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Issue: The Spirit #6/28/1942
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #6/28/1942 of 645 Issues (1047 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagRegister and Tribune Syndicate
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Indicia Publisher:
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 16
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US; some were also issued as tabloid size
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: loose pages or cut-and-assemble-it-yourself
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Sasha's Sax

Story  on  Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner
Penciller(s): Will Eisner (signed)
Inker(s): Will Eisner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): The Spirit
Character(s): Denny Colt (The Spirit); Ebony; Sasha the Saxophonist; Dolan
Synopsis: Sasha the Saxophonist is depressed about life and his sad song has the power to drive people to suicide. In an effort to stop Sasha's manic melodies, The Spirit meets with members of the Gestapo and tricks them into thinking Sasha's unique ability could be used to further their cause. The Gestapo men keep paying Sasha to play his sad song over loudspeakers to the entire city, to the point of exhaustion. Sasha is so tired of playing the sad song, he changes to an upbeat jive tune, which in turn drives the Gestapo boys to take their own lives. Sasha goes on to be a successful street musician.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #29 published June 1981
as Sasha's Sax [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #13/1989 published January 1989
as Selvmord etter noter [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWill Eisner's The Spirit Archives #4 published July 2001
as Suicide and Saxophones [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Tony Nitro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Penciller(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Inker(s): Klaus Nordling (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Lady Luck
Character(s): Brenda Banks (Lady Luck); Peecolo; Tony Nitro
First Line: Friends and citizens.. with our nation at grips with the enemies of democracy, we still must cope with a rat within,E
Synopsis: Crime boss Tony Nitro plots to do in Brenda Banks (aka Lady Luck) and frame Lady Luck for the murder, turning her friends and the police against her.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSmash Comics #45 published August 1943
as Tony Nitro [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Portrait of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Mr. Mystic
Character(s): Mr. Mystic; Penny Douglas; Chowderhead; Paul Kreuff; Boss Karnik; Rat Face
First Line: On April Tenth Nineteen hundred and forty-two, death came to Paul Krueff as it must to all men...
Synopsis: When artist Paul Krueff is visited by Death, he strikes a bargain to live by painting Death's portrait; however, Death puts a curse on the portrait and anyone who laughs at it will die. After a horrible tragedy at an art gallery, crime boss Karnik buys the painting in a plot to use it to kill the mayor and frame Mr. Mystic.
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Pages: 4

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