The adventures of Will Eisner's most famous creation continuein this volume reprinting the Spirit newspaper sections from 1/5/47 to6/29/47. Featuring appearances by Ebony, Dolan and Ellen, the seductiveP'Gell, Hoagy the Yogi, Silken Floss, Saree and more, plus an introductionby Jim Vance.
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Two years after launching a weekly newspaper-supplement comic book featuring a masked crimefighter called the Spirit, Eisner went to serve in World War II, leaving his creation in the hands of assistants who couldn't match its originator's panache. This entry in a series of deluxe volumes reprinting the strip's entire 12-year run covers Eisner's 1946 return to The Spirit. Right off the bat, he produced dazzling stories again, not only surpassing his earlier efforts but outdoing anyone else's work at the time. The Spirit's distinctive combination of action, drama, and humor is matched by Eisner's uniquely effective fusion of serious illustration and broader cartooning. At the point in his career this volume covers, his hallmarks--innovative, cinematic layouts distinguished especially by magnificent full-page opening panels--come fully to fruition. Each seven-page story satisfies more than most full-length graphic novels. The late-'40s Spirit stories are comics benchmarks that continue to influence artists to this day. Libraries lacking earlier installments should pick up the series now because Eisner maintained this lofty standard for years afterward. Gordon Flagg
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The most inventive streak of the most inventive of comics,
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This review is from: The Spirit Archives: Volume 12 (Hardcover)
For the sake of completeness, DC re-issued all the previous sets of Sunday newspaper "Spirit" supplements created while the strip's creator, Will Eisner, was off serving during the war. But those comics by other artists (issued as #5-11 in the SPIRIT ARCHIVES series) are nothing compared to what Eisner produced before the war and certainly nothing like what he produced after it. The last book in the series ended with Eisner's return to the series with his "Christmas Spirit" story for 1945; this volume is all Eisner and shows how he had become if anything even more inventive both artistically and in terms of narrative during his absence from "the Spirit." The collection introduces (and shows the exeunt) of Blubber, Ebony's Aleutian Indian replacement as the Spirit's assistant, and it also introduces the great post-war villain, Mr. Carrion (and his pet buzzard Julia). But it is most noteworthy for some of the most inventive art and narrative that have ever been produced in the comics medium , particularly in the stories "The Fly," "The Last Trolley," "Magnifying Glasses" (a brilliant comics metacommentary on perspective), "The Bucket of Blood" and "The Rubber Band." This shows the beginning of probably the best work (and certainly the most original) done in the comics medium since "Little Nemo in Slumberland."
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Will Eisner returns!,
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This review is from: The Spirit Archives: Volume 12 (Hardcover)
This volume of The Spirit Archives reprints the Spirit comic strips from January to June 1946. Spirit creator Will Eisner had just gotten out of the army and resumed work on the comic. Eisner was one of the greatest creators in the history of comics, so you can't go wrong here.
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return of the composer,
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This review is from: The Spirit Archives: Volume 12 (Hardcover)
It is already said by others here: Eisners return to the Spirit didn't pass unnoticed. You see the quality raise immediately.His replacements during wartime where merely telling stories with pictures. Will composes words and drawings to a never before seen unity.
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