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Issue: Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #15
Publication Date: January 2005
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Issues: #15 of 26 Issues (28 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Second Printing
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 15
Pages: 204
ISBN: 1401201628
UPC/EAN: 76194122471801512
Price: $69.99 CAD
$49.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
28 (26 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Second Printing stated in the book's indicia.

Credits mostly from articles by Cat Yronwode and Dave Schreiner in the Kitchen Sink Spirit magazines and comics.

A list of other DC Archive Editions found at the end of the book has been updated to include later volumes, published after this book's first printing.

On the rear dustjacket flap, at the bottom of a brief biography of Will Eisner, a note has been added stating that Eisner passed away on January 3, 2005.
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Publication Type: Hardcover
Color: color cover; color interior (#1-24, 26); black and white interior with partial color (#25)
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy interior
Binding: hardcover with dustjacket
Publishing Format: collected editions
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: biography, opinion
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Pages: 3
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Wanted

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spirit
Character(s): Octopus; Mortimer J. Titmouse; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis: Mortimer J. Titmouse gives the formula for the atom bomb to the Octopus.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Spirit's Favorite Fairy Tales for Juvenile Delinquents: Hanzel und Gretel

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Fosgnov Slash; Minnie the Mink; Hanzel; Gretel; Spirit; Wendy the Witch; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony
Synopsis: Fosgnov and his wife Minnie aren't making much money in the crime business, so they hightail it out of Central City leaving their children behind. Wendy the fence decides to burn the children with the rest of the evidence.
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Pages: 7
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Li'l Adam

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Al Slapp; Li'l Adam; Elmer Hay; Hector Ghoul; Matrix
Synopsis: Cartoonist Al Slapp, creator of Li'l Adam lies near death, stabbed with an inking brush. Which of his rivals is behind this dirty deed?
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Disclose Notes: Parodies of Li'l Abner, Dick Tracy, and Little Orphan Annie included.
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The Lamp

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ebony; Pierpont; Roscoe; Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Pinchy; The Genie
Synopsis: Roscoe is looking for a lost treasure, and he's bought a magic lamp from Ebony to help him find it.
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Pages: 7
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Competition

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): P'Gell; Saree; Officer Sam Klink (intro); Toothpaste; Spirit; Giffy; Twinch
Synopsis: P'Gell rents her school out to a bunch of crooks to help pay the mortgage but they double-cross her. Saree works her charms on rookie patrolman Klink to get him to come to the rescue.
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Sign of the Octopus

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Octopus; Klink; Spirit; Dolan; Spider Webb; Ebony; Crusher
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The Picnic

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Klink; Octopus; Gasher; Ellen; Dolan; Ebony
Synopsis: Ellen drags the Spirit off on a picnic, leaving Klink behind to set his own trap for the Octopus.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Ebony and Klink sing "Evry Li'l Bug"
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Showdown with the Octopus

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Octopus (dies); Spirit; Crusher; Dolan; Klink
Synopsis: The Spirit and the Octopus meet in final showdown, a confrontation which leaves the Spirit blind.
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Blind

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ebony (feature); Klink; Dolan; Bugg-Eye; Little Snead; Murder McCoy; Ellen; Rubber Lips
Synopsis: Although blind, the Spirit insists on continuing his war on crime.
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A Killer at Large

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Klink; Ward Healy (introduction); Roger (introduction, a dog); Dolan; Ebony; Spirit; Mr. Bowser
Synopsis: Klink arrests a dog for murder. The Spirit is still blind.
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Into the Light

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Carrion; Julia; Silken Floss; Spirit; Roger; Dolan; Ebony
Synopsis: The Spirit recovers his sight, but not before he's kidnapped by Carrion, who wants Silken Floss to help him develop a new wonder drug that will make him rich.
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End of the S.S. Raven

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Muller; Hauser; Spirit
Synopsis: The Spirit battles a ghost ship.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Grandenetti verified by Eisner in Kitchen Sink Spirit 22(August 1986).
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U.F.O.

