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Series: The Spirit
Public Domain
Years in Print: 1940 - 1952
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Publisher: FlagRegister and Tribune Syndicate Country: Flag United States Language: English Issues: #6/2/1940 - #10/5/1952 (645 Issues, 1047 Printings) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: none Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: Free newspaper inserts. No issue numbers. The first page serves as the front cover. Format can vary depending on which paper the section was published in. Often it was in a standard Golden Age US format and saddle-stitched. Sometimes it would be printed in tabloid size as a part of the regular newspaper-sized comics.

Newspapers (mostly) that co-branded each issue include:
- The Baltimore Sunday Sun;
- The Chattanooga Evening Times;
- The Chicago Sun (later, November 1947, changed to the Chicago Sunday Sun and Times);
- The Detroit News;
- The Greater Buffalo Press;
- The Houston Post;
- The Miami Beach Sun;
- The Minneapolis Star Journal;
- The Montreal Standard;
- The Newark Star Ledger;
- The Ogden (Utah) Standard Examiner;
- The Philadelphia Inquirer;
- The Philadelphia Record;
- The Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin;
- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette;
- The San Antonio Light;
- The Sunday Compass (New York City);
- The Syracuse Herald American;
- The Syracuse Post-Standard;
- The Washington (DC) Sunday Star;
- The Wichita Beacon.

The Greater Buffalo Press printed a Spanish language version of the section, which is listed in a separate series. There are also Mutual Benefit Society of Baltimore, Maryland editions that have no dates.
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Publication Type: Comic Books
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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#6/2/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/9/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/16/1940 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/23/1940 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/30/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#7/7/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 none July 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#7/14/1940 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 none July 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#7/21/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 none July 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#7/28/1940 2 View Issue Images Icon none July 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/4/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/11/1940 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/18/1940 5 View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/25/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/1/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/8/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/15/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/22/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon September 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/29/1940 2 View Issue Images Icon September 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#10/6/1940 5 View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#10/13/1940 6 View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#10/20/1940 5 View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#10/27/1940 5 View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/3/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 November 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/10/1940 5 View Issue Images Icon November 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/17/1940 5 View Issue Images Icon 2 November 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/24/1940 3 View Issue Images Icon November 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/1/1940 6 View Issue Images Icon December 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/8/1940 5 View Issue Images Icon December 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/15/1940 5 View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/22/1940 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/29/1940 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1940 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#1/5/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#1/12/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon January 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#1/19/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#1/26/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2/2/1941 5 View Issue Images Icon February 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2/9/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 none February 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2/16/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon February 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2/23/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 3 February 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/2/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon March 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/9/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/16/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/23/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/30/1941 View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#4/6/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 April 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#4/13/1941 5 View Issue Images Icon April 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#4/20/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 April 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#4/27/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 April 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#5/4/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 May 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#5/11/1941 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 May 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#5/18/1941 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 none May 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#5/25/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 May 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/1/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/8/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/15/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon none June 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/22/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#6/29/1941 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 June 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#7/6/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon July 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#7/13/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon July 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#7/20/1941 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 July 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#7/27/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 July 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/3/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/10/1941 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/17/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon August 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/24/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon August 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#8/31/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon August 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/7/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/14/1941 6 View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/21/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#9/28/1941 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 September 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#10/5/1941 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#10/12/1941 5 View Issue Images Icon October 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#10/19/1941 5 View Issue Images Icon October 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#10/26/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/2/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon November 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/9/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon November 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/16/1941 5 View Issue Images Icon November 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/23/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 November 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#11/30/1941 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 November 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/7/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon December 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/14/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon December 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/21/1941 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#12/28/1941 4 View Issue Images Icon December 1941 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#1/4/1942 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#1/11/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#1/18/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon January 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#1/25/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon January 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2/1/1942 View Issue Images Icon February 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2/8/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 February 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2/15/1942 View Issue Images Icon February 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#2/22/1942 View Issue Images Icon February 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/1/1942 View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/8/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/15/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/22/1942 3 View Issue Images Icon 2 March 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#3/29/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon March 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#4/5/1942 View Issue Images Icon April 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#4/12/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon April 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#4/19/1942 2 View Issue Images Icon 2 April 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
#4/26/1942 3 View Issue Images Icon April 1942 16 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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