Publishers / Kitchen Sink Press / The Spirit (1977) / #31

31October 1981
$2.00

The Spirit #31

Kitchen Sink Press · October 1981

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Identification plate

Series: The Spirit (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series)
Issue: #31
Publication date: October 1981
Key date: October 1981
Indicia publisher: Kitchen Sink Comix
Price: $2.00
Pages: 60

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	2	pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; colors: Will Eisner	Commissioner Eustace Dolan
1	The Dept. of Loose Ends	text article	0.67	script: cat yronwode, Denis Kitchen
2	-	table of contents	0.33	letters: typeset
3	The Eisner Checklist Part Three	text article	2	script: cat yronwode; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
4	Wanted For Murder	comic story	8	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine; letters: Sam Rosen	Denny Colt, The Spirit
5	The Siberian Dagger	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Jack Spranger; inks: Will Eisner, Bob Palmer; letters: Martin deMuth	Denny Colt, The Spirit
6	Harvey Kurtzman	text article	7	pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Albert Uderzo, Hugo Pratt; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Will Eisner, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Albert Uderzo, Hugo Pratt
7	Just One Word Made Me a Man!	comic story	7	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner, Jerry Grandenetti; letters: Abe Kanegson	Denny Colt, The Spirit
8	Stoops	comic story	8	script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner; letters: Will Eisner
9	The Barber	comic story	7	script: Jules Feiffer; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner	Denny Colt, The Spirit
10	Letters	letters page	3	script: cat yronwode; pencils: Pete Poplaski, Michael T. Gilbert; inks: Pete Poplaski, Michael T. Gilbert

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Will Eisner Color Treasury #[nn] ISBN 0-87816-006-X	1981	On eBay ›
Will Eisner's New York the Big City #[nn] ISBN 0-87816-019-1	1986	On eBay ›
New York, the Big City #[nn] ISBN 1-56389-682-6	2000	On eBay ›
Will Eisner's New York the Big City #[nn] ISBN 0-87816-020-5	1986	On eBay ›
Will Eisner's Shop Talk #[nn] ISBN 1-56971-536-X	2001	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #3015 of 25#32 ›

Sources

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