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Issue: Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #24
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Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 06/11/2008
Volume: 24
Pages: 280
ISBN: 97814012169861401216986
UPC/EAN: 978140121698655999
Price: $68.99 CAD
$59.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 43 (40 stories, 1 cover)
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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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reprinted 40 times from some/all in other Issues.
reprinted 2 times from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
adventure
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FlagThe Spirit #8/3/1952 [Newark Star Ledger] published August 1952splash page
 
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Foreword

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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The Spirit of Wally Wood

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Spirit
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Fabian Skimp

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Fabian Skimp; Louise Fipp; Roach; Ben Clarion
Fabian Skimp can't stand inefficiency, or any deviation from the system.
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FlagThe Spirit #1/6/1952 [Newark Star Ledger] published January 1952
 
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Design for Doomsday

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Jules Feiffer
Feiffer tries to sell a plot about the end of the world to Eisner.
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FlagThe Spirit #1/13/1952 published January 1952
 
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A Witness to Murder

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Dora; Frank
A tv store decides to film a family's first look at tv in their own home.
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FlagThe Spirit #1/20/1952 published January 1952
 
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Spirit appears only on first and last page.
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The First Man on Mars

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Captain Isotope
TV star Captain Isotope is so popular he thinks he really can fly to Mars, and the Spirit is inclined to let him try, because he's making time with Ellen.
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FlagThe Spirit #1/27/1952 [unnamed variant] published January 1952
 
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A Man Named Nero

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Mr. Nero
Mr. Nero builds a replica of the Colisseum and tries to feed the Spirit to the lions.
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FlagThe Spirit #2/3/1952 published February 1952
 
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The Snow Fort Massacre

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Ronald; Itchy West; Silky Purse; Eggy Poach
A boy finds a dead body inside his snow fort.
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FlagThe Spirit #2/10/1952 published February 1952
 
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Leap Year

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Tiny Buttrix; Dapper; Foxy
Tiny Buttrix decides she's in love with Dolan. Dapper and Foxy don't like him so much however.
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FlagThe Spirit #2/17/1952 published February 1952
 
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It Kills by Dark

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
adventure, crime, superhero
The Spirit [Denny Colt]; Commissioner Eustace Dolan; Sam Toodem (mine foreman); Sam's younger brother (death); Hauler
The Spirit goes in to help save trapped miners only to discover that the collapse was caused to cover up a murder.
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FlagThe Spirit #2/24/1952 [unnamed variant] published February 1952
was You Will Spend 15 Minutes in Darkness... [Illustration on Cover, Front]The story does not begin on the cover but on second page.
FlagThe Spirit #2/24/1952 [unnamed variant] published February 1952
was You Will Spend 15 Minutes in Darkness... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
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The Miami Beach Rumble

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Spirit
Spirit; Dolan; Gastro; Quartz
The Spirit goes to Miami to escort a gangster who wants to give himself up back to Central City.
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FlagThe Spirit #3/2/1952 published March 1952
 
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The Big Job

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Spirit
Archie; Spirit; Dolan
Archie taunts another gangster into trying to kill the Spirit.
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FlagThe Spirit #3/9/1952 published March 1952
 
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Patrolman Dolan

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Spirit
Dolan; Spirit; John J. Beagle; Mr. Stain, Hinky
Mr. Stain and the Good Times Party replace Dolan as police commissioner and put the Spirit in jail.
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FlagThe Spirit #3/16/1952 published March 1952
 
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Staple Springs

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Spirit
Spirit (as Eisenhower S. Daft); Dolan; Butcher Polk; P'Gell; Judge Slater
Spirit goes undercover at a resort for criminals, looking for a judge who has disappeared.
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FlagThe Spirit #3/23/1952 [unnamed variant] published March 1952
 
