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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published [October] 2004
Cover Price $49.95
Pages 196
Editing Dale Crain
Notes ISBN 140120158X; shipping date August 4, 2004. Most data from the columns written by Cat Yronwode and Dave Schreiner in the various Kitchen Sink Spirit comic books. Additional information about the collected edition provided by Scott Nichols.

Cover Details

Characters P'Gell
Genre adventure
Pencils Will Eisner
Inks Will Eisner
Colors Jamison
Notes ISBN 140120158X; shipping date August 4, 2004. Most data from the columns written by Cat Yronwode and Dave Schreiner in the various Kitchen Sink Spirit comic books. Additional information about the collected edition provided by Scott Nichols.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1947 [splash]

4 page Spirt, The text article "Introduction"

Genre bio; criticism
Script Jim Vance
Pencils Will Eisner

7 page Spirit, The story "Perfect Crime"

Characters Baxter; Maggie; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis Baxter shoots the Spirit. Then he and Maggie escape to a South Sea island where they drive each other crazy.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils John Spranger?
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Notes remake of 4/13/41 adventure
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/5/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Saree"

Characters Saree Raymond(intro); P'Gell; Miss Vitriola; Roger Raymond; Dolan; Spirit; Inchly 3rd
Synopsis Saree is a student at Miss Vitriola's school. Her father announces he's going to marry P'Gell. Then Miss Vitriola dies. But Saree, who is a match for P'Gell in every way, does not want a new mother around, any more than she wanted Miss Vitriola.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/12/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "School for Girls"

Characters Saree; P'Gell; Lady McBeth; Dolan; Inchly 3rd; Picar; Spirit
Synopsis P'Gell asks for the Spirit's help because she thinks some one is trying to murder her husband and frame her, but which one of her past victims is responsible?
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/19/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "The Partner"

Characters Joshua Skinch; Joe Daws; Ebony; Spirit; Debit P. Quarters; Dolan
Synopsis Daws and Skinch are partners. Whichever one bumps the other off first gets to keep the money, unless the accountant bumps them both off first.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Notes Skinch is arrested for the Spirit's murder, but the judge rules that the Spirit is not officially alive and lets him go.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #1/26/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "The Cosmic Answer"

Characters McDool; Spirit; Dolan; Niechevo; Murmansk Manny; Wisky Weezil; Ellen; Ebony
Synopsis Niechevo and Murmansk Manny are on a mission to America with the Cosmic Answer to the atomic bomb. Then Murmansk disappears.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils John Spranger
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Notes Murmansk Manny sings "Every Little Bug".
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/2/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Mad Moes"

Characters The Lizard; Stud Sharpe; Mad Moes (a river); The Spirit; Queeny
Synopsis The government wants to build a dam, but the Lizard's property isn't on any map, so they can't buy him out, and Stud Sharpe thinks it will be a great place for a gambling den.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/9/1947

7 page Spirt, The story "Fat Looie"

Characters Ebony (feature); Pierpont; Fat Looie; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis Pierpont and Ebony decide they want to become racing touts.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/16/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Heel Scalopini"

Characters Joe Scallopini; Julius Caesar (not that one); Ellen; Spirit; Bowie Nyffe; Dolan
Synopsis Caesar's supporters will stop at nothing to keep him in office. But the Spirit convinces Caesar to come clean.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #2/23/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "A Granule of Time"

Characters Silken Floss (intro);Dr. Ward Wilmore; August Lateur; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis Ward Wilmore tries to convince August Lateur that he's from the future. He and Silken Floss want August Lateur's theory of molecular arrangement.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/2/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Silken Floss, MD"

Characters Silken Floss; Spirit; Ellen; Dr. Quaver; Dolan; Ebony; Peter Parlay
Synopsis Floss tries to trick the Spirit into marrying her, by switching a marriage license for some hospital papers he thought he signed.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/9/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Hoagy the Yogi"

Characters Ebony (feature); Hoagy the Yogi; Spirit; Dolan; Lieut. Grey (intro); Fabulous Frank; Skinny Flint
Synopsis Ebony runs away because he thinks the Spirit is married and hooks up with a fake fakir called Hoagy the Yogi. The Spirit hooks up with a black police detective to track Ebony down.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Notes "Every Lil Bug" sung in the last panel.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/16/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Hoagy the Yogi II"

Characters Ebony (feature); Hogy the Yogi; Ellen; Dolan; Spirit; Sly Snead
Synopsis Story is told in pantomime. Ebony sends postcards from his trip to India with Hoagy the Yogi. The postcards provide the only captions.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/23/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "April Fool"

