Publishers / Quality Comics / The Spirit (1944) / #18
18November 1949
$0.10

The Spirit #18

Quality Comics · November 1949 · on sale 1949

Origin: Denny Colt
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Identification plate

Series
The Spirit (Quality Comics, 1944 series)
Issue
#18
Publication date
November 1949
Key date
1949-11-00
On-sale date
1949
Indicia publisher
Everett M. Arnold
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

Origin story on record for: Denny Colt, The Spirit.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerDenny Colt, The Spirit
1Whocomic story7script: Will Eisner; pencils: Jack Spranger; inks: Will Eisner, Bob Palmer; letters: Martin deMuthDenny Colt Origin, The Spirit Origin
2-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Dib; inks: DibJonesy
3The Bucket of Bloodcomic story7script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, John Spranger; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Martin deMuthDenny Colt, The Spirit
4-comic story4script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al StahlFlatfoot Burns
5Meet the Ghosttext story1letters: typesetThe Ghost [Allan Daker]; Lefty Longan
6Optical Puzzle Chartcomic story4script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al StahlFlatfoot Burns
7Satin Returnscomic story7script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Martin deMuthDenny Colt, The Spirit, Hildie, Silk Satin

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Art of Will Eisner #[nn]
ISBN 0-87816-003-5		1982On eBay ›
The Art of Will Eisner #1 [Second Edition]
ISBN 0-87816-076-0		1989On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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