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The best of the Spirit / by Will Eisner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : DC Comics, c2005.Description: 185 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1401207553 (pbk.)
  • 9781401207557 (pbk.)
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Contents:
The origin of the Spirit -- Introducing silk satin -- The last trolley -- The postage stamp -- Meet P'gell -- The killer -- Life below -- Wild rice -- The last hand -- The story of Gerhard Shnobble -- Lorelei Rox -- Two lives -- The Christmas Spirit of 1948 -- Visitor -- Satin -- The story of rat-tat, the toy machine gun -- Ten minutes -- Death of Autumn Mews -- Fox at bay -- The embezzler -- Sand Saref -- Bring in Sand Saref.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
YA Book YA Book Dr. James Carlson Library YA Graphic Novel Eisner, Will Available 33111005857046
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Written by Will Eisner Art and cover by Eisner DC Comics is proud to present its first-ever collection celebrating the greatest stories by comics mastermind Will Eisner starring one of the most indelible characters ever created: The Spirit! THE BEST OF THE SPIRIT reprints 22 Spirit sections from 1940-1950, featuring famous first appearances, classic confrontations, human interest tales, and all those magnificent splash pages! Eisner's blue-suit-clad, fedora-wearing crimefighter starred in hundreds of newspaper adventure stories that thrilled readers with Eisner's groundbreaking style. Eisner was a master of utilizing the comics format to its greatest strengths, and his Spirit stories are some of his finest examples! This volume also features an introduction by New York Times best-selling novelist Neil Gaiman (THE SANDMAN).

Originally published in individual weekly comic sections, 1948.

The origin of the Spirit -- Introducing silk satin -- The last trolley -- The postage stamp -- Meet P'gell -- The killer -- Life below -- Wild rice -- The last hand -- The story of Gerhard Shnobble -- Lorelei Rox -- Two lives -- The Christmas Spirit of 1948 -- Visitor -- Satin -- The story of rat-tat, the toy machine gun -- Ten minutes -- Death of Autumn Mews -- Fox at bay -- The embezzler -- Sand Saref -- Bring in Sand Saref.

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