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Issue: Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #3
Publication Date: February 2001
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Issues: #3 of 26 Issues (28 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 12/20/2000
Volume: 3
Pages: 232
ISBN: 1563896761
UPC/EAN: 76194122471800311
Price: $82.95 CAD
$49.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 28 (27 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: credits based on Cat Yronwode's Spirit index in the Kitchen Sink Spirit magazine.
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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
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/20/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published July 1941
was The Jewel of Death [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]splash page
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Building Strong Character

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Character(s): Dolan; Pierpont; Ebony; P'Gell; Satin; Spirit
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Agent 24

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Ellen goes to England to drive an ambulance
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/6/1941 [Baltimore Sunday Sun] published July 1941
was Agent 24 [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Stolen Squad Cars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mayor Aldrich; Squire Samson
Synopsis: After 10 squad cars are stolen, Mayor Aldrich appoints Squire Samson to be Dolan's Assistant.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/13/1941 [Baltimore Sunday Sun] published July 1941
was Stolen Squad Cars [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Jewel of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: The Spirit searches for a doctor who can stop a plague and gets mixed up in a quest for a jewel with a curse on it.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/20/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published July 1941
was The Jewel of Death [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Pink Perkins

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Algernon Tidewater [PS]; Bertram Tidewater [Brains]; Pink Perkins (introduction)
Synopsis: Brains decides the writer of a detective comic strip is the best person to save his father from gangsters.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #7/27/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published July 1941
was Pink Perkins [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Wanted Dead or Alive: The Spirit

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mayor Aldrich
Synopsis: The Spirit helps a man escape from jail so that he can prove his innocence.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #8/3/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published August 1941
was Wanted Dead or Alive--the Spirit [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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The Element of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Professor Corda condenses time into an element, but sends a man into the future instead of the past by accident.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #8/10/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published August 1941
was The Element of Time [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: 4 page time sequence printed in color holds with no black (except the word balloons)
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The Spirit Am Unfair to His Assistant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ebony; Pierpont
Synopsis: Ebony opens his own Super Detective agency.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #8/17/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published August 1941
was The Spirit Am Unfair To His Assistant!! [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Ebony feature
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River Lily

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): River Lily (introduction)
Synopsis: Ebony searches for pirate treasure and meets a deadly femme fatale.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #8/24/1941 [Baltimore Sunday Sun] published August 1941
was River Lily [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Barton Heartbern

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Barton Hartsell (introduction)
Synopsis: A great criminologist is murdered and the Spirit has to solve the crime.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #8/31/1941 [Syracuse Herald American] published August 1941
was Barton Hartsell [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Dorothy Heartbern

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ellen; Ebony
Synopsis: After the Spirit stands her up, Ellen gets a female impersonator to dress up as the Spirit and take her to a ball. (No, really, that's what happens.)
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #9/7/1941 [Washington DC Sunday Star] published September 1941
was Dorothy Heartbern [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Biography of a Big Shot: Joe Frisk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dolan; Joe Frisk (introduction)
Synopsis: The life story of one of Central City's "leading business men" from his first childhood attempts at extortion to his last rigged court case.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #9/14/1941 [Montreal Standard] published September 1941
was The Biography of a Big Shot: Joe Frisk [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Gogi the Yogi

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pierpont; Scarlett Brown; Juliet; Montmorency
Synopsis: Pierpont guarantees Ebony's love to Juliette, Gogi the Yogi guaranteess Scarlett's love to Ebony. The Spirit delivers an antidote for poison gas.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #9/21/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published September 1941
was Gogi the Yogi [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Women!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Goldie (introduction); Snipe (introduction)
Synopsis: Goldie tells Snipe he'd be a real man if he killed the Spirit. So he does.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #9/28/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published September 1941
was Women! [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 6
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Sphinx and Satin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sphinx
Synopsis: Sphinx and Satin are two British agents, assigned to go after the Spirit
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #10/5/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published October 1941
was Sphinx and Satin [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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The Genius

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Algernon Tidewater [PS]; Bertram Tidewater [Brains]; Pierpont
Synopsis: A gang of crooks decides PS is a genius and want him to plot their crimes.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #10/12/1941 [Baltimore Sunday Sun] published October 1941
was The Genius [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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The Oldest Man in the World

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: In the year 2941 archeologists unearth an old Spirit story dealing with the Oldest Man in the World.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #10/19/1941 [Syracuse Herald American] published October 1941
was The Oldest Man In the World [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Framing sequence done completely with color holds.
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Hallowe'en Dusk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Mr Dusk; Twilight; Pierpont
Synopsis: Dusk, Twilight and Hazel hold a Hallowe'en party.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #10/26/1941 [Newark NJ Star Ledger Edition] published October 1941
was Hallowe'en Dusk [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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The Confessions of Monk Mallon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Weepy Willie (looks just like Eisner)
Synopsis: Spirit tries to save an innocent man from being executed.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #11/2/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published November 1941
was The Confessions of Monks Mallon [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: title should be "The Confessions of Monks Mallon"
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Killer Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Carl Benson claims he's innocent of murdering his wife and uncle. A Ghost did it.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #11/9/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published November 1941
was Killer Ghost [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Eustace the Turkey

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pierpont
Synopsis: A thanksgiving turkey swallows a diamond and then escapes.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #11/16/1941 [Syracuse Herald American] published November 1941
was Eustace the Turkey [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Ellen Dolan, Fullback

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: Ellen joins an all-girl football team
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #11/23/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published November 1941
was Ellen Dolan, Fullback [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Goll Girder

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Synopsis: The Spirit saves a teen age boy from a prison sentence.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #11/30/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published November 1941
was Goll Girder [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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The Last of the Minstrels

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Aesop the Minstrel (introduction); Cymbeline the Sorceress (introduction)
Synopsis: Two criminals fight over the loot in the middle of a robbery at a costume party.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #12/7/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published December 1941
was The Last of the Minstrels [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Ventro

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Marius the Dummy Maker (introduction); Ventro (introduction)
Synopsis: A ventriloquist kills the man who makes his dummies.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #12/14/1941 [Philadelphia Record] published December 1941
was Ventro [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Army Operas No 1: Chuck Magoo

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Chuck Magoo (introduction)
Synopsis: The Spirit convinces a bank robber to join the army.
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From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #12/21/1941 [Newark Star Ledger] published December 1941
was Army Operas No. 1: Chuck Magoo [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8
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Christmas Spirit of 1941: A Trilogy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): King Hobo (introduction)
Synopsis: The Spirit doesn't hunt criminals on Christmas. So it's up to another spirit to make King Hobo return the loot he stole.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe Spirit #12/28/1941 [Newark NJ Star Ledger edition] published December 1941
was The Christmas Spirit: A Trilogy [Story on Interior Page(s) with IFC and Front Cover]
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Pages: 8

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