Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #16 for Sale - First Appearance of Ward Healy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series)
Issue: #16
Publication date: [June] 2005
Key date: 2005-06-00
On-sale date: 2005-04-20
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $49.99; 76.99 CAD
Pages: 204
Barcode: 76194122471801611
ISBN: 1-4012-0406-6

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Ward Healy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Jamison
1	The Spirit of Innovation	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	3	script: Michael Uslan; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison
2	The Name Is 'Powder'	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit
3	The Fallen Sparrow	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit
4	Just One Word Made Me a Man	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Sam Klink, P.S. Smith, The Spirit, Ebony White
5	Montabaldo	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Mr. Carrion, Denny Colt, Julia, The Octopus, The Spirit, Zitzbath Zark
6	El Spirito	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Octopus, The Spirit, Ebony White, Zitzbath Zark
7	Blackmail	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
8	Merry Andrew	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Sam Klink, The Spirit
9	Life Below	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Sam Klink, The Spirit
10	The Return of Roger	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, P.S. Smith, The Spirit, Ebony White
11	The Strange Case of Mrs Paraffin	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit
12	War Brides	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Sam Klink, The Spirit
13	Tunnel	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ward Healy First, Sam Klink, The Spirit
14	Ward Healy	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ward Healy First, The Spirit, Ebony White
15	Wild Rice	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit
16	The Inheritance	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White, Ellen Dolan
17	The O'Dolan	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, The Spirit
18	The Torch	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Will Eisner, The Spirit
19	The Wedding	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Ellen Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
20	The Job	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; inks: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
21	The Last Hand	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; inks: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit
22	Assignment: Paris	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; inks: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, P'Gell, The Spirit
23	The Emerald of Rajahpur	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; inks: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Silk Satin, Denny Colt, The Spirit
24	The Guilty Gun	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; inks: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit
25	Cheap Is Cheap	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; inks: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
26	A Bloodless Murder	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; inks: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
27	The Spirit Takes a Vacation	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; inks: Will Eisner, André LeBlanc; colors: Jamison; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Sam Klink, Saree, The Spirit, Ebony White

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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