Characters Sylvie Vault; Byline; Dolan; Roger Deficit; Avery Vault; Spirit; Digit Talis
Synopsis Newspaper reporter Byline loves practical jokes, so he plants a false obituary in the paper. And then every word of it comes true.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #3/30/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Pinhead"

Characters Pinhead; Sylvie Vault; Digit Tallis; Spirit
Synopsis Sylvie Vault was declared innocent of the death of her husband and her lover (last week)but the Spirit figures fate will trip her up sooner or later. Meanwhile, Pinhead is a monster with the soul of a poet.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/6/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Escape"

Characters Rabbit O'Hare; Garters; Motors; Loophole; Bullets Rodd; Sonny Boyed; Cracker Barrel; Lifty; Spirit; Ebony
Synopsis Rabbit O'Hare, Sonny Boyed and Cracker Barrel escape from prison only to find old "friends" have been waiting to settle up.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/13/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Be Bop"

Characters Ebony (feature); Teebo (intro); Tailgate Smear (intro); Cussed Cal; Spirit; Dolan; Sigmund Toskowsky
Synopsis Ebony wants to get a jazz group onto an international radio broadcast, but their piano man has been "kidnapped". Only problem is Teebo doesn't want to be rescued. He's actually making money at his new gig.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/20/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Every Little Bug"

Characters Ebony (feature); Ellen; Dolan; Spirit; Rosie Lee; Coyle Wylie; Mr. Tinkle; Sam Shamus
Synopsis The Spirit owes back taxes on his estate, so Ellen decided to open a real detective office for him. And Ebony writes a song for his gal.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner (words); Bill Harr (music)
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin deMuth
Notes "Every Little Bug" (complete song with music)
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #4/27/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "The Fix"

Characters Thyroid Shale; Shuttle; Flummer; Nokker; Monk; Yappy Poacher; Spirit; Dolan; Longchance; Lonny
Synopsis The Spirit investigates illegal betting on the local minor league nine.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/4/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "The Fortune"

Characters Horace Eden; Miss Eden; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis Horace is out to kill his cousin for the inheritance, but she's so beside herself with terror, she thinks the Spirit is her cousin and spends seven pages trying to kill the Spirit while he's trying to save her life. Like Dolan says "Somehow it just doesn't make sense."
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/11/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Saree Falls in Love"

Characters Saree Raymond; P'Gell; Dr. Bigelow; Rattler; Dolan; Gilhooly
Synopsis Saree runs away to a life of crime and gets mixed up with the Rattler who the Spirit's trying to catch.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/18/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Il Duce's Locket"

Characters P'Gell; Saree; Bandito; Ebopny; Dolan; Spirit; Bigelow; Stiletto
Synopsis P'Gell apparently has Il Duce's locket, which contains that map to his treasure vault and half of Italy has come to America to get it back.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #5/25/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Circus of Crime"

Characters Ebony (feature); Teebo; Ellen; Dolan; Spirit; Raul; Peerett; Jake; Mo; Joe and Bo; Moxel the Mighty
Synopsis Ebony is accused of stealing money from a charity event run by Ellen. Entire story takes place during a circus performance.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/1/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "No Spirit Story Today"

Characters Will Eisner; Spirit; Ebony; Dolan; Junior; Madman Mike
Synopsis Eisner is abducted by the villain in the Spirit story, so he can't finish it.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Notes Eisner is captured by one of his own villains. A great commentary on fans, parents and violence.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/8/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Black Gold"

Characters Abu ben Adim; Hanash; Ali; Spirit; P'Gell
Synopsis Two brothers fight over their oily inheritance, and for the hand of P'Gell. As usual, both end up dead.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/15/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Hangly Hollyer Mansion"

Characters Ebony; Pierpont; Hangly Hollyer; Hubert Hollyer; Sarah
Synopsis Sarah tells Ebony the story of how she's waited for decades for the Hollyer's to decide which one will marry her. And how she's repeatedly tried to kill Hubert to help Hangly make up his mind.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Notes Spirit appears in two panels.
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/22/1947

7 page Spirit, The story "Whiffenpoof!!"

Characters Robert Merrill; Ebony; Ellen; Dolan; Spirit; Campus Gootch; Gasher
Synopsis Ebony talks famous opera singer Robert Merrill into debuting his song, "Every Little Bug". However, Merrill also plans to sing the "Whiffenpoof Song" and the men of Hale will not allow it.
Genre adventure
Script Will Eisner
Pencils Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors Jamison
Letters Martin DeMuth
Notes Robert Merrill sings "Every Little Bug". The Whiffenpoof song is associated with Yale University and is of obscure origins, although the name Whiffenpoof comes from the Broadway show, "Little Nemo".
Reprinted from Spirit, The (Register and Tribune Syndicate, 1940 series) #6/29/1947