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Issue: The Spirit #12/22/1940
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #12/22/1940 of 646 Issues (1071 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Detroit News
Rating:
Publisher: FlagRegister and Tribune Syndicate
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: none
On Sale Date: 12/22/1940
Volume:
Pages: 16
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: none entered
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 3 (3 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Christmas Spirit of 1940: Black Henry and Simple Simon

Story  on  Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Black Henry; Simple Simon; O'Rourke; Finnegan
Synopsis: Black Henry and Simple Simon rob the Paupers National Bank on Christmas Eve.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFantomet #26/1989 published January 1989
as Julens "spirit" [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSpirit: The Origin Years #8 published July 1993
as Christmas Spirit of 1940 [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagWill Eisner's The Spirit Archives #1 [unnamed variant] published July 2000
as The Christmas Spirit of 1940: Black Henrey and Simple Simon [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: First of famous series of Christmas stories.
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The Kidnapping of Alice Worthmuch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lady Luck [Brenda Banks]; Agnes Bristlemouth; Hencastle; Sidney Worthmuch; Mr. Feeny; Hardy; Alice Worthmuch; Manuel Gonzoas
Synopsis: Little Alice has been kidnapped, but the police and hired detective aren't doing a good job of solving the case.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Agatha Christie parody.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mr. Mystic
Character(s): Mr. Mystic; Elena; Penny Douglas; The Shadowman
First Line: Preparing for a dance, Elena and a friend go shopping for costumes
Synopsis: Mr. Mystic's fiancée is attracted to another man.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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