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Issue: The Spirit #6/28/1942

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Issues: #6/28/1942 of 646 Issues (1071 Printings)

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Variant: Chicago Sun edition

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Publisher: Flag

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Pages: 16

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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
3 (3 stories, 1 cover) from base issue

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Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: most originally newspaper broadsheet; then most standard Golden Age US (when cut and folded from broadsheet size); some newspaper tabloid size

Paper Stock: newsprint

Binding: cut-and-assemble-it-yourself (broadsheet to Golden Age US); loose pages (original broadsheet or original tabloid or unstapled assembled Golden Age US)

Publishing Format: was ongoing series

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The Spirit #6/28/1942 [unnamed variant]

The Spirit #6/28/1942 [Chicago Sun edition]

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Content Items (3 total)

Sasha's Sax

Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

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.

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Pages: 8

Notes: Colors and letters credits from cat yronwode's Spirit index.

Tony Nitro

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Subject Matter

Genres: adventure, mystery

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.

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Pages: 4

Portrait of Death

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Subject Matter

Genres: occult, superhero

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