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner

1 page text article "7:The Spirit 1966-81"

Genre Bio
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters Typeset

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from The Spirit, the First 93 Dailies, 1977

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Chuck Kramer
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Harvey, 1966 series) #1 (October 1966)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Synopsis originally published in the Herald Tribune
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Chuck Kramer
Reprinted from the Spirit 1/9/66

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Snarf (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1972 series) #3 (November 1972)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1973 series) #1 (January 1973)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1973 series) #2 (September 1973)

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Richard Corben
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Warren, 1974 series) #3 (August 1974)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit; Ebony
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Warren, 1974 series) #7 (April 1975)

Half page Spirit illustration

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Reprinted from Tintin

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Reprinted from Tintin

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Warren, 1974 series) #5 (December 1974)

1 page Spirit illustration "Cover Roughs"

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Notes 4 cover roughs for Spirit #9, the first 2 with no resemblance to the finished cover

1 page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Ken Kelley
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Warren, 1974 series) #9 (August 1975)

1 page Spirit illustration "Cover Roughs"

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes 4 cover roughs for Spirit #11, all rejected

Half page Spirit story "Casebook of True Haunted Houses and Ghosts"

Characters Spirit [Denny Colt]
Genre adventure; humor
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes 2 pages from longer book
Reprinted from Spirit Casebook of True Haunted Houses and Ghosts (1976)

Half page story

Characters Richard Nixon
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes political cartoon
Reprinted from New York Times 8/16/76

2 page Spirit illustration

Characters Spirit; Batman
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner (Batman by Jerry Robinson)
Inks Will Eisner (Batman by Jerry Robinson)
Notes incidental artwork for convention programs, etc

1 page Spirit illustration

Characters Spirit; P'Gell
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes cover
Reprinted from Spirit Portfolio (1977)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1977 series) #26 (December 1980)

Half page Spirit cover reprint (on interior page)

Characters Spirit, P'Gell, Carrion, Ellen Dolan, Ebony, Satin, Dolan
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Peter Poplaski
Inks Will Eisner, Milton Caniff, John Pound, Richard Corben,Leslie Carbaga,Denis Kitchen, Peter Poplaski
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1977 series) #30 (August 1981)

2 page Jim Bludd story "Life On Another Planet"

Characters Bludd
Genre detective
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Notes 2 pages from Chap 3 and chap 6
Reprinted from Life On Another Planet (Spirit #21, 7/79 and #26, 12/80)

1 page Spirit illustration

Characters Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony
Genre adventure; humor
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from National Cartoonists Society portfolio (1980)

1 page story "8:The Remembered Ghetto 1978-91"

Genre Bio
Script Cat Yronwode
Letters Typeset

1 page story

Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from City, A Narrative Portfolio 1980

1 page story "Treasure of Avenue C"

Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Kitchen Sink Press, Inc., 1977 series) #27 (February 1981)

1 page story "A Contract With God"

Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Letters Will Eisner
Notes 3 pages
Reprinted from Contract with God, A (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) #nn

1 page story "The Street Singer"

Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Letters Will Eisner
Reprinted from Contract with God, A (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) #nn

1 page story "The Super"

Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Letters Will Eisner
Notes 4 pages
Reprinted from Contract with God, A (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) #nn

1 page story "Cookelein"

Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Letters Will Eisner
Reprinted from Contract with God, A (Baronet Publishing, 1978 series) #nn