The Spirit #1 (1952) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	The Curse of Claymore Castle	cover	1	pencils: Jim Dixon; inks: Jim Dixon
2	The Big Six of the Comics!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
3	The Case of the Counterfeit Killer	comic story	7	script: Jules Feiffer; pencils: Jim Dixon; inks: Jim Dixon; colors: Chris Christiansen; letters: Samm Schwartz	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, The Spirit
4	The Curse of Claymore Castle	comic story	7	script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Jim Dixon; inks: Jim Dixon; colors: Chris Christiansen; letters: Samm Schwartz	Denny Colt, The Spirit
8	The Plot of the Perfect Crime	comic story	7	script: Jules Feiffer; pencils: Jim Dixon; inks: Jim Dixon; colors: Chris Christiansen; letters: Samm Schwartz	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit
9	Panic on Pier 8	comic story	7	script: Klaus Nordling; pencils: Jim Dixon; inks: Jim Dixon; colors: Chris Christiansen; letters: Samm Schwartz	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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