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The Rainmaker

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Hubert Heever; Myrtle Heever; Rudolph the Rainmaker; Spirit
Hubert Heever suffers from hard luck. He goes into the bottled water business 50 years too early. But his luck is bound to change. In fact, it gets worse.
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FlagThe Spirit #3/30/1952 published March 1952
 
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Spirit on last page only.
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The Million Dollar Robbery

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Sam
Passengers on a ferry daydream about what they'd do if they'd pulled the Million Dollar Bank robbery. Willum knows though, because the guy who's kidnapped him, is the bank robber.
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FlagThe Spirit #4/6/1952 published April 1952
 
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Mayor Dolan

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Mike Poltax
Flashback story showing how Ellen ended up mayor of Central City
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FlagThe Spirit #4/13/1952 [unnamed variant] published April 1952
 
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The Great Galactic Mystery

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Humbolt Weepy
Humbolt Weepy vows to send a man to the Moon using only the power of his mind.
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FlagThe Spirit #4/20/1952 [unnamed variant] published April 1952
 
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A Different Face

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William Birch
The Spirit wakes up one morning with a different face. And no one believes him.
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FlagThe Spirit #4/27/1952 published April 1952
 
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L'Espirit

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Casey; Franz; Carl; the Skipper
Three men book passage on a freighter and vie for the attentions of the only female passenger.
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FlagThe Spirit #5/4/1952 [unnamed variant] published May 1952
 
Miscellaneous
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Written in French with English subtitles. The English and French have nothing to do with each other. Continued next week.
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The Incident of the Sitting Duck

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Carl; Franz
The Spirit and two spies vy for the attentions of P'Gell while traveling aboard a freighter.
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FlagThe Spirit #5/11/1952 [unnamed variant] published May 1952
 
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continued from previous week
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Assassins Incorporated, Part One

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Krug; Assassins, Inc.
The Spirit is in Madrid looking for a terrorist who wants to turn himself in, during the Running of the Bulls.
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FlagThe Spirit #5/18/1952 [unnamed variant] published May 1952
 
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Assassins Incorporated Part Two

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Assassins, Inc.; Cyrus Plunder
Cyrus Plunder hired Assassins, Inc. to kill the leader of a MidEast country. Now the Spirit must stop him from succeeding.
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FlagThe Spirit #5/25/1952 published May 1952
 
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continued from previous week
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Sammy Falls in Love

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Gertrude Plastik; The Heist Brothers
Sammy falls in love with a 17 year-old sculptress whose ambition is to commit the perfect murder.
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FlagThe Spirit #6/1/1952 [unnamed variant] published June 1952
 
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What Are You Really Like?

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Psam Psych; Mangler
Parody of magazine personlity quizzes. Psam Psych's personality test says the Spirit may become a murderer at any moment. And Mangler is "sweet, kind and full of virtues."
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FlagThe Spirit #6/8/1952 published June 1952
 
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Five Hundred Papers

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Quill; George
Quill, the creator of Captain Adventure, hires a background man. The beginning of a slippery slope to murder.
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FlagThe Spirit #6/15/1952 published June 1952
 
Miscellaneous
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Dixon's initials on splash page. "J D" or is that Jim and Don? Spirit and Dolan only appear on the splash page (and as shadows in the last panel.)
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The Golden Lily

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Hans Vanguilter; Pepe; Swyndle; Mr. Fat
Hans Vanguilter can turn lilies into gold. And Sand Saref has the lily.
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FlagThe Spirit #6/22/1952 published June 1952
 
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Rube Potter

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Rube Potter; Mr. Sack; Pinky Quinto; Willum Waif
Rube led the league in stolen bases for 12 years, but now he's washed up and due to be traded.
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FlagThe Spirit #6/29/1952 published June 1952
 
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one panel Spirit cameo, 1st Moon Report
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The Ballad of Greenly Sleeve

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Greenly Sleeve
Narrator sings the story, with a hey, down derry down. Apparently Carrion is in love with Greenly Sleeve, but she thinks he's a coward.
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FlagThe Spirit #7/6/1952 published July 1952
 
