Criminologist Denny Colt let the world believe he was dead in order to continue his war against crime as the masked vigilante known only as The Spirit.Through his career, he fought some of the worlds deadliest villains with nothing more than his wits, his fists and his tongue planted firmly in his cheek. The blue-suited, fedora-wearing crimefighter created by Will Eisner starred in hundreds of newspaper adventure stories that thrilled readers, and Eisners groundbreaking style utilized the comics format to its greatest strengths. The final installments of Eisners weekly Spirit stories reaches its conclusion in this volume of adventures from the early 1950s, including the lushly illustrated series that took The Spirit from Central City to the surface of the moon.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
The Lunar Peaks and Valleys of the Spirit:
The Spirit story to follow in this volume is the Spirit going to the moon with art by EC comics master Wally Wood. Will Eisner was getting tired of producing the weekly Spirit section and took on Wally Wood in the hopes of him doing the art. They embarked on the ambitious moon exploration story line where Denny Colt (The Spirit) would be in charge of a group of convicts who would explore the moon. However, deadlines were missed forcing a filler story and Eisner having to take the artistic reins again when... more info
Buy earlier volumes first:
The stories in this volume are mostly trite, boring, and very disappointing.
Several are very "out of character", too. One story, for example is built around the Spirit stressing about finding a grey hair!
Don't forget, these stories are the reason the Spirit was dropped from many papers then cancelled.
Even the celebrated Wally Wood stories are great art, but a tedious plot.
The only fun is in artist spotting. Eg Wood, Elder, Ditko.
If you haven't got them, buy earlier volumes... more info
Great Stuff!:
Will Eisner's film noir style is refreshing, the storytelling is highly entertaining, and the character of the spirit has shown great promise as a timeless entity that will go down in history as one of the greats.
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