Publishers / Quality Comics / The Spirit (1944) / #17
17September 1949
$0.10

The Spirit #17

Quality Comics · September 1949

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Identification plate

Series
The Spirit (Quality Comics, 1944 series)
Issue
#17
Publication date
September 1949
Key date
1949-09-00
Indicia publisher
Everett M. Arnold
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will Eisner
1The Organ Grindercomic story7script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine, Quality Shop; letters: Martin deMuth
2-comic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Dib; inks: Dib
3Big Jake Gooleycomic story7script: Manly Wade Wellman; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou Fine, Quality Shop; letters: Martin deMuth
4Buried Treasurecomic story4script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al Stahl
5The Galloping Ghosttext story1letters: typesetDenny Colt, The Spirit, Ebony White
6Steeple Jackcomic story4script: Al Stahl; pencils: Al Stahl; inks: Al StahlFlatfoot Burns
7The Metal Monsterscomic story7script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Don Komisarow; letters: Martin deMuthDenny Colt, Eustace P. Dolan, The Spirit, Ebony White

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