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Issue: Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #18
Publication Date: May 2006
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Issues: #18 of 26 Issues (28 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 03/29/2006
Volume: 18
Pages: 204
ISBN: 1401207693
UPC/EAN: 76194122471801811
Price: $69.99 CAD
$49.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 28 (26 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Credits from Cat Yronwode, Dave Schreiner, and Tom Heintjes' articles in Kitchen Sink Spirit magazines.
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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
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #4/17/1949 published April 1949splash
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Ice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lt. Carson
Synopsis: Driven by jealousy, the Spirit proposes to Ellen.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #1/2/1949 published January 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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A Prisoner of Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Fracture Bones; Doyle
Synopsis: The Spirit is in the hospital, only it's really Dolan beneath the bandages. But Ellen doesn't know that.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #1/9/1949 published January 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Explorer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ebony (feature); Filch; Lolo; Cutter
Synopsis: Sick of all the talk of marriage, Ebony heads for the north pole, never manages to leave Central City, but still gets involved with an Eskimo girl. Oh, and the Spirit catches Filch and Cutter.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #1/16/1949 published January 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Thorne Strand and the Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Thorne Strand (intro); Roxie Haven
Synopsis: Thorne takes over her husband's business, using money she got from gangster Roxie Haven.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #1/23/1949 published January 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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A Slow Ship to Shanghai

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Thorne Strand; Bulkhead; Long Jane Silver
Synopsis: The Spirit is kidnapped and imprisoned on a ship with an all-woman crew.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #1/30/1949 published January 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Based on the hit song, "Slow Boat to China".
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The Big Sneeze Caper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ebony (feature); Mercedes Klutch; Big Sneeze
Synopsis: Ebony gets a job baby sitting, but the baby is kidnapped.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #2/6/1949 published February 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Parody of movie "The Big Sleep".
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Visitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cracker Barl; Combo Nathan; Miss Cosmek; Nimbus
Synopsis: The Spirit gets involved with a woman who claims to be from Mars.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #2/13/1949 published February 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Valentine

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mr. Zone; Mr. Cancel; Oswald Skrabble; Ramona Sludge
Synopsis: The post office has four valentines left over, with no addresses, so they mail them to four people at random.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #2/20/1949 published February 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Deadly Comic Book

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. Wolfgang Worry; Wrecker
Synopsis: A middle school music teacher is driven insane by a crime comic he rescues from a bonfire.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #2/27/1949 published February 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Glob

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Glob; Leonardo Snitch
Synopsis: Snitch finds a living caveman, whose paintings become the rave of the modern art world. Only Snitch has passed them off as his own.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #3/6/1949 published March 1949
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Pages: 7
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Death, Taxes and... The Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ward Healy; Double Entry
Synopsis: Socrates Grime is dead, but he still wants to file his tax return.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #3/13/1949 published March 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Vernal Equinox

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Bully Dozer; Weepy; Dutch
Synopsis: A homage to spring, as Dozer's cheap construction work on the new dam comes home to roost.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #3/20/1949 published March 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Foul Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: A milk man is driven crazy when he thinks he finds a dead body on his front steps.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #3/27/1949 published March 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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A Pot of Gold

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Spiv; Ali Ben; Rocksalt; Wisp O'Smoke; Sir Clyde
Synopsis: Carrion and a bunch of his friends are searching for a pot of Irish gold. But is Wisp O'Smoke helping them or not?
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #4/3/1949 published April 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Lovely Looie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lovely Looie; Pierre
Synopsis: Satire on professional wrestling. Lovely Looie goes straight and it threatens to ruin the "sport".
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #4/10/1949 published April 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Dolan Walks a Beat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Commissioner Beagle; Maxwell Stain; Mayor Bowser; Hinky Snitch
Synopsis: A crusading newspaper editor gets Dolan suspended in favor of a Commissioner who will capture the Spirit.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #4/17/1949 published April 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Spirit Now Deputy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dutchy Heist; Mossy Stone; Constable Klubb
Synopsis: The governor pardons the Spirit and makes him an official deputy to Dolan. However, by the end of 7 pages he's an outlaw again.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #4/24/1949 published April 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Hunted

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dolan; Ebony; Ellen; Edward Lamb; Klink
Synopsis: A conman tries to frame Ellen.
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #5/1/1949 published May 1949
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Hamid Jebru

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Hamid Jebru; Sariesse
Synopsis: The Spirit searches the world for Hamid Jebru, who is wanted for murder in Central City.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #5/8/1949 [unnamed variant] published May 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Crime of Passion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ebony (feature); Monroe Shmink
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #5/15/1949 published May 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Space Sniper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dolan; Spirit; Artemus Peap; Adolphe Link
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #5/22/1949 [unnamed variant] published May 1949
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Sequel to Oct 46 story.
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Young Dr Ebony

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ebony (feature); Dr. Bideawee
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From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #5/29/1949 [unnamed variant] published May 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Parody of radio soap operas.
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Black Alley

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Inker(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mr. Freeze; Mr. Casement
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #6/5/1949 published June 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Satin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Kurt von Breck; Sylvia;
Synopsis: Satin asks the Spirit to help clear her husband from a murder charge. Only trouble is, he's guilty.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #6/12/1949 [unnamed variant] published June 1949
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Predicition

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Humid J. Millibar
Synopsis: The weatherman predicts snow in June.
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #6/19/1949 [unnamed variant] published June 1949
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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The Elevator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ebony (feature); Dolan; Spirit; J. Sneever Squinch
Reprinting
From Issue: FlagThe Spirit #6/26/1949 published June 1949
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

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