Will Eisner's The Spirit 20: Archives - Hardcover

Eisner, Will

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1401207812 ISBN 13: 9781401207816

Publisher: Dc Comics, 2006

Synopsis

Collects stories from classic Spirit adventures in which a murdered detective fights crime from beyond the grave.

About this title

From Booklist:

These two volumes collect Eisner's landmark comic book The Spirit from 1950, its last great year (in mid-1951, Eisner turned writing and drawing over to assistants). Eisner is at the top of his game, switching effortlessly from noir melodrama to lighthearted humor, often in the course of a single story. With nary a dud to its tally, the year saw a disproportionate number of what came to be seen as peak moments. Volume 20 includes the saga of Sand Saref, the Spirit's childhood sweetheart, who turned to a life of international crime, as well as a serial taking the masked crime fighter to the Middle East in search of a jewel of immortality. In volume 21, the Spirit and a handcuffed prisoner make a harrowing trek across a sweltering desert, femme fatale P'Gell takes a post as a college French instructor, and an onomatopoeia-laden tale about a paranoid cartoonist shows Eisner's mastery of his medium. Flagg, Gordon

About this edition

• Publisher: Dc Comics
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1401207812
• ISBN 13: 9781401207816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192