Publishers / Fiction House / The Spirit (1952) / #2
2Summer 1952
$0.10

The Spirit #2

Fiction House · Summer 1952

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Series
The Spirit (Fiction House, 1952 series)
Issue
#2
Publication date
Summer 1952
Key date
1952-07-10
Indicia publisher
Real Adventures Publishing Co. Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Spiritcover1
2The Big Six of the Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)1
3The Amazing Affair of the First Man On Marscomic story7script: Jules Feiffer; pencils: Eisner Shop; inks: Eisner Shop; colors: Chris Christiansen; letters: Samm Schwartz
7Contraband Queencomic story7script: Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner, Jim Dixon, Klaus Nordling; colors: Chris Christiansen; letters: Samm SchwartzP'Gell
8The Case of the Baleful Buddahcomic story7script: Jules Feiffer; pencils: Eisner Shop; inks: Eisner Shop; colors: Chris Christiansen; letters: Samm Schwartz
9The $50,000 Flim-Flamcomic story7script: Will Eisner, Jules Feiffer; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner, Klaus Nordling, Jim Dixon; colors: Chris Christiansen; letters: Samm Schwartz

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

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