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Issue: The Spirit #3 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1952
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Issues: #3 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFiction House
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/15/1952
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Spirit
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Walking Corpse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, superhero
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #3/9/1952 published March 1952
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story is also known as "The Syndicate Strikes Again" and "The Big Job."

The credits for the writer, penciler, and inker are those given in The Spirit (Kitchen Sink, 1983 series) #80 (June 1991) and Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #24 ([June] 2008).
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It Kills By Dark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, superhero
Character(s): Sam Toodem (mine foreman); Sam's younger brother (death); Hauler
Synopsis: The Spirit goes in to help save trapped miners only to discover that the collapse was caused to cover up a murder.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #2/24/1952 [unnamed variant] published February 1952
was You Will Spend 15 Minutes in Darkness... [Illustration on Cover, Front]The story does not begin on the cover but on second page.
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #2/24/1952 [unnamed variant] published February 1952
was You Will Spend 15 Minutes in Darkness... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story also known as "Drama In Darkness". Original title, "You Will Spend 15 Minutes in Darkness...".
The original cover has been incorporated as a part of the story page count.
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The League of Liars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, superhero
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #11/25/1951 published November 1951
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story is also known as "I Hate the Spirit Because".

The penciler and inker credits are per The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983 series) #77 (March 1991) and Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #23 ([January] 2008).
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A Man Named Nero

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, superhero
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #2/3/1952 published February 1952
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The story is also known as "P.T. Nero".

The scriptwriter credit is in question. The original anonymous indexer attributes it to Jules Feiffer. Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #24 ([June] 2008) states that it may be Klaus Nordling.

The penciler and inker credits are per The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1983 series) #79 (May 1991) and Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series) #24 ([June] 2008)

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