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Issue: The Spirit #2
Publication Date: March 1967
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues (4 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Giant Size Harvey ThrillerView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Harvey Hits Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/15/1966
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.35 CAD
$0.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 12 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Separate covers for U.S.A. and Canada.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: four color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Variants2
Disclose Reprinted In3
Disclose Reprinted From7
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
U.S.A. Cover
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
Canadian Cover
 
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
US Cover
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWill Eisner's The Spirit Archives #26 published June 2009
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Separate covers for U.S.A. and Canada.
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Octopus: The Life Story of the King of Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mrs. Zark (the Octopus's mother) (introduction)
Synopsis: The Spirit tries to stop the King of Crime, the Octopus.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWill Eisner's The Spirit Archives #26 published June 2009
as The Life Story of the King of Crime: The Octopus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Spirit Answers Your Mail

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The Spirit answers mail from his friends and enemies.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Plaster of Paris

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Plaster of Paris; Inspector Gillotine; Don Macabre
Synopsis: Inspector Guillotine asks the Spirit to help him find the criminal Don Macabre, who seems to know the Inspector's every move. The Spirit realizes that the Inspector's fiancee -- Plaster of Paris -- is actually in love with Don and is a member of his gang.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #11/7/1948 published November 1948
was Plaster of Paris [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Deadly Comic Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): an unnamed music teacher; Dr. Wolfgang Worry (cameo); Wrecker; Stickie
Synopsis: A music teacher picks up an "awful book" from a book-burning pile -- actually a comic book -- and is then plagued by someone who wants the book back.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #2/27/1949 published February 1949
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Spirit Lab [The Man From MSD]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Man From MSD (Moitle Schmertz's Deli) (introduction)
Synopsis: A deli worker comes to the Spirit's lab to demonstrate a new weapon in crimefighting: a salami with 86 different ways to fight crime.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagWill Eisner's The Spirit Archives #26 published June 2009
as The Spirit Lab: The Man from MSD [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: New story possibly inspired by the "Man from U.N.C.L.E." television series.
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Rudy the Barber

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Rudy (a barber); Jenny (Rudy's girlfriend); Joe (a thug)
Synopsis: A thug starts up a numbers racket in a barber shop's back room. When the Spirit comes in for a shave, the timid barber must kill the crime fighter before he discovers a dead body in the shop.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #10/22/1950 published October 1950
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Story of Sam, the Saucer That Wanted to Fly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: drama, fantasy, mythological
Character(s): Sam (a plate)
Synopsis: A simple plate wishes to fly. He's granted his wish when the Spirit uses him to stop some crooks. But soon Sam finds that being a "flying saucer" is not the ideal life he had hoped for.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #9/17/1950 published September 1950
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Sam Chapparell

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sam Chapparell; Omar Trent (the town sheriff); Little Spy; Choat
Synopsis: A robber and murderer from the old west appears in a town, looking 40 years old but is really 130. This leads the Spirit to track down the murderer when he returns to Boot Camp, a Shangri-La for criminals.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #10/10/1948 published October 1948aka "Gold"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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La Cucaracha

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lupo (a flea circus owner); La Cucaracha (a talking cockroach); Jack (a diner owner); Cutter (a hood); Pete Grifter (an associate of Cutter)
Synopsis: Lupo tells a cafe owner his life story and of his talking cockroach.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #11/19/1950 published November 1950
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Halloween Spirit of 1948--Ellen Meets Hazel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): the Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan; Hazel B. Macbeth (a witch); The Octopus; Weezy (the Octopus' flunky); Commissioner Dolan
Synopsis: While playing a witch in Ellen's Halloween play for school children, Hazel P. Macbeth is charmed by the Octopus. He then asks her to steal a book on black magic the kids are using in their play for him.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #10/31/1948 published October 1948aka "Halloween"
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Here's The Preview of the Next Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Preview of stories scheduled for the unpublished third issue.

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