Spirit (1974) # 2 (5.0-VGF) Magazine

The Spirit reprints Will Eisner's groundbreaking work from the 1940s and '50s.

Letters of comment from Alex Toth, Wally Wood, and Bob Bloch.

"An Interview with Will Eisner":

article by Joe Siegel.

"Heel Scalloppini," script and pencils by Will Eisner, inks by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti;

Fog laid heavy over Central City…heavy as the hearts that dwelt therein;

Elections were over, a heel had won;

And something in the air smelled fishy!

"Powder Pouf," script and pencils by Will Eisner, inks by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti;

Her name was Powder, and like her namesake, she was deadly and explosive…ready to entrap anyone in her treacherous web of crime;

Even The Spirit!

"The Fallen Sparrow," script and pencils by Will Eisner, inks by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti;

Bleak had served his sentence;

Now he was free…free to rush into the arms of his childhood sweetheart;

He didn't know that she was as crooked as he!

"The Tragedy of Merry Andrew," script and pencils by Will Eisner, inks by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti;

There's a tale of a man with a blow, mighty enough to lay The Spirit low!;

But how and why could this be,

when Merry Andrew was only five foot three?

"Wanted: Mortimer J. Titmouse," script and pencils by Will Eisner, inks by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti;

Mortimer was a janitor; And he had a big secret; He claimed he could build a bomb capable of destroying the world.

"The O'Dolan," script and pencils by Will Eisner, inks by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti;

They say there's a treasure in the haunted O'Dolan house…a treasure guarded by ghosts!

"UFO," script and pencils by Will Eisner, inks by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti;

Down from the sky it floated... straight into the Central City junkyard;

Out came a strange little man,

in search of an aspiring actor;

An actor who claimed he saw men from Mars!

"Silken Floss M.D.," script and pencils by Will Eisner, inks by Will Eisner and Jerry Grandenetti.

76 pgs., B&W.