Learn a little bit about one of Will Eisner’s greatest creations, the crime fighter, the Spirit!

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The Spirit in print

Below is a list of comics and books (published in English) that feature Will Eisner’s The Spirit.

THE SPIRIT SECTION
1940-1952 (syndicated newspaper insert)

The Daily Spirit
(syndicated newspaper strip, October 13, 1941 – March 11, 1944)

Police Comics #11-56 (Quality, 10/42-05/50)

The Spirit #1-22 (Quality/Vital, 1944-08/50)

Spiritman (2 issues, bootleg, 1944)

3 Comics Magazine (1 issue, bootleg, 1944)

Modern Comics #102 (Quality, 10/44, issue features Spirit story)

The Spirit #1-5 (Fiction House, 1952-54)

Spirit (IW/Super #11, 12, bootleg, 1963-64, issues feature Spirit story)

Plastic Man (IW/Super #18, bootleg, 1964, issue features Spirit story)

The Spirit #1-2 (Harvey, 10/66-03/67)

The Spirit Bag #1-4 (Gibson/Eisner, 10/72-07/73)

The Spirit (2 issues, Kitchen Sink Underground, 1973)

Eerie #54, #55 (Warren, 02/72, 03/72, issues feature Spirit story)

The Spirit #1-16 (Warren, 04/74-10/76)

The Spirit Special (Warren, 1975)

The Daily Spirit #1-4 (Real Pree Press, Vol.1/1975, Vol.2/1975, Vol.3/1976, Vol.4/1976, collected reprints of the syndicated daily strip)

The Spirit Dailies #1-4 (Ken Pierce Books, Vol.1/1977, Vol.2/1978, Vol.3/1980, Vol.4/1980, collected reprints of the syndicated daily strip)

The Spirit Magazine #17-41 (Kitchen Sink Press, 11/77-?/83, numbering continued from Warren’s The Spirit)

Comix International #5 (Warren, 1977, issue features Spirit story)

Will Eisner Color Treasury (Kitchen Sink Press, 1981)

The Spirit Color Album Vol. 1 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1981)

The Spirit Color Album Vol. 2 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983)

The Spirit Color Album Vol. 3 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983)

Will Eisner Quarterly #1-8 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983-85) Spirit stories appeared in issues 1-6

The Outer Space Spirit: 1952 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983)

The Spirit #1-87 (Kitchen Sink Press, 10/83 – 1/92)

Heavy Metal Magazine (11/83, issue features Spirit story)

Will Eisner’s 3-D Classics Featuring The Spirit (Eclipse, 1985)

The Spirit Casebook Vol. 1 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1990)

The Spirit: The Origin Years #1-10 (Kitchen Sink Press, 05/92-12/93)

The Spirit: The New Adventures #1-8 (Kitchen Sink Press, 1997-98)

The Spirit Casebook Vol. 2: All About P’Gell (Kitchen Sink Press, 1998)

The Spirit Jam (Kitchen Sink Press, 1998)

DC Comics Millennium Edition: The Spirit (DC Comics, 06/00)

Will Eisner’s The Spirit Archives Volumes 1-26
(DC Comics, 2000 – 2009) (Volume 27, Dark Horse Comics, 2009)

Batman/The Spirit (One shot, DC Comics, 2005) Jeph Loeb/Darwyn Cooke.

The Best of the Spirit (Trade collection, DC Comics, 2005)

Will Eisner’s The Spirit #1-32 (DC Comics, 2006 – 2009) Darwyn Cooke, writer/artist issues 1-12.

The Spirit: Femmes Fatale (Trade collection, DC Comics, 2008)

First Wave (Limited series, DC Comics, 2010 – ) Brian Azzarello, writer.

The Spirit (On-going series, DC Comics, 2010 – )

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