| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Joe Rosen | |
| 1 | Octopus: The Life Story of the King of Crime | comic story | 7 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner | Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Octopus, The Spirit |
| 2 | The Spirit Answers Your Mail | text story | 2 | script: Marilyn Mercer; pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska | Denny Colt, The Spirit |
| 3 | Plaster of Paris | comic story | 7 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Jules Feiffer; letters: Abe Kanegson | Denny Colt, The Spirit |
| 4 | The Deadly Comic Book | comic story | 7 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Abe Kanegson | Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit |
| 5 | The Spirit Lab [The Man From MSD] | comic story | 2 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Joe Rosen | Denny Colt, The Spirit |
| 6 | Rudy the Barber | comic story | 7 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner | Denny Colt, The Spirit |
| 7 | The Story of Sam, the Saucer That Wanted to Fly | comic story | 7 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner | Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, The Spirit |
| 8 | Sam Chapparell | comic story | 7 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner | Denny Colt, The Spirit |
| 9 | La Cucaracha | comic story | 7 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner | Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit |
| 10 | The Halloween Spirit of 1948--Ellen Meets Hazel | comic story | 7 | script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner | the Spirit [Denny Colt]; Ellen Dolan; Hazel B. Macbeth (a witch); The Octopus; Weezy (the Octopus' flunky); Commissioner Dolan |
| 11 | Here's The Preview of the Next Issue | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Joe Rosen | |