Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives #7 for Sale - First Appearance of Joe Dope - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives (DC, 2000 series)
Issue: #7
Publication date: [June] 2002
Key date: 2002-06-00
On-sale date: 2002-04-03
Indicia publisher: DC Comics
Price: $49.95; 82.95 CAD
Pages: 232
Barcode: 76194122471800711
ISBN: 1-56389-807-1

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Joe Dope - 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: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon; letters: Martin deMuth	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit
1	A Midnight Tale	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	2	script: R. C. Harvey; pencils: Jack Cole; inks: Jack Cole; colors: Digital Chameleon	Midnight; Doc Wackey; Gabby
2	World War II Portfolio	illustration	2	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Digital Chameleon	Joe Dope First
3	Marathon Dancers	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Robin King; colors: Digital Chameleon	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, The Spirit
4	Three Wishes	comic story	8	script: Joseph Millard; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Robin King; colors: Digital Chameleon	Denny Colt, The Spirit, Ebony White
5	The House of Darkness	comic story	8	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Robin King; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan
6	Framed	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Robin King; colors: Digital Chameleon	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
7	The Maestro	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ebony White
8	Shipyard Sabotage	comic story	8	script: Bob Powell; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ebony White
9	The Last Gang in Rotten Row	comic story	8	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Ebony White
10	On the Ferris Wheel	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff	Denny Colt, The Spirit, Ebony White
11	Broadway Lily	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
12	The Art of Making Love Ardently	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Ebony White
13	Woman Crooks	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; colors: Digital Chameleon	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
14	Killer Sykes	comic story	8	script: William Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Denny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White
15	Murder on the Job	comic story	8	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ebony White
16	The Case of the Southpaw Maiden	comic story	8	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, P.S. Smith, Ebony White
17	Ellen Dolan, Murderess	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan
18	The Magic Drums of the Shonokins	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Ellen; Dolan; Ebony
19	Who Killed Gloria Drake?	comic story	8	script: Joseph Millard; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Ebony White
20	Death in the Lion Cage	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ebony White
21	Fronie Pettigrew	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Ebony White
22	Vance McVane	comic story	8	pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan
23	On Guard!	comic story	8	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Ebony White
24	The Killer Nurse	comic story	8	script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Ebony White
25	The Auction	comic story	8	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Ebony White
26	The Train Wreck	comic story	8	pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ellen Dolan, Ebony
27	Druce's Time Bomb	comic story	8	script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Quality Staff; inks: Quality Staff; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, Ebony White
28	Cloak and Coffin	comic story	8	script: Joseph Millard; pencils: Robin King; inks: Robin King; colors: Digital Chameleon	Eustace P. Dolan, 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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