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Awsome Bells; Man from Mars; Flash Feeny; Dolan; Spirit; Ebony; Snifter; Looy
Synopsis: Awsome Bells is based on Orson Welles, banished to Hollywood after his hoax Martian invasion broadcast. Bells is beside himself when he meets a real Martian. Especially after the Martian kills press agent Flash Feeny.
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Disclose Notes: The first UFO was seen on June 24, 1947 near Mt. Rainier Washington. The designation U.F.O. supposedly didn't come into circulation until 1952. (?) This is probably the very first comic book story about U.F.O.s. The version reprinted in this volume includes the addition of "UFO" at the bottom of the story's splash page in very large lettering (completely absent on the original printing). Additionally, newer typeset text appears at the bottom of Page 7, referencing events from later decades.
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The Spirit's Favorite Fairy Tales for Juvenile Delinquents: Cinderella

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ma Harridan; Prudence; Desire; Cinderella; Klink; Mr. Snaky; Mrs. Snaky; Spirit; Ellen; Dolan
Synopsis: Mr. and Mrs. Snaky help Cinderella go to the Policeman's ball on the condition that she help them break into the Eagle National Bank at midnight.
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Mr. McDool

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mr McDool; Satin; Hildie; Soho Sander; Dolan; Lord Elby
Synopsis: Croyd's will insure anything, even blackmail papers. But will Satin, Croyd's agent or no, kill to protect her chances of marriage to Lord Elby?
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Doppelganger

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Joe Jones; Joe Jones; Spirit; Dolan; Klink
Synopsis: Jo Jones' life seems to be entwined with a mysterious stranger who appears to be his exact duplicate!
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The Hallowe'en Spirit of 1947: The Burning of P.S. 43

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hazel P. MacBeth (introduction); Ward Healy; Ebony; Hubert Loophole; Spirit; Dolan; Firebug Butts; Loophole
Synopsis: The kids challenge Hazel to prove she's a real witch by making the school burn down. Or did Ward Healy do it? One thing's for sure, he's not the one who's going to burn at the stake.
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The Criminal

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Klink; Mike Mayhem; Ebony; Sawbuck; Titus; Pinchy; Shifty; Bernie; Uncle Benny; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis: Sawbuck is upset that his gang's clubhouse has been condemned- so he lets the gang talk him into shooting Klink.
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Mr Bowser's Election

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ward Healy; Klink; Ebony; Mr. Bowser; Mayor Blast; Bonehead Baker; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis: When Mayor Blast "attempts suicide" the veteran's party tries to run Officer Klink agains Ward Healy's candidate.
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Pages: 7
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The Fighting Machine

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Nasdrov; Ellen; Mrs. Butterball; Dr. Bones; Ebony; Dolan; Klink; Resin
Synopsis: The Spirit battles a killer boxer in the ring for charity.
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Pages: 7
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Money, Money

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): P'Gell; Saree; Mr. Quinse; Ahmed the Trader; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis: Mr. Quinse tries to get P'Gell to default on her mortgage by telling her pupils' mothers about her past.
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Pages: 7
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Slippery Eall

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Slippery Eall (intro, modelled on Eisner); Bellows (Kanegson); Dapperish (Grandenetti); Spirit; Warden Barrs; Dolan; Ebony
Synopsis: The Spirit is at the state prison waiting for a rumored jail break.
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Pages: 7
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Death of Hugo

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Powder (intro); Mouser; Spirit; Hugo; Eisner
Synopsis: Mouser kills Hugo so they don't have to split the loot, but then Hugo kills Mouser and frames Powder, but isn't Hugo already dead?
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Pages: 7
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Snow

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Slippery Eall (Eisner); Bellows (Kanegson); Dapperish (Grandenetti); P.S.; Dolan; Ebony; Goldbrick
Synopsis: Three hoods try to bargain with Dolan for a pardon in exchange for information about a jewel robbery.
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Pages: 7
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The Christmas Spirit of 1947: Joy

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sammy?; P'Gell; Saree; Klink; P.S. (cameos); Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Joy
Synopsis: Joy is a war orphan who comes to America to start a new life.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Told in 7 full page panels, with accompanying poetic narrative.
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Umbrella Handles

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Octopus; Spirit; Dolan; Ellen; Ebony; Sapper Sam; Baron Von Shlozz
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Pages: 7

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