The Spirit: The New Adventures

    (Kitchen Sink, 1998)
™ and ©1998 Will Eisner

The Spirit is widely recognized as one of the high points of comic book art. Created by Will Eisner, The Spirit started as a popular comic strip before making his way into the comic books in Police Comics #11. It was in comics that Eisner’s storytelling gained its trademark fluidity and inventiveness. Eisner proved himself to be a master of the medium, using different types of lighting, points of view, and other cinematic techniques to enhance the story. He then went further to pioneer new techniques such as using overlapping panels to relate two characters’ points of view of similar events, or putting comics themselves in the story by having the characters read about their own actions.

With its 1997 debut, this series continued in Eisner’s tradition while using newer creators such as Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and Neil Gaiman. Although the master himself contributes only occasionally, this series serves as an impressive testament to how much he has brought to comics.
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  • 1
    #1
    Mar 1998
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Alan Moore  ·  A: Dave Gibbons, Will Eisner
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  • 2
    #2
    Apr 1998
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    W: Neil Gaiman, John Wagner, James Vance  ·  A: Eddie Campbell, Carlos Ezquerra, Dan Burr, Will Eisner
    6 copies from $3.00
  • 3
    #3
    Brian Bolland cover by Brian Bolland
    May 1998
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    W: Alan Moore, Mark Kneece  ·  A: Bo Hampton, Daniel Torres, Will Eisner, Moebius
    5 copies from $3.50
  • 4
    #4
    Jun 1998
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    W: Kurt Busiek, Mark Schultz, Mike Allred  ·  A: Brent Anderson, Mike Allred, David Lloyd
    14 copies from $1.45
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    #5
    Jul 1998
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    W: Paul Chadwick  ·  A: Paul Chadwick
    13 copies from $1.45
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    #6
    Sep 1998
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    W: John Ostrander, Mark Kneece, Scott Hampton  ·  A: Scott Hampton, Tom Mandrake
    9 copies from $1.99
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    #7
    Oct 1998
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    W: Dennis Eichhorn, Eddie Campbell, Jay Stephens, Marcus Moore  ·  A: Eddie Campbell, Gene Fama, Paul Pope
    7 copies from $2.95
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    #8
    Nov 1998
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    W: Joe R. Lansdale  ·  A: John Lucas
    15 copies from $2.47