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Matt Slugg

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Harry Shill; Dolan; Spirit; Matt Slugg
Harry Shill is looking for a boxer that will fit his system. He finally finds him in a burglar. Only trouble is, Slugg likes being a burglar.
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FlagThe Spirit #7/13/1952 published July 1952
 
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Moon Report #2 on page 7
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Marry The Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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adventure
Finchly Squander
Eisner is ordered by the Syndicate to marry the Spirit because all the best comic strips are doing it.
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FlagThe Spirit #7/20/1952 [unnamed variant] published July 1952
 
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3rd Moon Report on page 7
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Outer Space

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
science fiction
Outer Space
Spirit; Dolan; Hartley Skol; Ellen; Dutch; Spider
The Interplanetary Flight Commission asks the Spirit to lead a crew of convicts on a mission to the Moon.
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FlagThe Spirit #7/27/1952 [Newark Star Ledger] published July 1952
 
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Mission...the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Outer Space
Spirit; Spider; Dutch; Ringo; Skobey; Kress (dies); Captain Delf; Professor Hartley
The Spirit and his crew of convicts land on the Moon and try to adjust to its gravity and each other.
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FlagThe Spirit #8/3/1952 [Newark Star Ledger] published August 1952
 
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A DP on the Moon

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Outer Space
Spirit; Francisco Rivera; Colonel Gomez
The Spirit and his crew find a book on the Moon, reporting the trip of a South American dictator to the Moon, 10 years earlier.
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FlagThe Spirit #8/10/1952 [unnamed variant] published August 1952
 
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Heat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Outer Space
Spirit; Spider Webbin (dies); Dolan; Ellen; Fly Musca
Story alternates between Moon and Central City as Spider Webbin's life story unfolds as he plunges to his death on the Moon.
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FlagThe Spirit #8/17/1952 [unnamed variant] published August 1952
 
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Rescue

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Outer Space
Spirit; Professor Skol; Ebony; P.S.; Brains; Scarlett
Professor Skol goes blind from the bright sunlight.
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FlagThe Spirit #8/24/1952 [unnamed variant] published August 1952
 
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story length cut to 4 pages
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The Last Man (on Planet Moon)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Outer Space
Archie Blyke; Dutch; Spirit
Dutch decides he doesn't want to go back to Earth. Meanwhile Archie Blyke is waiting for him.
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FlagThe Spirit #8/31/1952 [unnamed variant] published August 1952
 
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The Man in the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Outer Space
Dutch Birch
Dutch Birch decides to stay behind on the Moon. He sits and waits for fame and fortune.
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FlagThe Spirit #9/7/1952 [unnamed variant] published September 1952
 
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no Spirit.
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The Osiris Jewel

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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adventure
Denny Colt Alias the Spirit
Dolan; Sammy; Ebony; Herman Fleeble; Prexy Filch; Spirit
Prexy Filch tries to use Sammy in his plot to switch a fake Osiris jewel for the real one.
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FlagThe Spirit #9/14/1952 published September 1952
 
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Return from the Moon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Space Report
Spirit; Professor Skol; Buggsy
Buggsy decides that everything is a figment of his imagination.
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FlagThe Spirit #9/28/1952 published September 1952
 
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printed out of sequence to preserve continuity
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The Spirit Back on Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Denny Colt Alias the Spirit
Dolan; Ellen Dolan; Ebony; Spirit
While the Spirit's expedition is returning to Earth they pass a UFO heading in the same direction.
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FlagThe Spirit #9/21/1952 published September 1952
 
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printed out of sequence to put the stories in continuity order
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Denny Colt, UFO Investigator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
science fiction
Outer Space
Spirit; Ellen Dolan; Dolan; Gofer
Now back on Earth, the Spirit investigates reports of a UFO landing in North Dakota.
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FlagThe Spirit #10/5/1952 published October 1952
 
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last published story. But it's continued.

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